Bill McLaren was once commentating when Bob Hesford was playing in an England RU International - mentioned how the Hesfords were a sporting family because not only did Bob play for RU for England but brother Iain also played in goal for Sunderland - he declined to make any mention of the sporting exploits of the other brother Steve - wonder why ?.

Are you sure?......"dig heel in the ground, pop ball in hole, three paces back, two to the left.....welly".....



I thought he was one of the last straight toe-end kickers not around the ball style?

Can't quite remember

Was it not Derek Noonan who did the old torpedo kick?

Derek Whitehead

Corrected.

Hesford was a round the corner kicker - my screensaver at home is a pic of him in action at Wilderspool!

terry matterson used to toe end when he was still playing, late 90's

Steve married Ex Miss Great Britain Tanya Turnbull and last time I heard of him he was running a pub somewhere near Bolton.

THE finest goalkicker the game has ever seen.

Superb goal kicker, best of his time. He had the unusual style of a place kick for touch also.



Having a player with his kicking ability was worth the two points when we had a penalty in our own half, and with a try worth only 3 points a goal was easy points.

witout a doubt the best goal kicker i have seen play for us

Great goal kicker was Shirley but always looked as though he was going to be a better player than he actually was (you had to be there)