That could well be Jack from the WG. It's certainly the right era and he knows the players well, he must be around 90.

I think he started off the commentaries for the hospital in Warrington after getting permission from the club. If it is Jack then thanks for all the reports and a happy retirement in Oz.

sir les for me skill, controlled aggression,and never ever did he take a backward step,,his finest hour at elland road leeds in the 86 prem final was boyd and wire at there finest..mark roberts what a 2nd rower power and pace in abundance mike greg if there was an award for effort he`d win it hands down.be here all night with my list so i`ll name em dessie, johnno,ken kelly,bob eccles phil blake,johnny woods,greg mackey matt king,lee briers, nat wood,mozza hodgson,fozzie,,

I know it didn't end well but Brett Hodgson was a joy to watch. He would glide across the field, he had no pace, no strength and no sidestep but he found half a gap every time. The way he could catch and deliver a pass in the same stride and hit the winger with a cut out was just superb. Brilliant goal kicker as well.



Martin Gleeson was another one. I'm still not convinced he ever tried hard, but a traffic cone could score 20 tries outside of him.



Some players just get rugby league, they just understand it and make it look simple.

My favourite was a story my old rugby coach told me. He knew a few ex players and this tale came from them.

It was a half time team talk by a coach whose side had been on the end of a first half railroading by wires and Boyd in particular. (Saints spring to mind but i can't be sure ). the tale goes that the coach was going nuts saying we have to stop that Boyd I want him hit. I don't care how you do it I want him hit hard and I don't want him to get up.



The changing room remained quiet until a player spoke up and said

" and who do you suggest does this boss ?? ".....

As well as being Olivia Newton John to Sir Les' John Travolta, such was my devotion, I also loved watching Les Davidson play for the season he was here. Playing alongside the sweat-averse Steve Roach probably helped, but I have nothing but glorious memories of him.



My particular favourite Davo moment was when we played Leeds at Headingley and Leeds had Sam Backo, then the current Aussie test prop and darling of the RL press, as well as Leeds faithful in their ranks. Backo took the ball up, and hared towards Davidson full of fire and brimstone. Davo stood his ground, dipped his shoulder slightly and nonchalantly put Backo straight on his derrière.



As for Mr Woods (yes, I'm off again), not long after his Wires Locker Cup debut V Wigan in which John shimmied past Ellery Hanley with effortless grace and class straight from a scrum, Open Rugby did a colour picture of aforementioned try. The look of "Where did he go?" on Hanley's face will stay with me forever.



The picture adorned my bedroom wall for many years, alongside my Debbie Harry circa 1980 poster. And that, as I'm sure many on here will testify, is about as good as it gets.

Nobody from recent years then, surely 2009 onwards is a golden age?

We have had some fantastic players since 2009:



King

Hicks

Morley

M Monaghan



But for me the mid to late 80s were my golden generation. Boyd, Tamati, Jackson, Roberts, Gregory et al they were the best team around bar the Wigan team and certainly the best Wire team that i watched for a long time. The battles between the two sides were unreal. If i could jump in a time machine, I would go back to these times. Sunday dinner at the Postern Gate, Walk over the Causeway bridge and an afternoon of standing in the Fletcher Street watching mayhem.

That was my point in starting this topic xx. My suspicion was that your favourite player will reflect the period when you were most in love with the game. Probably your mid to late teens.

Those people who fell into this category 2009 onwards are probably doing things other than posting on this forum.

I deliberately didn't ask for who you thought the "best" player was as I would definitely give a different answer to that.

(John Wood or Jiffy for what it's worth!)

Sadly I only got into the game about 5 years ago, quite by accident, when I was in my late thirties, so I’ve clearly missed out! I absolutely love it now and can’t wait for a new season watching Warrington, they’re a great club to follow. I’m sure it’s a lot more disappointing for the real fans, how last season ended, but there are a lot of good players in the squad and hopefully it’ll be another cracker next year!

Well, I've waited 5 pages and still not seen one of my all time favourites.........ladies & gentlemen, boys and girls, I give you



STEVE HESFORD



That guy could kick goals from anywhere (from what I can remember) and always looked the most unruffled player on the pitch. He was also a man crush of mine - a good looking fella with flowing locks and some of the shortest shorts I have ever seen outside of an episode of Alan Partridge. He came to us from RU in Blackpool I think and his brother was the Blackpool goalie.



And there's all the usual suspects too - Phil (the ghost) Blake, Allan Bateman (awesome player), Bob (the binman) Jackson, (Sir) Les Boyd, Duane Mann (he could pass, tackle, run, sidestep and kick like very few I've seen), Andrew Johns (it was an honour to see him in the P n B & try his heart out), Brian Johnson (such a balanced runner and a fine fullback)....... the more I think about it, the more I could name!



I'll throw one more name in from my youth...



Joe Ropati

3rd Jacko for his Duracell filled body

2nd Boydie for the aurora + presence

1st Dessie just for being the only player as a kid I got out of bed early on a Sunday morning for.



Great times + great memories.

Mr. S



Hessie was in my list - as were most of yours apart from Johns (brilliant for a very short time) and Mann (who definitely could have been on it).



I'm loving reading the stories here guys so keep 'em coming...