Reading the Adam Mcdougal / Wendell Sailor story last week got me thinking about the lack of real characters in modern day rugby league, it was certanly refreshing to see two players going public about their feelings for one another and it made entertaining reading.

All too often it seems that when players are interviewed they give the same predictable answers and seem reluctant to express their true feelings about opposition players or teams.

Thinking back do you have any memories about players that have played for Wigan and have not been afraid to express their views about oppositions players or teams?

Shaun Wane used his after match MOTM award speech following the defeat of Manly to thank the Manly players for a good warm up for the Lancashire Cup Final

john major meeting billy mcginty and his pineapple ring

ive not read it, have you got a link please?

Nikki Kiss live on BBC1 before the challenge cup final against Hull in 1985 - He was being interviewed about his antics with the crowd and when the commentator said, if there is one person more popular than you it is this fellow by your side. it was Henderson Gill and Nikki Kiss said 'Yes well he adds some colour to the team! Cringe worthy!!!

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Nicky Kiss again.

He didn't get on with Alex Murphy and actually stayed away from the club.

The first night after Murphy was sacked Kiss returned to training singing Murphys gone, Murphys gone, Murphys gone at the top of his voice.

There's some great archive footage I've got on vhs somewhere of Henderson Gill, Des Drummond and Ellery Hanley all being interviewed on grandstand together on the pitch at Knowsley Road prior to a JPS semi v Leigh. It was before Ellery went all moody and silent and in particular I remember Gilly and Ellery taking the mick out of Des' smart Leigh matchday outfit and calling him a flying bluebottle. It would make classic youtube viewing if someone has a copy they can convert.

Cheers for that.

made me chuckle, i agree i dont mind a bit of trash talk. it adds the the match build up and when the players go head to head there is always a bit more "spice"

Back in the days when a comment like that was just taken as it was meant, eh? Everyone thought it was funny, but now you'd get do-gooders wanting you to issue apologies, and then go and do some charity work in Africa just to make sure.

Henderson brilliantly followed this up though with a response to Harry Gration's question about whether he was looking forward to the game: "Al tell yer when av got me 'at trick! I'm gonna be anuvver Billy Boston!"

Got told a story of a former Wigan player that when Big Kelvin Skerret was in new zeland he went to a cafe for a pre match full english breakfast and when the waiter informed him they had ran out of bacon he ranted on to the waiter for about ten minutes about how the hell can a cafe run out of bacon when there are so many sheep in the country ??

I heard that same story about Roy Haggerty. Another one I heard about Roy Hag was the week before the 1989 challenge cup final. He went up to alex murphy and asked where neil Holding was. Murphy told him that Holding had gone for a cortizone injection. roy replied ' HOW THE FU@k CAN HE AFFORD A CAR LIKE THAT?'

During a tour down under Roy Haggerty was asked by an Aussie jouro where he was from. RH replied "England". The Journo said "Yes Roy I know that, but whereabouts in England?". He replied "Top of Elephant Castle Road*".



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It was "Top of Elephant Lane" Pemps.

Thanks for that Roy

I was walking up Scholes one tea time and Danny Campbell came strutting out his flat with the Challenge Cup. Now those were the days