Martin Chariots Offiah

[quiave]

fucking hell, i've never thought he was that good, he was fucking amazing....top player

[dirtyburgervan]

4:24 the ball boy goes and celebrates with him haha. Offiah, what a man, what a player!

[2patero]

Speed Demon with Rocket shoes on!

[Christizm]

Best winger ever dude was so fuckin fast you couldnt miss him or he would run the whole field and score also he was a big bloke so he was hard to put down as well from close range a natural try machine

[paulgeoffreybrown1]

No disrespect to Martin - who was a great winger.

But I remember him as being a shade below a winger like Eric Grothe because his defense was always bit suspect. Among Eric G's highlights are these amazing run-down, where he covers 80 meters of the field to pull down his opposite winger in the opposite corner.

Still - Chariots was a great winger. Probably a bit under-rated. But like so many British players of his era, just a bit underdone in the defense department.

[MadDogOfist]

Firstly, great vid.

Secondly, a Great vid without THAT Wembley try, or any of the ten he put past Leeds that time (sorry, does that still hurt?)

Thirdly, as a Wiganer when growing up I didn't know any black kids, there weren't any at my school, but Martin Offiah was a hero to all of us. There were some pretty bad attitudes to race up there and probably still are, but if a kid let rip with one of their idiot parent's racist attitudes, you could point to Chariots Offiah to prove them wrong.

[redallover79]

Is he DJ'ing now?

[redallover79]

Even when he was in his thirties and shot he was still better than 95% of the wingers who have or will ever play the game. We just dont make them like this guy anymore!

[2SXC2H8]

Martin Offiah is black 

[mikemcd1971]

@2SXC2H8 And your point is exactly...? Martin Offiah is Black AND White - for Widnes. He had his best days at Widnes (despite what many Wiganers might think!) where he is still regarded as legendary. He the RL man on Sky News now

[ianuk2008]

Best English Rugby League player ever

[jobo1954]

@ianuk2008

not the best RL player ever, defo best winger and despite what loads of people think had a brilliant defensive game.

[paul150365]

@ianuk2008 martins tries were something special he had outstanding pace and backed up really well but my vote will always go to ellery hanley a complete allrounder who scored most of his tries in the centre of the field making it easier for the conversion

[petesmonkeytrousers]

@paul150365 To be fair when Wigan had Botica kicking it didn't make much difference where the kick was on the pitch. Agree about Ellery though.

[newromantic888]

Stunning athlete and at 3.42 a stunning Rugby Leage player. Sense, awareness, balance and pure speed. This man.

[mikdalton]

You can't beat raw pace.

Will go down as one of the true legends of the sport. I'll still be talking about him when I'm an old man.

[CHOPSTICKSUPUBELLEND]

these boys should be in that widnes team now far better than the fannies down there now, these lads were proud to be widnes not like the tits there now

[jalidav1]

wow....they sure can run can't they?

[steg0183]

I used to love going Naughton Park in the 90s with my dad, what a brilliant atmosphere. It's a shame whats happened to Widnes now

[buzzo89]

ive seen et mow him down with ease

[wiganwarrior1973]

A true legend of the game that sould never be forgoten!!. Compared to wingers of today Offiah stands out on his own. Yeah alot of his tries were due to the hard work of the forwards, but the man still had to be there!!!. When a half break was made you just knew Offiah would be the one to finish it off!!!.

[TheCondemnedProphet]

Me dad went to school with Offiah. Although he was like 3 years below my dad. He was brilliant, i think my dad played against him though lol. My dad must have go his ass kicked...

[MAZ78726B]

Pure class !!!

[naganokumas]

"Chariots" is much easier to say on your banner than "Goodness gracious great balls".

[philees]

saints fan. wonderful player. anyone who walked on the field in those days had balls. miss that era. miss offiah.

[swebbo83]

the try at 1:10 is just offiah at his best!! awesome player!!

[mytonprop]

great vid ,,name of the track please anyone???

[FisticAutistic]

great vid . why didn't you show any clips of him waving bye bye to those he left eating dust ? .

[gecko74]

I remember Parramatta winger Lee Oudenryn showing Offiah up in a 100m sprint before a Parramatta game vs Great Britain! Parra won too!

[homers67]

A good winger always takes his chances and this guy scored every chance. Bullet speed but good reading of game to. What winger wants to be up against a guy who can can burn him easily ? No one.

[Drebuster1]

This video compilation is GOLD DUST what a player! Genuine pace is so rare .

The tries he executed are a prime example of a genuine sub 11second 100meter runner, sheer instinct conbined with cool wrist sweat bands !

[CWA1982]

can someone tell me wat martin ran a 40 meter and 100meter sprint in wat times please....i rekon a few nrl players would give him a good run 4 his money

[bobnudd]

under 10 in 1992 100 metre look it up

[kylienachani]

Where did you get this information from.

I've tried to find it & there is no reference anywhere that he ran 100m in under 10 secs.

[bobnudd]

In 1993 at wigan we had a chairty sprint with all the fast wingers in the rl at the time and offiah won under 10 seconds but to be fair the lengh they was running was a pad untill 100 mrts ,he pace was unreal but he could never tackle but in them days the minute he got the ball no matter where he was on the field he would score .

