Just reading the thread about where did we go wrong and seeing all those Trinity names of the past led me to think who was the greatest Trinity tackler in living memory?
My vote goes to someone who never seems to get a mention, but to me was even better than either Nigel Bell or Geoff Wraith.
Who these days remembers Geoff Wriglesworth? He was a farmer from the York area as I recall and Trinity only had him for a short while around 1972 after playing for Bradford Northern and Leeds.

Rich Slater, one game I remember he made five tackles in five play the balls, missed the sixth though!

I agree RS indeed was a prolific and safe tackler. I recall seeing Sam Obst doing a similar thing to Slater on several occasions.

Has to be Graham Idle for me. But there have been a lot of others. These days it seems to be all about cuddling.

I know one who will better

In recent years Duncan McGilvray

For me pound for pound it's Nigel Bell no question but as I started watching in 1988 I've not seen them all.

Agree with you

Geoff Wriglesworth was one of the old school. None of this four men in a tackle all going around the upper body. He usually went in one-on-one low around the legs shoulder first. A joy to watch.

And he had a hand-off like a piston.

Wigan away, first game of the Super Eights. Jordan put some of the bigger names in the side to shame that night, 34 tackles made and no misses if I remember right?

Seem to remember that name, would he have played in the game against the Aussies around 73?

Mr Idle without a doubt.
Others
Nigel Bell, Mcdermott , and a centre we got from Hull could have called him Day. He also became captain for a short spell.

players who were tackled by Wrigglesworth usually went down like thy had been shot with a gun...

Idle was a machine as was Paul McDermott...

Belly came good but I still remember his first couple of seasons (after his Wally partnership) when the team was poor and badly coached and he looked fat and lazy and played like it... I never really forgave him for that period and consequently he was never a favourite player of mine.

Players like John Glancy and Richard Slater deserve mention but my vote goes to Ray Price.. he seemed to hit like a steam train!

Watching olds tapes of Nigel Bell you have to laugh at his "gull wing" technique of laying on in the tackle.

You are talking about Terry Day we got him from york and sold him to Hull.

Thanks for that Cheshire cat.

Nigel Bell

Wondered when someone was going to say Ray Price !!!
Ran/tackled his blood to water in every game and I seem to remember him saying at the time that if you didn't come off the pitch completely knackered then you hadn't been trying...absolute legend

One he wasn't a legend but lets not go there



Yes he was a great tackler but with only one season under his belt it's not enough for me.

What he did do was something I've rarely seen at BV and that's the sense of professionalism he exhibited and the way others followed.

Some hit hard and some hit often

The likes of Ray Price and to a much lesser extent Richard Slater, tackled over and over with good technique and high fitness levels. Every team needs one of these. The important part of that is not to miss any. If you stake your claim to tackle everything, you can't run out of steam otherwise you leave a big gap. Belly at his best was that guy too, he made up for fitness with outstanding effort. I've seen all three of these run past team mates to make a tackle when others have given up.
As said Graham Idle was like this too. Never gave up. He'd fit in today's game quite well.

For big hurtful tackles, Ellis was one of our best. He always hit hard, especially when he went to 13. That proved to be his fortune in Oz.
Trevor Skerrett was a big hitter and I remember Dick Jazervich (spell?) coming from Bradford for a short stint and showing how good he was but I don't think we've had that many of this type. Ironically, considering how much Belly gives him grief, Anderson, when he was on the field was a rock in defense. Wasn't spectacular but when people ran at him the looked like they were always surprised how hard they stopped.

We'll have to agree to disagree on that one Vasty...definitely one on my top 3 Trinity players of all the time I've been watching (nearly 40 years). The other two being Wally Lewis and Toppo

Now you are being g daft Vastman, Ray Price isn't just a legend he is THE legend. Toughest man on the planet with the heart to match.