My 1st game that I know of was April 1962.(age 5).

Brian Bevan
John Bevan
Bobby Fulton
Alan Batemen

First game Featherstone. H. Feb 1961 RLCC 2nd rd. L 13-10

Brian Bevan
Alex Murphy
Les Boyd
Lee Briers

1st Game about 1959
This is not easy. But first three I have no problems with. I have put playing for many years and carrying the side as important.
1.Brian Bevan (I was right in corner with sister when he scored final try v Leigh)
2.Parry Gordon
3.Lee Briers

Fourth I'm struggling with ... Jonathon Davies, Alex Murphy, Alfy Langer and Bobby Fulton (sorry I don't think he played for a full season ... edited later). I'll go for Davies.

You might guess that I was a half-back.

2003/4.

L Briers
M Monaghan
C Hill
A Morley

Started watching in 74 (I must have been about -9...)

Lee Briers
Sir Les
Phil Blake
Jiffy

And one a bit "off key"

Mark Roberts
Brian Johnson
Dessie Drummond
Joel Monaghan

I'm a Wigan fan and based on the premise of who you are frightened of the most usually means being the best I would go for (in no order)
John Bevan
Alex Murphy ( didn't have the privilege to see him in pomp and he was still awesome in his latter playing years)
Parry Gordon - without a doubt the best player ever to not gain full international honours
Mike Gregory - not a Wigan biase but he always always played well against us and I will never forgot his near length of the field try against the Aussies.

Before my time but from comments and anecdotes from my dad I would loved to have seen Brian Bevan, Jackie Edwards and Gerry Helme.
Not a "great" but one Warrington player would played every game as if his life depended on it was Paul Cullen. A fantastic team player and the type of player who unfortunately is very often not given the credit they deserve

Started watching Wire in 1989 mine are.

J Davies,
D Drummond
A Langer
L Briers

Greatest talented 4

Blake
Murphy
Davis
Boyd

In that order.



Greatest Club 4

Bevan. Brian
Gordon
Gregory. Mike
Bevan. John

In that order.

1979

1. Excitement / Flair
Boyd
Davies
Blake
Drummond

2. Biff / Hardmen / Nutters
Rathbone
Boyd
Webb
Cullen

3. Grafters
Jackson
Westwood
Hill
Sanderson

4. Forwards (Impact on a game)
Boyd
Gregory
Morley
Eccles

5. Novelty Award
Chissy

1989.

Jonathan Davies
Lee Briers
Allan Langer
Michael Monaghan

If I had to include a forward in the list then the first thought is Morley but possibly Chris Hill would edge him out?

1994

My favourite four (not necessarily the best because that's subjective):

Jonathan Davies
Lee Briers
Adrian Morley
Brett Hodgson

In all honesty I only really warmed to Briers after Smith came in. I enjoyed going the match in the first 15 years of my personal "era" as much as I do now, probably moreso, but apart from Davies who was genuinely on another level, it's the players who have achieved success in our colours that I have the greatest appreciation for. Both Monaghans, Matt King and Chris Hicks would be my next four.

Brian Bevan
Alex Murphy
Jonathan Davies
Les Boyd
Honourable mention for Jackie Edwards

Started watching 1994

Briers
Davies
Sculthorpe
Langer

First game 1978, touring Aussies ............... not a bad introduction!

Sir Les Boyd - inspirational
John Woods - utter, sublime genius
Mike Gregory - a SL forward long before Super League
Allan Bateman - class, the complete centre

agree
but throw in andy greg best scrum half ive ever seen in this country...johno best fb by a mile.. dessie best winger by a mile...phile blake most exciting player ever to watch by a country mile..mark roberts best 2nd rower (far better than ive lost my voice dennis betts ) by another country mile..and best coach sir tony smith...if only we had the genius that is tony smith in charge of the players above...wheres the tissues

Can I just raise a point about Bateman, especially regarding being the complete centre. I love batman...he was a class act but he was eternally frustrating in that he NEVER backed himself when clear and rarely put his winger away with a beatifully timed pass. Batman had all the tools but to me lacked a great rugby brain. Can never be classed as a complete centre in my eyes

I wish we had that incomplete centre in our team now.

Bateman could've been phenomenal instead he was just very good imo! Lack of a killer instinct

Would go for

John Bevan
Les Boyd
Parry Gordon
Mike Gregory

But could add many more

Brian Bevan
Harry Bath
Gerry Helme
Jim Challinor

Started watching 1945

1986 Davies, boyd, briers, Duane Mann

Morley
Davies
Langer
Monaghan

As a Leeds fan, those I've most enjoyed watching - though not necessarily the best - are:

Drummond
Boyd
Briers
Gregory

Can't get double figures down to 4.