Offiahs was better by a mile as he created the space himself and took the invite only to make Tait look slow (which he wasnt)Kittwazzer wrote:No better than the one which Vigo scored against Leeds which prompted Atkinson to announce his retirement!!DaveO wrote: That try v Leeds where Tait waved him on the outside was an absolute classic example.
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The alan tait try was the best individual try I have ever seen and probably will see. Being 9, at wembley (again) with offiah as your idol nothing compares to witnessing that.
His second was just a cherry on top.
His second was just a cherry on top.
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And the “kind of rugby player you’d want to be in your dreams” James Leytham
Should be in the Wigan Warriors Hall
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Even if that is true it is irrelevant to the point I was making which was Offiah was not just a runner but was a winger who made his own space.Kittwazzer wrote:No better than the one which Vigo scored against Leeds which prompted Atkinson to announce his retirement!!DaveO wrote: That try v Leeds where Tait waved him on the outside was an absolute classic example.
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In today's Daily Mirror, in the disguise as an article, Offiah has managed a full page advert touting Kyle Eastmond!
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If I remember rightly, a few years ago when Offiah appeared on Question of Sport, he was introduced as a legendary rugby player or in similar glowing terms.
To his credit, he said words to the effect that he was never a great rugby player but was good at scoring tries.
As a sometime critic of his appetite for defence he redeemed himself a little and went up in my estimation.
To his credit, he said words to the effect that he was never a great rugby player but was good at scoring tries.
As a sometime critic of his appetite for defence he redeemed himself a little and went up in my estimation.
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As someone who saw him in his first season at Wigan, in his open topped sports car, registration OFFIA or summat, speeding along Riverway like a maniac, almost knocking a kid over as he was too busy posing for his admiring crowd, he went DOWN in my estimation.A49 wrote:If I remember rightly, a few years ago when Offiah appeared on Question of Sport, he was introduced as a legendary rugby player or in similar glowing terms.
To his credit, he said words to the effect that he was never a great rugby player but was good at scoring tries.
As a sometime critic of his appetite for defence he redeemed himself a little and went up in my estimation.
Tosser then, tosser now!!
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fastest tosser in the west though
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Yep. You never saw him coming!!georgeorwell wrote:fastest tosser in the west though
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An all time great,the best winger imo.