Or me, he must be ill or something Wurzel.

An absolute privilege to see Tommy God in a Leigh shirt, and I think Chris Hill will be revered in years to come.

John Woods

I agree was far too good for us at the time

Best local talent was John Woods. He had everything and for a period was as good as any stand off on the planet.
He never gets the recognition he deserves. Players from the past get mentioned as being great that were not fit to lace Woody's boots.

Best player to play for Leigh was Alex Murphy. He was also the best player ever to play for St Helens and probably Warrington. A true icon in the world rugby, either code.

In my opinion Tim Street was a very good prop forward who served leigh very well. However as a prop forward he was not in the same class as Dave Chisnall.

Lets not forget all the Martyns, Mick would have been a wow these days, Tommy Snr was a master ball player and Tommy jnr was a great player.
In his day Kev Ashcroft was up there with the best hookers

do nt think you can say chris hill gud player but not in the same class as big alf wilki and tony cook for me woody and murph

He's still only 23 though so a long career still ahead of him. I think he could and will go on to do great things at Wire and hopefully for England/GB.

Well I remember watching both of them and I disagree. Chris edges it for me.

thats your right i am saying those 2 cause they mixed it with the best chris is gud but not played with the big boys yet time will tell

Thats a fair point . I also agree with an earlier poster about Dave Chisnall. Now he was not just big he had a step on him and was fast too. Course like Murph Woods and Des he ended up at Warrington. Sickening it is all about money isn't it. Nothing ever changes in that regard.

Like I said in an earlier post frank nothing changes over the years we have always been a feeding ground for the bigger clubs and because of our geographical position and stature in the game always will be

Jamie Gass.

John Woods of those I've seen. Head and shoulders above anything I've seen at this club.

I'd add Mickey Martin (look at his try scoring record for a second rower and if he'd caught every pass tha came his way he'd have more than doubled that) And what about Charlie Pawsey and Stan Owen - loads of 'em, but fans only rememer the backs and never the donkeys up front. And where does chris Hill fit in? But the greatest,Ihave to admit,was the mighty Alex Murphy

John Woods
Dave Eckersley
Des Drummond

My lifetime top 3, never saw M Martyn, Owen or Pawsey.

I'll "see" your Jamie Gass, and "raise" you a Garry Howell!

Andy Cheetham

Hello everybody. Leighs best player by a country miles is JOHN WOODS

How about my namesake?

The AJM of his day!! Challenge cup winning captain, and Lions Tourist......and from the bit I've heard he could play a bit too!!

Murph and "God" are head and shoulders the best ever to pull on a Leigh shirt - Alex will edge it in most eyes, as he proved it for longer, and was more prolific at international level as well. As Fred says, if Johnny Woods had applied himself, he could have been the biggest player on the planet - but he would have lost some of that 'magic' that makes him our all time club legend.............would he have beat Leeds on his own, if he'd not been to the stag-do, and had a good nights sleep?? Maybe - but it wouldn't have been as good a story, would it??



Dessie was a class act.

In the modern era - Turley - points machine, and best reader of a game since Woody. Just a pity he was injury prone. Another few seasons, and he'd have owned the entire Leigh record book!!

Without a doubt Alec Murphy one of the all time great of World Rugby
Woody brilliant also his record speaks for itself breaking records for every team he played for.
But Alec Murphy was in his prime the best halfback in World Rugby...

I cant believe no one ever mentions Steve Donlan what a player tourist against the Aussie
capt Great Britain i think and was outstanding for Wigan as well best centre to ever play for Leigh
his record speaks for itself..

As I said earlier , some great players , Steve was one of those , Mick and Tommy ( my personal favourite ) , Tommy junior ( just wish we had had him earlier , Turley , Kevin , Dave Chis and many many others that would become obvious if you looked properly through the generations , ATEOTD , they put on the shirt , they are one of us , all of them , playing the hardest team sport in the world , representing our team , our town

could not agree more, these two are light years ahead of anybody else.

alex still regularly referred to as the greatest player of all time, although think wally lewis, lockyer and elleray are not far behind