TO mark 20 years since Super League kicked off we are asking readers to vote for their best players in each position since 1996.

At the end of the fortnight we will list the Saints XIII as chosen by you.

Already we have conducted a poll for full back and the first wing spot, with an overwhelming 95 percent vote for Paul Wellens and more than half for Darren Albert at number 2.

Readers will get the chance to pick the other wing next week.

Now it is the chance to vote for your best centre – and the club have been truly blessed from the outset.

The candidates.

Paul Newlove.

A record buy from Bradford who showed that Saints really meant business at the start of Super League.

He forged a deadly partnership with Anthony Sullivan, Tommy Martyn and Chris Joynt with that left hand gang.

The tries came thick and fast with Newlove’s nimble footwork and strength being used to good effect to score a remarkable 36 tries in 28 appearances during the 1996 double winning year.

A Cup winner in 1997 and 2001, and he played in the Grand Final successes of 1999 and 2002, and had a key role in helping Saints beat Brisbane in the World Club Challenge.

Jamie Lyon.

Saints will never get so lucky again in recruiting a player from the NRL in the peak of his powers.

Quicker than he looked, he could kick 40/20s for fun, had sublime handling skills and could tackle.

Man of Steel in 2005 with 24 tries in 31 games, his telepathic understanding with compatriot Darren Albert saw the wingman score 28 tries.

Lyon’s incredible first year helped Saints to League Leaders Shield –but injuries to key men cost them a chance at Grand Final.

The year after Lyon was a key part of that Grand Slam winning side – scoring 22 tries, assisting Ade Gardner for many of his 31 and slotting 164 goals.

Kevin Iro.

Who would have thought when ‘the Beast’ was terrorising Saints defences in the late 80s that he would appear on a list such as this.

Signed by Ellery Hanley, the Kiwi centre enjoyed three swansong years at Saints from 1999 and contributed to a glorious run of success.

Super Kev ‘put the ball on the Bradford line’ in Saints 8-6 win over Bulls in the 1999 Grand Final and played in the following year’s success over Wigan.

He tasted further success in the 2000 World Club and collected another Challenge Cup winners medal, to go with his Wigan haul, in 2001.

Towards the end Iro was a master at listening to his body and saving himself for the big games.

Willie Talau.

The Kiwi international was seriously under-rated in his five years at the club.

A potent attacking player and a tough defender, Talau scored a brace of tries in the 2004 Challenge Cup Final win over Wigan. Further cup success followed in 2006,07 and 08.

When all eyes were on Jamie Lyon, Talau forged a strong partnership with Francis Meli on that other flank during the Grand Slam season of 2006.

Alan Hunte.

Alan Hunte joined Saints in 1989 and matured into a classy centre by the time he left for Hull at the end of 1997.

A member of the double winning team of 1996, Hunte was a prolific try scorer topped the Saints list with 27 from 28 in the second year of Super League.

Matt Gidley.

Gids was the man who had the Jamie Lyon-flick pass before Jamie Lyon.

Although not as explosive as his predecessor in the Saints shirt, Gidley showed himself to be a craftsman centre in four seasons at Knowsley Road.

It was noticeable that Gidley helped his wing partner Ade Gardner to 31 tries in 2008.

The former Newcastle Knight helped Saints win the World Club Challenge and Challenge Cups in 2007 and 2008.

After this first vote the first centre will be selected and removed from the list so readers can vote again on the left centre