A few areas are definite for me. Rads at fullback, his defence is the best I've seen in any fullback.



Dermot at hooker, he was like another half back, so clever with the ball and the speed he got the ball out of dummy half was superb.

From the players i have seen

Rads

Robinson

Miles

Connolly

Offiah

Kenny

Gregory

Skerrett

Newton

Dowling

Platt

Farrell

Hanley

Tomkins

Robinson

Bell

Miles

Offiah/Boston

Barrett

Greg

Kel

Dermott

Platt

Betts

Faz

Hanley



Honourable mentions to Edwards, Brett Kenny. But for me Barrett played in a terrible Wigan team and at times won the game nearly single handedly for us. His passing was first class, his running was superb and his defence was better than any other 6 we've had at the club.



Also thought Inga was a superb centre, seemed almost impossible to stop.



This was very difficult, which is fantastic, show's what talent players we've had the pleasure of seeing in their own back yard.

I don't think at times people realise how special it's been to see the best in the world play the best game in the world in our own small north west town.

I'll never forget being taken the Wigan v Aust games at central park, Aus brought their best as they knew we'd give them a game... such fond memories in cherry and white.

I forgot how good Barrett's defence was until you mentioned, him and Leuluai were our two biggest hitters at one stage!

Brett Kenny. But for me Barrett played in a terrible Wigan team and at times won the game nearly single handedly for us. His passing was first class, his running was superb and his defence was better than any other 6 we've had at the club.





Barrett was a top quality player but was not in the same class as Kenny IMO

Was that the match when Barrie Mac tried to make the Aussie second row Paul Sironin go from 6ft 4" to 5ft 8"" in one mighty blow.



My best 13 covers a lot of years, going back almost 60 years, with a lot of changes in fitness and rule changes.



No 1 Radlinsky even though Tomkins seems to be the way for modern fullbacks.

No 2 Billy Boston without a doubt.

No 3 Eric Ashton, just because of the partnership he had with Billy.

No 4 Alan Davis was pure class (even though he might have been better when at Oldham). Gene Miles was sensational in his season at Wigan, even though in the first half of that season he was always injured.

No 5 Offiah even though it is debatable if he could have put up with the stick that Mick Sullivan took (and dished out with interest) in an earlier era.

No 6 Edwards for the length of career and partnership with Greg, but once again the best for one season has to be Brett Kenny, so quick, laid back and arrogant.

No 7 Andy Gregory (the original Tasmanian Devil) utterly fearless, a great football brain and a great partner for Edwards.

No 8 Andy Platt, I have chosen Platt at 8 because when he played the days of speciality 8s and 10s was on its way out.

No 9 Martin Dermott because he was probably one of the first of the modern day hookers, you don't have to bother about getting he ball out of the scrum. Just distribute the ball and tackle, which he could do.

No 10 The one and only Brian McTigue , a forward who could have played in any era.

No 11 Andy Farrell, this one is hard, Dennis Betts and Dave Robinson run him close.

No 12 Bill Ashurst, the complete second row who was as tough as nails with the ball playing skills at times of an halfback.

No 13 Ellery Hanley, if only for the utter commitment he put into the game (even though he could be selfish at times).

Doug Laughton would run him close when you consider the partnership he had with Robinson and Ashurst.



It is not really fair to compare players over such a length of time, that is why it is always debatable.

Players who absolutely have to be in a 'Greatest 13'; Jim Sullivan, Billy Boston, Eric Ashton, Shaun Edwards, Ellery Hanley & Andy Farrell



The rest are all subjective, but those 6 players are the absolute best in their given position that Wigan have ever had.

I would have Ashurst over Farrell, no criticism of Andy but Bill was the real deal.

Appreciate what your sayin but i would only ever put players in a best ever 13 if i had seen them play. So for me out of the 6 players mentioned only Edwards Farrell and Hanley would make the team.

I'm a big critic of the state of SL, but even though the quality has dipped you cannot get away from the fact that the competition has a superstar in Tomkins. He is the best player of the SL era. I suspect Radders would be a bit embarrassed by being ranked ahead of Sam. Radders was a special player, one of the best British players of his era and a fantastic servant of the club, but players as gifted as Tomkins come along once every 20 or 30 years. Sam must be in the side.



Other must haves (from players I have seen) are:



Miles and Offiah - The best centre/wing combination I've ever seen. Miles strength and offloading skills, his ability to draw tacklers and create space meant he was perfect for Offiah. if they were playing in SL today they'd be scoring tries for fun still, despite modern defences.



Robinson - freakishly gifted. Always seemed to pull out a great performance in the big matches, a true match winner.



Farrell - only a rung down from Hanley and Tomkins on the talent ladder. One of the greats of modern RL.



Hanley - the greatest British player of his generation.

Was over in ausstralia in 2008 during the world cup and was chattin to some cronulla fans in a bar in sydney just after barrett had signed for them, even though they was made up that he had signed for them , they said you can,t mention barrett in the same sentence as brett kenny.

Fairbairn

Boston

Ashton

Miles

Offiah

Edwards

Gregory

Gray

Newton

McTigue

Farrell

Ashurst

Hanley



Immense team.