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Wigan v Swinton 1962
Wigan v Swinton 1962
Photo: RON HUNT
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Photograph of the team Wigan v Swinton December 15th 1962

Comment by: Jimmy Edwards on 18th February 2014 at 12:03

What a great team I would have been at that match stood in Hen Pen smell of Horse Liniment wafting up Tunnel used to use it myself (better smell than any Poncie aftershave) Today's team would not stand a chance against them. Thanks Ron send my regards to our Shelia & our Malc & family.

Comment by: mache on 18th February 2014 at 16:22

Silly comment, the games has changed an awful lot since these played.

Comment by: gibo on 18th February 2014 at 17:17

I would have liked to have seen this team play if they had the training facilities that the present team have and also if they were full professionals in stead of doing a full shift down the pit then playing rugby.

Comment by: Jon7 on 18th February 2014 at 17:32

I agree, but in other respects I always think cream rises to the top in any era, and so a lot of these players would do well in the modern version of Rugby League if they were youngsters today.

Comment by: Douglas on 18th February 2014 at 19:28

I think it does an injustice to both these players and the current Wigan team to try and match them up against each other. All these lads could do was to be the best of their era. Same thing applies to today's team. How spoiled we are to have such a successful team spanning many decades. Surely we don't need to compare them.

Comment by: keith on 19th February 2014 at 15:09

watched both teams team in the photo was the better all round team i watch this side from the hen pen

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