Andrew Johns

Jonathon Davies for me without doubt a true class act.

Don't think Widnes beat the Aussie touring side though when he was in the team as an earlier post suggested?

is that the one where bennett and forster scored and we came back from something like 14-0 down..only to lose the league title on points diff..

That i've seen Alfie Langer. From what my grandad says- Brian Bevan or Gerry Helme...

Funny enough I never thought either Johns or Langer ever showed more than glimpses of their talent for us, but still get lots of mentions.

I have only been watching Warrington for five years after converting from football so for me I would say Ben Westwood. Not a flair player but a mountain of a heart and a nice man too.

Why Johns is mentioned at all on this thread baffles me completely.

You would not think that if you had seen him when he first came to Warrington playing at centre.

I have read & heard the shocking tales but it must be good to have seen him improve into the player he is now?

There was nothing wrong with Westwood when he played centre.

I seem to recall Ben was blamed at the time for Gaskell's lack of try-scoring. I think Gaskell has gone on to prove that he deserved all the recognition for that himself.

No pleasing some people on here, at times. As Paul Youane says, nothing wrong with Ben when he played centre, at all. Fair enough, he wasn't Mal Meninga, but come on...pretty decent centre as I recall, who's obviously improved further when he moved up to pack.

That just about sums up my thoughts on the matter............. although I'd probably include Bobby Fulton alongside JD.

We're all forgetting the legendary Mike Wainwright!

Very difficult just shows how many great players we have been privileged to see but for me.

Les Boyd

Sir Les!

Can you imagine him driving this team on?

Another Wiganer POV (We get everywhere don't we), Parry Gordon for me.

dallas mead

Depends a lot on how you define 'greatest'. Greatest player, even if past his best when playing for Wire? Or the player who reached his greatest heights while playing for Wire, and many shades in between. If the former, in my years watching ( since 1968 ) then Alex Murphy, the greatest rugby player of all time (see T[ihe Guardian[/i - national, not Warrington- Milenium poll ), has to win. John Woods come a close second. If the latter, Les Boyd, John Bevan, Mike Nicholas and Lee Briers can slug it out

How are you Mike ?

I agree, greatest player ever, just not for Wire

an impossible question to answer unless you break it down to longivity,impact or just the most talented to ever wear the primrose and blue,

longivity-mike gregory
impact-les boyd
talent-allan langer

this is all in my lifetime of watching the wire which started in the 70's but i could fill two pages of other great players who have pulled the jersey on.

Paul Marqeut

On a serious note,Lee Briers has to be up there!

Yes with Parry Gordon forget the flyby nights one or two games or a year or two take the money and run.

Jiffy
Moz
Briersy

les boyd for me, maybe danny nutley as you can see i like good hard working players..