Fev Players: Wingers

ALL THE ROVERS WINGERS

ALL THE ROVERS WINGERS

Here is a list of everyone who has ever played on the wing for the Rovers from the beginning of our professional era in 1921 up until the end of last season (2018). They are listed in the order of appearances in the starting line-up as a winger.

There are 17 players who have made just 100 or more appearances on the wing. 15 of them played less than 200 games but two players played more than 300 games. Ken Kellett is top of the list having made 346 of his 358 appearances on the wing. He was a member of our 1973 Challenge Cup winning team in 1973. Jim Denton is the other and he also holds the record for total Fev appearances (440). He scored a try and kicked a goal in Rovers first ever professional match on August 21st, 1921 and continued playing right through until 1934.

As with fullbacks there are some surprises at the bottom end of the table. Steve Dooler who played by far the majority of his games at loose forward or second row with just a handful at centre turned out on the wing against Leigh in 2002.

Perhaps the most surprising Fev winger doesn’t appear in the list because he started the match, as usual, at prop. We can’t remember which match it was, but there was one when we suffered a number of injuries that resulted in players changing position and it ended up with us having Leo Casey on the wing for a time!