Brian Briggs played second row at Wakefield number 11 if you watch the video of the 62cup final you can plainly see Brian in the 11 Jersey.

The pack in the final was
8 Wilkinson
9 Oakes
10 Firth
11 Briggs
12 Williamson
13 Turner

https://www.britishpathe.com/video/wake ... ld+Win+Cup I know we've drifted off topic a bit but its always good to see these guys play.

https://www.britishpathe.com/video/wake ... ld+Win+Cup I know we've drifted off topic a bit but its always good to see these guys play.

If we are off topic and you want to see some greats of Wakefield try pathe news . For example Wakefield Wigan at Wembley https://www.britishpathe.com/video/rugb ... cup+finals

If we are off topic and you want to see some greats of Wakefield try pathe news . For example Wakefield Wigan at Wembley https://www.britishpathe.com/video/rugb ... cup+finals

Wayne - Briggs was definitely second row! He had a reputation for his tackling.
The best pack of that era I remember was Wilkinson, Kosanovic (Milan not Jan - that was Prinsloo!) Firth, Vines, Briggs and Turner..
Kosanovic was a great hooker and he had Geoff Oakes as back up.

Cheers for that, not sure where the Jan come from as I knew it was Milan who came from Northern, you can't all be wrong but I genuinely thought he wore the No10 shirt, having said that for 45 year I thought we had bought Joe Bonner from Workington.

No probs mate. I wish we had a Joe Bonner now!

Great player 1315, as you know, he did a full stint at Lofthouse pit as part of the rescue team in the disaster of 1973 , and then turned out for Trinity that night.

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Quote ="Kirmudgeonly"If we are off topic and you want to see some greats of Wakefield try pathe news . For example Wakefield Wigan at Wembley https Great footage I just hope I get to see Wakey at Wembley before I croak it lol

Quote ="Kirmudgeonly"If we are off topic and you want to see some greats of Wakefield try pathe news . For example Wakefield Wigan at Wembley https Great footage I just hope I get to see Wakey at Wembley before I croak it lol

Nilled again. Should have gone ages ago, he's well past his time now and is dragging the whole team down with him

So called past it forward out running ever body to score a 90 yard try have not seen that for 5 year somes up were we are

Egg Banjo. Which better coach is there that would be willing to jump in, particularly at this part of the season.
Maybe the training regime needs looking at with the amount of injuries we have had this year.

It’s either Chester or Stuart Dickens.

Brian mcdermott

To be fair though at that point in the game, counting the two lost mid game we were without 10 backs...who was there to chase him down? Don’t tell me, being without 8 backs in your squad and losing two in the game doesn’t make a difference?

Thought it was our last tackle kicking that was the major issue today...thought we fronted up well in a lot of areas...

I’ll ask this again too...a question that seems to get avoided by the Chester out brigade...who replaces him?

Danny Ward

Go get Ward & Langley before Huddersfield do.

It's both who need to go. We need a whole new coaching culture in the club, no legacy coaching holding us back

You don't see any improvement in the team?
And you don't see any reason we aren't scoring against Warrington apart from Chester.

danny ward and Langley james Ford or ryan Sheridan at cas

On the basis of one season? Did well at a club with low expectations but was ultimately relegated...by us...who’s to say he’d handle it when the pressure is on to win every week like our fans think we should be?

And Macdermott...failed to win a game with Toronto and was beat 66-12 in his last game...yeah, can see him fitting in..

Any more?

Did you see an improvement in the scoreline?

Their response to getting nilled and spanked in the previous league game and then unceremoniously dumped out of the cup was to be nilled and spanked again.

Langley, Ford, Sheridan all unproven and with similar credentials to James Webster who never worked out...

When expectation replaces hope, that's even worse.
Get Ward in, he'll make Pitts Captain and you'll see a massive difference in how the pack performs.