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Re: FRENCH : Tue Sep 10, 2024 4:53 pm  
Love watching Bevan probably more than almost any player since the mid 80's when I first started watching Wigan.

Roberts sticks out as someone who was very similar to how Bevan plays but such a shame he got injured as I'm sure he would have been held in similar esteem if we had seen him for a few seasons.

I can't go past Hanley as the best Wigan player I've seen though. Probably the English player the Aussies respected most even to this day.
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Re: FRENCH : Tue Sep 10, 2024 5:57 pm  
Can't remember being as entertained by a player since Jason Robinson.
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Re: FRENCH : Tue Sep 10, 2024 9:32 pm  
Since 1982:

Ferguson
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Re: FRENCH : Wed Sep 11, 2024 10:54 am  
Bevan certainly has an x factor and does things in a game that others cant. What he has demonstrated at Wigan is his versatility too, with performances at FB, Wing and Stand-Off, running in and creating tries in all 3 positions

i'd add Offiah into the overall conversation, whilst he wasnt the best RL player in the world, he could do things that no-one else could (or has done since) in terms of his ability to find the try line from anywhere. He just looked so elegant in full flight and could take virtualy anyone on the outside with a yard of space

Kenny, Miles and Barrett all had great seasons with Wigan, and were a joy to watch but unfortunately we only had them for the short term

overall, my favourite player was Ellery, as he really was poetry in motion but equally hard as nails.
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Re: FRENCH : Wed Sep 11, 2024 9:55 pm  
MattyB wrote:
Since 1982:

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I'd add Henry Paul to that.
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Re: FRENCH : Sat Oct 12, 2024 8:59 pm  
Try tonight won the game again
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Re: FRENCH : Sat Oct 12, 2024 9:41 pm  
Bevan is one of the very best ever to play for Wigan.
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant!
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Re: FRENCH : Sat Oct 12, 2024 9:54 pm  
The would not have lost
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Re: FRENCH : Sat Oct 12, 2024 10:07 pm  
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The would not have lost


That is both literally true, and, y'know, the other way! :D
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Re: FRENCH : Sun Oct 13, 2024 1:41 am  
Big Steve wrote:
Love watching Bevan probably more than almost any player since the mid 80's when I first started watching Wigan.

Roberts sticks out as someone who was very similar to how Bevan plays but such a shame he got injured as I'm sure he would have been held in similar esteem if we had seen him for a few seasons.

I can't go past Hanley as the best Wigan player I've seen though. Probably the English player the Aussies respected most even to this day.


Boston was the best and the player the Aussies respected most.
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