Quote FredParky="FredParky"It was the 2000 - 2001 season Turls started at Leigh proper, he made his home 1st team debut V South Sydney Terk thought he would only be a bit player and had brought in Simon Svabic as his full back however the rest is history, it was also my first team debut as cameraman.
Turls had played at least one game in the reserves the season before after Wigan (yes Wigan
) cut him, it shows just how ahead of his time Terk was his use of the Full back is how the modern full back is expected to play, for me he is the best technical coach Leigh have had in my time anyway.
John Woods was the player who had it all speed, guile, defence kicking both field and goal, and a great reader of a game, however with todays training regimes I doubt whether he would even turn pro today.
It is unfair to compare any of these players as all are different in their skills make up.'"
Fred , I remember that South Sydney game well , it was a very cold and wet night , id seen young Turley playing in Wigans academy team earlier before he was injured , I said then he was the nearest thing to Sir John id ever seen , he was a very good support player , not in the class of Terry Lamb , he was the master at support play , but Woody made his own breaks , when John made a break 90% of the time it ended with him scoring a try , an English Stand-off like Woody in todays game would be Priceless .
