RUGBY League legends Andy Gregory and Julian O'Neill have pledged their full backing to make Leigh Centurions an established Super League club.

Gregory, one of the game's all-time great scrum-halves, and former Australian international half-back O'Neill, who played Super League rugby with Widnes last season, say they are both 100 per cent committed to playing roles in Tony Benson's Hilton Park revolution.

Gregory, whose appointment as the club's coaching co-ordinator was only confirmed last week, took the opportunity to make the trip to join Leigh's training camp in Spain to get to know the players and backroom staff.

And from what he saw, 'Greg' was impressed.

"Tony Benson's put together a group of players with real talent and skill," he said.

"We've got backs with pace, forwards with strength and power and team full of aggressive players. We've also got a squad with a nice balance of youth and experience.

"If they can put it together on the field, then potentially the sky's the limit."

Gregory last coached at the elite level with Salford in 1999 and after a few years out of the front line he's delighted to be back in the game.

"I didn't realise how much I was missing the game until I got the chance to speak with Tony (Benson) and meet the players," Gregory said.

"Then all my old enthusiasm came flooding back.

"I admit I had got disillusioned with the game but slowly the old appetite is starting to return.

"The chance to be back with a club is just what I needed.

"To Leythers I may still be an 'enemy' from Wigan but at whatever club I've played with, I've always been proud of the badge I've worn.

"I want the current Leigh players to be as proud of the badge as I am."

O'Neill, whose playing CV includes Australia, Queensland and Brisbane Broncos, will be the Centurions' skipper next season - a role he will combine with coaching the Under 18s.

"A lot of people said I was daft dropping out of Super League, but I don't see it as a step backwards," he said.

"This may be the first time I've not played in the top bracket either in England or Australia, but the responsibility I've been given more than makes up for that.

"We've got a great group of lads here and if we can get away to a flying start when the season opens, I don't think anyone can live with us.

"I'm also looking forward to launching my coaching career with the U18s at Leigh.

"I want to help develop a conveyor belt of talent that leads from the lower grades right through to the top."