Lower Creaser wrote:
At the time of his signing I wasn’t convinced it was a position we needed more numbers with Having Brand , Inu ,Dixon and Hitchcox, however he is here now and you don’t bring someone in from the other side of the world over and don’t play him, unless it’s for mis behaving.
As long as he’s kept on the straight and narrow there isn’t a winger in this league who can lace his boots and that goes for a a few SL wingers as well .
As far as Ex Internationals go earliest I can remember is Ian Schubert with more recent ones being Tonga and Stewart
Ian Schubert 1986-1987 (21 Appearances) (4 Aussie caps)
Willie Tonga 2016-2017 (9 Appearances) (12 Aussie caps)
Glenn Stewart 2017 (24 Appearances) (5 Aussie caps)
Blake Ferguson 2022 (1 Appearance) (7 Aussie caps)
Ok, so my memory is not great. The point I was making is that Leigh have had a series of middling wingers since the days of Des Drummond and Phil Fox. There have have been notable veterans like Barry Lager, players on the way up Liam Kay, and plenty on the way down. Last season we had what I though was going to be excellent wingers in Matty Russell (6 Appearances) and Lewis Tierney (10 Appearances), sadly proved wrong. Wingers have always seemed to be an after thought at Leigh over the last 40 years.
Currently we have Inu and Ferguson and I am ultra impressed at the quality they bring to the team. They are reliable finishers, quick and strong, and don't mind doing the dirty stuff.
Leigh were starting to gel as team and now we have a 6ft 3in speedster as the cherry on top of the cake.
