Harry Major RIP, second row/loose, challenge cup finalist with Wigan 1965 I recall.

Tony Thorniley

Mark Thomas..... come on he got us to Wembley in 1990

Owner Simon Moran
Coach Paul Cullen

1 Paul Ford..?
2 Mike (Spider) Kelly
3 Jim Challinor
4 Laurie Gilfedder
5 Mark (Fozzy) Foster
6 Bobby Fulton
7 Gerry Helme
8 Tony Humphries
9 John Thursfield
10 Mark Thomas
11 Bob Eccles
12 Alan (Action) Rathbone
13 Harry (Moggy) Palin

Res
Ronnie (Rhino) Duane
Andy Hallbrook


Erm...is this the best we can do?
Friggin heck, I think we've had some serious neglect of our local youth recruitment over the decades.

Fullback: Derek Finnegan

Austin Woolvine a Warrington born hooker.

That's a pretty good team and does include around 8 internationals. It would be interesting to compare it with the Widnes,St Helens and Wigan equivalents.

I suppose Fulton and Helme are as good a halfback theoretical pair as any.
And the outside backs are pretty decent too.
The forwards look to be our downside.

Yes, primarily the front three.

Gerry Helme was from Leigh
1 Ron Ryder. A centre really but too good to leave out.
2. Mark Foster
3. Jim Challinor
4 Ronnie Duane
5 Laurie Gilfedder
6. Albert Cartwright Good scrum half played for Swinton
8. Bob Eccles
9. Austin Woolvine
10 Ally Brindle
11 Bill Major
12 Joel Tomkins
13 Harry Major.

Sorry I missed out Bobby Fulton at stand off. Senility creeping in.

Joel Tomkins!...let's put Wilkin in at loose forward too.

I always liked Barry Briggs, especially in the spell (late 1960s) before he went to Australia. As well as being a good footballer, he had work rate and aggression in his game. Unfortunately when he returned and played under Murphy, much of that aggression had gone and being no longer good enough for the Wire, he was packed off to Wigan.

I thought the thread, which you started, stipulated Warrington born players.
Jon Wilkin was born in East Yorkshire. Joel Tomkins was born in Warrington.

Correct, WO will 'our' Joel feature on the best or worst Warrington born team? Never been a fan TBH perhaps that's my P&B specs?

I wouldn't even put Joel Tomkins in the worst Warrington born team.
Anyways...I am trying to put together a team of born and Wire players really.

I don't think Laurie Gilfedder will be eager to playing on the wing. He'll prefer Second Row or Loose Forward.

ady spencer, non wire

Gilfedder started life as a fullback
Billy Hayes was a classy loose forward from the sixties before signing for saints

Before he went to Union he was a class player. Never been the same since. If you say he would feature in your worst wire born team you really must get your P&B specs seen to.

Then why didn't you say so?

I would wager that for much of his time at Warrington he played on the left wing

and just how much would you wager?

Peter Cannon played in the back line.

Wasn't Richard Varkulis once tipped to be hot property ?