As a prominent Lancashire club, Fylde have always co-existed with a number of Rugby League giants providing at least three players of outstanding ability to the 13-man code and, on the flip side, proving to be the last port of call for dual-code legend Jason Robinson.
The extremely rapid Bill Burgess, a Northern Counties sprint champion tipped for full GB athletics honours, was an early crossover star having impressed for Fylde and Lancashire as a union player before he signed professional terms with Barrow,
In fairness, his father Bill Burgess Senior was something of League legend in the 19...