John Woods was without doubt ,THE FINEST , MOST COMPLETE rugby player , i have ever seen, i have been watching rugby for 50 years ,and John could do anything ,run , tackle , kick ,score tries for fun , had a sidestep,speed , the lot ,if he had played for a TOP team ,he would have been a GREAT.



I know John personally to ,he lived on our Estate as a kid , was a mate of my younger brother,a true gent , still is ,he is very approachable, will talk with anybody, proud to say he was A LEYTHER,



Thank you for the Days John.

John Woods and Tony Myler in my opinion are the 2 best stand offs that britain has produced, their certainly the 2 best british stand offs that ive seen.



Great players create their own space, both John Woods and Tony Myler always had defences hanging back off them as tacklers wouldn`t commit to them in fear of getting stepped.



John Woods had the lot, that short burst of pace to take him past defenders, a great side step, a great passing game, superb vision and a great kicking game.

Big hands?

john woods= ledgend full stop.

Quality player. Seemed to just glide through defences in an almost effortles way.



Not sure about the drinking but me and my mate on arrival at Chicago airport when Warrington played Wigan in Milwaukee back in 1989 got told that he had sunk a few shandies on the teams flight over to Chicago. On landing at the airport he proceeded to serenade the Lady Customs officer whilst the paperwork was being processed. They still let him in though. Class player and a real gent.

Is John Woods related to the John Woods who has been playing amateur rugby for Leigh Miners?

Sheer class, probably Britains best stand off at a time when there were a lot of good stand offs in the game.



He made playing the game look so easy and a pleasure to watch. Pity we had him at the end of his career but he still cut it. Both him and Dessie in their time at Leigh were for many years thorns in our side.



Could have achieved a lot more in the game but I think he was just happy playing the game.

yeh R.B.A the john woods that playes for the miners is the son of the ledgend.

Class act who made the game look easy and effortless

A magician. Remember seeing him in the Touchdown bar after a match...never seen anyone down a pint of bitter quicker, well with the exception of my dad!

John Woods and Keith Holden were the best half back pairing I've seen. I've seen better stand offs than Woods (though not many) and better scrum halfs than Holden but they were the best pair I've seen

The best player I have seen in a Wire shirt - and he was even better at Leigh. Sheer quality and tough with it - never one to shy away from "the biff"!!