[kylienachani]

I am a Widnes fan & I too saw him in all his glory. But its this this under 10 secs for 100m I can't belteve.

Don't get me weong he was quick, very quick indeed.

But 1992 Linford Christie became the first british man to dip under 10 secs for 100m & he was an olympic sprinter. So I myself can't believe Martin did it 1 year later.

To my knowledge only 4 britons have ever gone under 10 secs, and He's not one of them. Sorry.

[gazgibson]

im a wigan fan and he never ever run under 10 secs, or he'd be in a different sport, what nonsense!!

[decaDBZ]

40 yards is 36 meters, so you will want to find his 36m time

[bobnudd]

oh and lol he scored more for wigan than he did for widnes just thought id get that in as i see theres no wigan trys on there and i know u widnes lads are still all starey eyed about him :)

[billyphone]

@bobnudd lol he did but if u look at the stats widnes played 145 scored 181 thats 13 times less than he played for wigan yet only 5 tries less.SO HIS STRIKE RATE WAS MORE POWERFULL AT WIDNES HAD HE PLAYED ANOTHER 13 TIMES FOR WIDNES HE WOULD HAVE SMASHED HIS 186 TRIES HE SCORED FOR U I SAY HE WOULD HAVE HIT 200 FOR WIDNES BACK THEN.WE BOTH HAD GREAT SERVICE OUT OF HIM BUT US JUST THAT BIT BETTER AND YOU HAD TO PICH HIM FROM US LOL SO EAT MY SHORTS.WIDNES FOREVER

[billyphone]

@bobnudd @bobnudd lol he did but if u look at the stats widnes played 145 scored 181 thats 13 times less than he played for wigan yet only 5 tries less.SO HIS STRIKE RATE WAS MORE POWERFULL AT WIDNES HAD HE PLAYED ANOTHER 13 TIMES FOR WIDNES HE WOULD HAVE SMASHED HIS 186 TRIES HE SCORED FOR U I SAY HE WOULD HAVE HIT 200 FOR WIDNES BACK THEN.WE BOTH HAD GREAT SERVICE OUT OF HIM BUT US JUST THAT BIT BETTER AND YOU HAD TO PICH HIM FROM US LOL SO EAT MY SHORTS.WIDNES FOREVER

[bobnudd]

He was the fastest winger i have ever seen at wigan and scored countless amout of trys with the world beating side we had back then but i tackle he could not and when iro went to leeds i watched him run into touch to get away from iro but no one could match his speed and from the wingers we have today no one will.

[1980Grafik]

Last of the great wingers.

Today's wingers are just brute force. No pace, no class, no skill, no step, no nothing.

Remember the old Nike advert?

The hands can't catch what the eyes can't see.

How many of today's wingers would warrant that?

[houghgree2]

@1980Grafik I agree with your "last year of the great wingers" comment about Martin Offiah. He was superb and the Widnes and Wigan teams he played in were the last great teams of the Rugby League I was brought up with. The whole complexion of the game has changed with the advent of Super League. As you say it's all brute force and the players are all of similar size, weight and speed.

[jerkappy]

always in the right place he was!

[immortalpop]

Yeah he ran like the wind but didn't make it as a great at international level- I remember seeing him drop the ball on various occasions. Also, I don't think I ever saw him pass a ball (yeah I know - he didn't have to)

[TheNgatikahu]

kevin iro paces off martin

[TheNgatikahu]

WTF martin OFIRE

[donkbounce]

gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooooooooooooooooooooooood i love you can i shag you martin

[kedmal]

sum dude just sed hes shit i dont think u no anything at all about rugby

[speedyandquick]

yeh he could run like the wind but his tackling was horrible great player though

[jacz23q]

hes prety shit

[philees]

he was class. golden era of RL.

[chewblued]

offiah was def not over-rated! he was one the world's most exceptional finishers in either code at his peak. a majestic runner. superb

[pauladaly]

yeah, maybe he should have played prop

plum

[dood70]

He was very good but I find it hard not to point out that he was very often the man on the spot after everyone else had done all the hard work. The reason he is very rarely touched before he scores is not just that he's quick but that his team-mates have taken all the punishment and put him in possession of the ball with 5 metres to run.

Great finisher, but over-rated in my opinion.

[Senzilla]

watch the first try, or most of these for that matter

he doesnt look 5 metres out to me

a true champion can produce the goods

if needs be

hence why you are wrong

offiah is not overrated

[dood70]

There's no denying that Offiah was a great rugby league player and I would never begin to deny it. What I'm saying is that he was very often the man on the end of some great work by his forwards and the inner backs. There's is no denying that he could turn a potential tackler inside-out but may I refer you to Greg Inglis, Billy Slater and Jonathan Thurstans who can invent their own tries as well as take the soft ones on offer... I've always loved Martin but I still maintain he was over-rated...

[pharry4life]

That first try is awesome, you rarely beat a kangeroo defence on the first hit up and he doesnt even get touched.....

