The Edwards testimonial match was played on Wednesday 12th August 1992 when he was just 25. He qualified for it by achieving 300 appearances. Wigan beat a Great Britain select XIII 37-36. David Grindley scored "a touchdown" in the last minute.

Crowd was 5,796 with the kick off having been delayed by torrential rain which probably put a few fans off.

The story on that night though was Andy Gregory not playing ahead of his imminent departure.

I could have sworn that Edwards testimonial was a scorcher of a day with a bigger crowd than that. I also didnt think it was a Wednesday match as it was daytime. Obviously I am wrong. I remember a sprint race the length of the pitch (with some RU guy, who didnt turn up, supposedly taking part) and a kicking competition. Whose tesimonial would this have been if it wasnt Edwards?

I was there, our guys also played a football match v a corrie team and farrell murdered them. Offiah beat Eddie Maffie (something like that) and a host of others. The RU sprinter pulled out and Frano stuffed the kickers. Was about 93-94

Yes thats definitely it. Was it daytime?

Yep it was, nice day

Thats what I thought, thats why I cant understand how it was on a Wednesday

The Edwards game was 100% a Wednesday Night with a delayed kick off for torrential rain.

Anybody know how many tickets roughly we have sold for tomorrow night?

Not a clue but i'm thinkng we'll be looking at around 6500-7000 at a guess.

I'm fairly sure that was Derms' testimonial, the sprinter was Ade Mafe. Jeremy Guscott was due to play in the game IIRC, but pulled out at the last minute with some lame excuse.

Hampo definitely won the kicking comp.

Made a habit of that that lad. Soft get!

wasnt Guscott, was the black winger who set the RU 7's alight a few weeks before.

Andrew harriman

I remember that. Also remember someone (my memory tells me it was Derms) tackling one of the Corrie actors at football and booming him into next week, and the actor proper spitting his dummy.

Was a great day.

Shame the ball didn't drop for Rads last night when Spencer scored. It was like the old days watching him chase through (although a couple of stone heavier and with much darker hair).

Saying that Spencer deserved his try. I was hugely impressed with him last night.

I was so certain he was going to recover that ball. Still looked useful, option at FB???

matty russell should be our next full back.

Russell must get some games this year either at fullback or on the wing. He looks a really exciting prospect and far too good for u20's rugby.

What impressed me most about Russell last night was his one on one tackling when players made a break. On two or three occasions it was down to him to make the final tackle and he made them without any difficulty.
That ability is always useful in a fullback and can make a lot of difference in close games.

He certainly doesn't lack confidence either. The Hull KR game showed that even when he made an error or two he didn't let it get to him and was able to come back stronger.

I think king is a better prospect on the wing but as for fullback , I think matty will make this position his own in next couple of seasons

I certainly feel Tomkins should go back to Stand off 'long term' because thats a position truely great players play in more so then fullback and I think he'd shone with the extra responsibility.

In terms of an ideal plan going forward-

Short term- Sam stays at fullback for the majority of 2012 especially in the big games but Russell gets plenty of gametime under his belt on the wing and at fullback in some lesser games.

Long term- When Leuluai leaves i'd be looking to push Sam back up in to the 6 position with Russell taking over the fullback berth on a fulltime basis.

Like I say this is in an ideal world but it's a real prospect imo.