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Re: Your Most Favourite Ever Warrington Player : Mon Dec 22, 2014 9:34 pm  
Des Drummond for me. As a snotty nosed 8 year old I watched Des compete in superstars at a time when Rugby league players were rarely seen on TV. I was over the moon when he signed for us. I will never forget the anticipation whenever he was near the ball in attack or defence. When opposition wingers would get the ball it seemed that they would run to the opposite side of the pitch to avoid having his head thrust into their body. I have never seen anybody tackle like that since.
More recently M Monaghan for completely different reasons. The most intelligent player I have ever seen in a Warrington shirt.
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Re: Your Most Favourite Ever Warrington Player : Mon Dec 22, 2014 9:59 pm  
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Des Drummond for me. As a snotty nosed 8 year old I watched Des compete in superstars at a time when Rugby league players were rarely seen on TV. I was over the moon when he signed for us. I will never forget the anticipation whenever he was near the ball in attack or defence. When opposition wingers would get the ball it seemed that they would run to the opposite side of the pitch to avoid having his head thrust into their body. I have never seen anybody tackle like that since.
More recently M Monaghan for completely different reasons. The most intelligent player I have ever seen in a Warrington shirt.


Its still hard to forget when Martin Offiah put 5 tries past Drummond at Widnes in 1989. Apart from that he was an outstanding player.
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Re: Your Most Favourite Ever Warrington Player : Tue Dec 23, 2014 1:07 am  
John Woods. Consistently, irresistably brilliant in an all too short Wire career.

John provided the memory that remains probably my most vivid in 30 odd years of being a wire. His locker cup debut v Wigan at Wilderspool, playing stand-off opposite a certain Ellery Hanley. Woods took the ball straight from a scrum and ghosted past Hanley without a finger being laid on him to score in front of the fletcher end. Deceptive pace, acceleration and perfectly balanced running, Hanley was literally left gasping for air and grasping at slipstream. As he did so often, Woods planted the ball down with no histrionics, self-congratulatory gestures or ostentatious bravado.

John is also the player I wish we'd signed earlier and the player I'd most have liked to have seen in a Wire shirt in the SL era.

Apart from that I didn't really rate him.
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Re: Your Most Favourite Ever Warrington Player : Tue Dec 23, 2014 1:37 am  
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Re: Your Most Favourite Ever Warrington Player : Tue Dec 23, 2014 6:51 am  
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John Woods. Consistently, irresistably brilliant in an all too short Wire career.

John provided the memory that remains probably my most vivid in 30 odd years of being a wire. His locker cup debut v Wigan at Wilderspool, playing stand-off opposite a certain Ellery Hanley. Woods took the ball straight from a scrum and ghosted past Hanley without a finger being laid on him to score in front of the fletcher end. Deceptive pace, acceleration and perfectly balanced running, Hanley was literally left gasping for air and grasping at slipstream. As he did so often, Woods planted the ball down with no histrionics, self-congratulatory gestures or ostentatious bravado.

John is also the player I wish we'd signed earlier and the player I'd most have liked to have seen in a Wire shirt in the SL era.

Apart from that I didn't really rate him.

Great post.
From the time we signed him our points average almost doubled.
Not since Hesford before him had our scores been similar...
And not since Woods to Hodgson either.

What having a great kicking back means is all too evident in those three players.
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Re: Your Most Favourite Ever Warrington Player : Tue Dec 23, 2014 8:06 am  
Dessie Drummond, he was such an exciting player to watch.
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Re: Your Most Favourite Ever Warrington Player : Tue Dec 23, 2014 8:10 am  
Cheers Builth. Just to completely shatter my childhood memories I suppose you will tell me that the big red Tonka fire engine I received back then did not come from father Christmas but from a sweat shop in Taiwan. I won't believe that or that Offiah stuck 5 past Des
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Re: Your Most Favourite Ever Warrington Player : Tue Dec 23, 2014 9:21 am  
Bobby Fulton, Parry Gordon, Alex Murphy, John Bevan in any order..
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Re: Your Most Favourite Ever Warrington Player : Tue Dec 23, 2014 10:13 am  
morrisseyisawire wrote:
John Woods. Consistently, irresistably brilliant in an all too short Wire career.

John provided the memory that remains probably my most vivid in 30 odd years of being a wire. His locker cup debut v Wigan at Wilderspool, playing stand-off opposite a certain Ellery Hanley. Woods took the ball straight from a scrum and ghosted past Hanley without a finger being laid on him to score in front of the fletcher end. Deceptive pace, acceleration and perfectly balanced running, Hanley was literally left gasping for air and grasping at slipstream. As he did so often, Woods planted the ball down with no histrionics, self-congratulatory gestures or ostentatious bravado.

John is also the player I wish we'd signed earlier and the player I'd most have liked to have seen in a Wire shirt in the SL era.

Apart from that I didn't really rate him.

This post surprises me ,as I feel you at Warrington only saw John at the end of his career , I agree though he was class , the FINEST RL player I have ever seen , the guy had everything , Speed , Sidestep ,could kick a ball tactically , and kick goals , could tackle , he was the complete player .Being a fellow Butts Bridger , I know John personally , he is a very modest guy , no airs or graces ,and would have been priceless in todays game .I once saw him score 4 tries against Ellery Hanley in a Leigh v Bradford game ,Hanley was good but not in Johns class.
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Re: Your Most Favourite Ever Warrington Player : Tue Dec 23, 2014 10:29 am  
We did only see the arris end of Woods' career at Warrington, would love to have witnessed him in his pomp as the man was an absolute genius. I remember the poster of his Locker Cup try in Open Rugby. Gliding past the world's greatest player who looked completely confused as he grasped at thin air. In the background you could see Tony Barrow and Dessie celebrating on the touchline......happy days.
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