[niggahzbproud]

Is it just me..or did any1 else notice that Offiah is always celebrating a try alone...!! I guess not even his team can keep up..huh..LOL

[joshseptember]

1:10 awesum run

[ANGIELSKIORZEL]

Legend!! couldnt catch a ball or tackle his grandmar but that man sure could run

[saladinabu]

Does anyone know the background tune?

[Senzilla]

dj tiesto - everything

[Oneillwiv2Ls]

the best rugby lge winger the game as seen!..when he got the ball you held your breath..LEGEND..

(was goin 2 say worth the entry money alone,but use 2 always climb over into the old naughton park !ha easy)

[jjmc60]

So true, so true!

(Love the name!)

[troggdogg1]

great player but he dint make it easy for the likes of barrie mcdermott he bullied him when mcdermott got his transfer to wigan for only 26 000 or something but big mac showed him both legends but barrie the best prop i ever seen and he from widness the meanest and biffest props come from the likes of widness leeds

[outfirstball]

barrie isn't from widnes he's from oldham mate

[gazgibson]

deffo aint one of the best props either, he was crap!!

[bobnudd]

if you read the comment he under 10 seconds when they had a race with the fastest wingers at central park back in the 90s which as i said in the comment is NOT hundred metres ,use your eyes m8ty.

[gazgibson]

even still i bet he couldnt do it in 10 seconds m8ty...

[bobnudd]

@gazgibson lol i know but you know how the ausys wind us up ,he could run but put him up against iro when he played for leeds and he shit his self i remmber him thowing the ball into touch to get away from him :) lets hope we have a better season this year m8 its been to long with no silverware and it would shut latics up )

[maxfm82]

Awesome tune with this vid.

[Gulftastic]

Widnes fans were Chavs before there ever was such a thing. Could they ever stay off the pitch??

[deccorey]

best winger i have ever seen!

[dragonfish1803]

I was lucky enough to see Martin in action many times for the fabulous Widnes team of the late 80s/early 90s, along with legends like Kurt Sorensen, Tony Myler, Jonathan Davies etc. To my mind the greatest club football team across all codes I have ever seen........and I'm a Man U fan !!

[billyphone]

respect and 2 true what a great side widnes was.ace team right through just like 1 big entity.

[StAllawah]

I know Chariots is long retired but I still wish he was playing for St George. He spent a season there in 1991

[hellosnackbar]

Martin Offiah,Billy Boston,Wally Lewis all incredible players whose obvious talentwas not recognised by RU selectors; and went on to become immortal RL stars.

Stupidity at its most blatant.

Jason Robinson was the exception; and look what happened.

[daharkkjw]

i actually know martin and i showed him the video and he says to personally thank you

[dutchrhino]

To be honest mate I hated him when he played for Widnes or Wigan against Leeds, but that in itself is a mark of respect!

A lot of people said he was a soft git but I saw him take some real cheap shots and still come back looking for the ball 110% respect!

Ps if he is going to the World cup he can buy me a beer or 2?;)

[caprokket]

@dutchrhino one good moment we have on him though, challenge cup semis probably 87, phil ford comes across the pitch diagonally to rob him of a try at Headingley, right in front of me, crowd went crazy, legendary stuff, nice vid

[TheCondemnedProphet]

@daharkkjw

Yo seriously? Can i ask you a favor? My dad went to school with him, he was like 3 years above him though. Does he remember a Paul Cook? I think he was a hooker. He probably doesn't remember him though.

[stevenaskin]

not just a gteat finisher but he went looking for the ball look at the gb tries on this recording lots of them scored in the middle of the field also his catching was exellent as a rhino he broke my heart many times but was true class not bettered yet

[MartinK303]

"The best winger I have ever seen! He was awesome!"

I agree with that, and I'm a Saints fan!

[robskim101]

leagiond but he got done up the ass an beat the star

[piankhy123]

The best winger in rugby league history period!

Thanks for placing this video on Youtube

[ElleryHanley]

the try against wigan broke my heart - dont think we ever forgave him

[franklymike]

Anyone ever time him over 100 metres?

[slabhead66]

I Saw Offiah play many times for Widnes where he was at his best. Best winger I have seen in either code. Look at that last try in video clip where he scores against Wigan. How many wingers could have scored in that situation? Might be wrong but I think it was Steve Hampson at fullback for Wigan who he rounded at the end. Hampson was fullback for GB at the time and renowned for his pace! People said Offiah's defence was poor but as an attacking winger, I have still yet to see an equal.

[clinny]

It was hampson at full back he went round but hampson wasnt renowned for pace it was mark preston (5)who was chasing him who was the speed king for wigan,i was at this game watching wigan.widnes were awsome at this time,could score from anywhere on the pitch from 1-13,A great time in rugby league this.

[missymassey]

Well corrected. Yes, it was Preston.

[spannerstrangler]

Excellent video, whats the backing track?

[bowielad]

absolute legend, but also an arrogant git.

[sarahlousthelens]

twice the player kevin penny will ever be

[LeedsRhinosfan2007]

Give Kevin Penny a chance - He's one season's old. KP is better than your Ade Gardner any day xD