RUGBY Union World Cup winners Jonny Wilkinson and Will Greenwood have revealed how 'Warrington Wolves' were at the heart of their repertoire on the playing field.
Greenwood has Tweeted the pair, who were in the England side that defeated Australia in Sydney in the 2003 World Cup Final, demonstrating a move that bares all the hallmarks of one that Lee Briers used to run for The Wire.
And the Blackburn-born former Harlequins centre said: "We called it Warrington, having "borrowed" the move from the rugby league side."
Sometimes you just have to...
— Will Greenwood (@WillGreenwood) September 20, 2018
Get the old gang back together and play a tune or two...
Mid coaching session - little break out to run one of our absolute favourites...
We called it Warrington - having “borrowed” the move from the rugby league side..@JonnyWilkinson @EnglandRugby pic.twitter.com/jYHfvA6d2D
Jon Clark, Wolves' head of strength and conditioning and former hooker, certainly identifies the move from the period Allan Langer was in the Wire team.
I first saw it in 2001 at Wilderspool involving Spud McCurrie, Big T, Alfie, Briersy & Toa I think if my memory serves me right. Never failed to work!
— Jon Clarke (@OptimalSC) September 21, 2018
Meanwhile, Warrington Wolves' current squad of players could do worse than take note of how the club's teams of old used to set up for drop-goal attempts.
The Wire have struggled with one-pointers at times this year and they could prove crucial in forthcoming play-offs fixtures.
Former Wire scrum half Steve Griffiths told us: "In our Wilderspool days, the call was one in, or two in ( drives) for a Guardian.
"The reason every player knew that call and what it meant was that at each end of the ground between the sticks on the roof edge was the Warrington Guardian advert.
"They'd been calling it years before my time there. Would be interesting who made that initial call? Gordon, Ashcroft, Kelly, Gregory, Mann?"
The old Warrington Guardian sign at Wilderspool Stadium
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