At 18 he won us the Yorskhire Cup

That was my first year as a Trinity fan.
What a year to join the ride!

Aye, I believe we hadn't won a match in the league up to the final.

Didn't we beat Leeds a week afterwards at Headingley too?

Rings a bell, yes

He spent a month (maybe two) at Swinton last season. Bit of an old school stand-off, not particularly pacy, excellent passer and goal kicker.

Learnt the game playing RU.

Nope - we beat Leeds at BV on the following Weds - with Wrighty kicking the winning drop goal!

I missed both games... and the Leeds game was our first league win of the season...

I flew back into gatwick on the following saturday morning and went straight to Wembley for the world cup final between GB and Australia. I saw the Leeds result in a discarded copy of the Sun newspaper outside Kings Cross station.

I had both the yorkshire cup final and the Leeds game on video; but no longer have a video player!!

Get em converted an do me a copy.

Too young to remember them.

I have both a Video player and a DVD recorder! The YC final is already on DVD, but that Leeds game would be a belter!

If you would like a copy of them, all it will cost is the borrowing of your Leeds tape!

The quality drops slightly on conversion, but it's still worth it!

and getting them to you from Sydney



I had a name change but am still here in the land down under!

Well - the postage will cost you - but that's not insurmountable!

Didn't recognise you - silly me!

I would have no issues helping to cover the costs, if i can have a copy please.

give it a rest world class what did that make Toppo at 18

You're certainly on a roll. Just because Toppo was around for a 1000 years doesn't mean you can invoke his name to denigrate another player. The sad story regarding Wrights injury ravaged career is well known where as Toppo was pretty much iindestructible (even in a car) so the comparison is unfair.

What is fair is to say that as a 18-19 year old Wright most certainly was world class for that point in his career. Would he have gone onto match Toppo if he had steered clear of injury. I don't know and neither do you so why knock him.

Back on topic.....

JK spoke quite highly of him last night and said that whenever they had scouted/watched Warringtons juniors this guy had always figured prominently.

Indeed, Kear said they tried to sign him full time but Wire offered him more money to stay. Wire see him as Briers replacement.

I did, 2 posts in

I wasnt really hiding tho... just a change to a more relevant persona now... old spook or new spook I am certainly not underground anymore!!

however If I wanted to hide I can be very ninja like...

Nope i know that.


You learned that in the old mouse trap bar eh.

World class is an overused word in RL and football sorry Wright was never world class good yes potential to be world class yes but sadly we will never know due to his injuries
It is my opinion that Toppo was a better player at 18 that is all I said so sick your neck back in

As ever you miss the point. I said he was world class at the age of 19 for a 19 year old. that's all anyone has ever said. This obsession you have with no one being able to lace the boots of Toppo is tiresome. It looks especially daft when consider that Toppo (his coach and mentor) is on record as saying he is a world class youngster - what is your problem.

I agree the term "world class" and " legend" is bandied about far to much on here. They are rare, especially at a club that has won feck all in 40 years. However all clubs produce the odd few including us.

In the last 20 years we have produced two IMO world class players as opposed to good players of which we have produced many. Ellis and Wright are the two, that's hardly excessive boasting is it.

Am I correct in saying that Ellis didn't start with us? I think he started with the Whinos as a junior to where he went back?

AFAIK he started with us, it definitely wasn't with Leeds.

He may have played some Junior rugby in Cas though.

No, he played in the Cas junior leagues.

For me I think the valid start date for a player to be home grown is when they play/sign for the junior Academy.

Anything before that ie development teams etc deserves recognition but doesn't count as producing the player IMHO.