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Re: all time favourite teams
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2020 12:29 pm
by No straw damn us
morley pie eater wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 9:55 am
nathan_rugby wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 9:38 am
martin75 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 24, 2020 1:21 pm
How about naming a team of players who came through academys , home grown not signed from other clubs , i'll kick off with a saints team from 84 onwards
1 paul wellens
2 tommy makinson
3 gary connolly
4 mark percival
5 alan hunte
6 johnny lomax
7 neil holding
8 luke thompson
9 kieron cunningham
10 james graham
11 andy platt
12 bernard dwyer
13 chris arkwright
14 james roby
15 morgan knowles
16 roy haggerty
17 paul forber
Team based on 1998 onwards
1 - Radlinski
2 - Josh Charnley
3 - Darrell Goulding
4 - Paul Johnson
5 - Joe Burgess
6 - George Williams
7 - Sam Tomkins
8 - Paul Prescott
9 - Michael Mcllorum
10 - Andy Farrell
11 - Gareth Hock
12 - Liam Farrell
13 - Sean O Loughlin
Can anyone make that better sticking to the rules of through Wigan academy, never played for anyone else before Wigan, 1998 onwards ?
Good one! My only questions would be what about Marshall at 5 and Partington at 8?
I'd have Jason Robinson on one of the wings and Oliver Gildart before Johnson.
Re: all time favourite teams
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2020 2:28 pm
by nathan_rugby
pedro wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 10:56 am
Id have newton at 9 and Robinson on the wing and andy farrell at 13, gilly at 4, betts at 12
Newton played for Leeds first.
Robinson played for Hunslet.
Re: all time favourite teams
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2020 2:31 pm
by nathan_rugby
morley pie eater wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 9:55 am
nathan_rugby wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 9:38 am
martin75 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 24, 2020 1:21 pm
How about naming a team of players who came through academys , home grown not signed from other clubs , i'll kick off with a saints team from 84 onwards
1 paul wellens
2 tommy makinson
3 gary connolly
4 mark percival
5 alan hunte
6 johnny lomax
7 neil holding
8 luke thompson
9 kieron cunningham
10 james graham
11 andy platt
12 bernard dwyer
13 chris arkwright
14 james roby
15 morgan knowles
16 roy haggerty
17 paul forber
Team based on 1998 onwards
1 - Radlinski
2 - Josh Charnley
3 - Darrell Goulding
4 - Paul Johnson
5 - Joe Burgess
6 - George Williams
7 - Sam Tomkins
8 - Paul Prescott
9 - Michael Mcllorum
10 - Andy Farrell
11 - Gareth Hock
12 - Liam Farrell
13 - Sean O Loughlin
Can anyone make that better sticking to the rules of through Wigan academy, never played for anyone else before Wigan, 1998 onwards ?
Good one! My only questions would be what about Marshall at 5 and Partington at 8?
Picked Prescott just because of his tenure and how solid he was. Lee Mossop pre NRL could be a better shout tbh.
I haven’t seen enough of Partington to select him in all honesty.
I think Charnley and Burgess in their prime are better than Marshall has been.
Depends whether we are picking based on their tenure as a whole at Wigan or based on a few great seasons in their prime.
Re: all time favourite teams
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2020 5:29 pm
by pedro
nathan_rugby wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 2:28 pm
pedro wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 10:56 am
Id have newton at 9 and Robinson on the wing and andy farrell at 13, gilly at 4, betts at 12
Newton played for Leeds first.
Robinson played for Hunslet.
ah true, wigan lost in court for newton, did Farrell not play for Widnes first team before Wigan and Charnley HKR?
Re: all time favourite teams
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 8:59 am
by morley pie eater
pedro wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 5:29 pm
nathan_rugby wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 2:28 pm
pedro wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 10:56 am
Id have newton at 9 and Robinson on the wing and andy farrell at 13, gilly at 4, betts at 12
Newton played for Leeds first.
Robinson played for Hunslet.
ah true, wigan lost in court for newton, did Farrell not play for Widnes first team before Wigan and Charnley HKR?
Robinson played for Hunslet Parkside amateur team as a lad, possibly 14 or 15, but came through Wigan's juniors/academy.
https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/ ... ion-563561
Farrell and Charley were on loan iirc, probably same for Newton.
Re: all time favourite teams
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 10:36 am
by pedro
No Newton signed for Leeds and Wigan when hew was at Judes, Leeds took Wigan to court and won so Newton went to Leeds then Wigan signed him from there a few years later, Robinson played for Hunslt after Parkside so was a semi pro player in the lower divisions before signing for wigan, Charnley and farrell were both Academy players but went out on loan and played first team rugby for other clubs before breaking into the Wigan first team
Re: all time favourite teams
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 11:18 am
by medlocke
Here's a challenge for somebody with more patience than me, How about a list of the best Cumbrians who have played for Wigan
Re: all time favourite teams
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 1:42 pm
by No straw damn us
pedro wrote: ↑Mon Apr 27, 2020 10:36 am
No Newton signed for Leeds and Wigan when hew was at Judes, Leeds took Wigan to court and won so Newton went to Leeds then Wigan signed him from there a few years later, Robinson played for Hunslt after Parkside so was a semi pro player in the lower divisions before signing for wigan, Charnley and farrell were both Academy players but went out on loan and played first team rugby for other clubs before breaking into the Wigan first team
It wasn't Wigan it was Warrington who Newton signed for as well as Leeds and Leeds took them to court to get his signature.
Re: all time favourite teams
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 1:48 pm
by pedro
No straw damn us wrote: ↑Mon Apr 27, 2020 1:42 pm
pedro wrote: ↑Mon Apr 27, 2020 10:36 am
No Newton signed for Leeds and Wigan when hew was at Judes, Leeds took Wigan to court and won so Newton went to Leeds then Wigan signed him from there a few years later, Robinson played for Hunslt after Parkside so was a semi pro player in the lower divisions before signing for wigan, Charnley and farrell were both Academy players but went out on loan and played first team rugby for other clubs before breaking into the Wigan first team
It wasn't Wigan it was Warrington who Newton signed for as well as Leeds and Leeds took them to court to get his signature.
sure it was Wigan, that was what we was told when we played Judes that year as he came back playing for them during proceedings
Re: all time favourite teams
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 8:09 pm
by morley pie eater
medlocke wrote: ↑Mon Apr 27, 2020 11:18 am
Here's a challenge for somebody with more patience than me, How about a list of the best Cumbrians who have played for Wigan
Danny Gardiner at prop for one.