Posted by... quigs eraofthebiff - on ... Tuesday, May 15, 2012
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Steve Griffiths ex Salford
and Warrington Player,
Warrington UK
Warrington .. is the club I follow
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I played pro in england in the mid 80s for Salford making my
full debut against my home town club Warrington, who were known
as the Zoo in that era. At fullback was a brian johnson who
was also making his debut for Warrington - but with alot more
experience than i.
The Warrington front roy that day would have put fear into any
international team. it read Boyd, Tomati, and Jackson(Bob)who
I later went on to play with at Warrington.
I recall Alan rathbone being at loose forward on that day also.
A little geneous called Andy Gregory was at no 7. Thankfully
for us that day Boydy went off early with adead leg - aresult
of a mistimed tackle from Roby Mullerwho caught Les on the thigh
with his head of all things.
This game of ours isnt all about braun as we know as the star
of the day was at 6. on his day this guy was the best in the
world and so he proved as he ran in 4 tries that day on 6th
Oct 1986. Phil Blake was mercurial that day. In my eyes he was
the master of the chip and chase.
Later on in my "career", Brian Johnson went on to be my coach
at Warrington. Brian's feelings on the chip and chase were,
"Only try it if you knew it was gonna come off!!" We tried a
few!
I played with some great Aussie guys over her in England, Mark
Wakefield - is he still in Marwillumbah? Brian Battese- one
hell of a worker!! the late Geoff Selby - a brilliant future
lay ahead for this talented young guy tragically killed in a
car accident in 1989. Neil Baker played with Neil in that Warrington
game. Watched in awe as he drew a Leeds defence - chipped and
regathered on the full and then drew the fullback and cipped
and caught on the full and went under the posts. genious!
Greg Mackey- still holds the record for most consecutive matches
for Warrington. kept me from making a full debut for Warrington.
What he did was tackle well above his weight. A clever player,
learned alot from him.
Well it was nice to share some of my favourite moments in my
modest career. I have an aweful lot of precious moments from
the best game in the world.
Thanks to all those who helped me make em.
Steve Griffiths
ex Salford and Warrington RL
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