He was majestic.Could turn a game around in a play and leave us all "just watching"..Not seen many hitting them goals 50 yards out without a tee these days!

He wasn't the most natural RL player,he was the most level headed player to wear the shirt.Something regardless of money or priority that some still need to learn..

Nice one Woody..

I wonder if has any regrets and wished he'd followed the money?

mercurial woody and what about the tackling of the late John Westhead

John Woods was the perfect Rugby Player and a Bow Road ,Butts Bridger as well sheer class.Again John Westhead,I called him the Tackle Machine,I once say him make the FULL 6 tackles on the trot against Cas at Hilton Park,I don't think they made a yard of progress,a tackle Icon.

He played for the venture.And enjoyed the ups and downs..

I saw john do a similar tackling stint at Featherstone ,so much so even the fev fans were applauding him

Although I started off this link by saying Woody was the best natural player I had ever seen play for Leigh, there is one obviously one other that could probably match his exploits on the rugby field - the one and only Alex Murphy. Coincidently it was against Leeds in the 70/71 season when Alex moved to standoff against the great MIck Shoebottom and scored a sensational hat trick of tries in the 1st half at Hilton Park. Does anyone else remember this match?

I do. When he went to Wire our crowds nosedived. Chairman Jack Chairman Jack is it true he wont come back oh no no and repeat.

Frankie , didn't he go to Bradford first?

In a close contest between the two, Woody wins on personality.

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No. Murph went 2 Wire after our 1971 Challenge Cup win.

Shortly after I was at a Leigh v Hull FC match think the attendance was 447.

I'm sure Alex will tell you himself his hero was Jim Sullivan,who taught Alex to have the speed over 20 yards to make the breaks, where John had the S
eed to score from anywhere on the pitch ,if John made a break 9 out of 10 breaks ended in tries,he could kick goals from anywhere , had speed , could do tactical kicking,had a lightening sidestep,for me he had everything , in today's Rugby Market, John Woods would be priceless , NO DOUBT.KING JOHN.

Frank I'm talking about Woody not Murphy.

John Woods started playing for us about 1978. He was a pleasure to watch.

John Woods WAS Leigh RLFC when I was growing up. The 81/82 team of Champions was fantastic, but Woody was THE man everyone went to watch.

I consider myslelf privilaged to have seen such a great player live.

Made debut against Barrow September 1976.............. and scored!

I have never seen John Woods play but it sounds like he was a great player.

"Great", is an overused adjective but not in the case of John Woods.

Ian, If you are a subscriber to LCTV, You can get a taste of woody on there. But yes, I also had the opportunity to see woody on loads of occasions and was an absolute joy to watch. When he turned on the magic on the field, it was like......WOW.

Yes I have got LCTV Cokey so will watch him at some time soon.

Nice one.

Hokey I bet it took some time to compose that reply.

Doesn't take many words to explain excellence..Something you'll see very shortly as will Mr Marshall..

Thankfully you don't still have Woods in your team otherwise it really would look like a formidable squad. I do think we will all struggle against you this season but the challenge has been set by your acquisitions and I hope we will take it up.

The only thing that can really let you down is, as last season, your coach's inability to rotate key players to have them at their best when it really matters.

Im tired already,I've only read one line of Atomics post,,he never fails much better than Horlicks.