The Best Rooster of all time?

[milanja]

It’s gonna be a generational thing. I don’t think you can say Teddy because plenty of people (myself included) would arguably not even have him over Minichiello in an all time Easts 17, whereas players like Freddy and Beetson are just undisputed in their positions.

That’s an easy fix for me because mini played on the wing, and I think overall, Teddys a better all round fullback just.

1. Teddy
2.Toops
3.
4.
5.mini

6.Freddie
7.Hastings/cronk

13.Coote
12.cordner
11.Morley
8.JWH
9.
10.Beetson

14.SBW

Centers and hooker aren’t as obvious for me.

having more Morley and JWH in the same team would probably only work if we were playing pre NRL.

[caz]

hard to compare eras and hard to compare positions. you can't win a game without a good pack of forwards but it's normally a spine player that will win motm awards. freddy was more brilliant but teddy's a machine. what do you go on? premierships won should be a factor - if teddy leads us to another premiership he'd get my vote although i do think freddy should be in the immortals equation - great with ball in hand and a better defender than a lot of the other great ball players

[Schooner]

Brass and Harris are the probably the best centers I've seen since the 1960s. Jake Friend probably the best hooker in that time. Wish he was still playing

[King Salvo]

No Drew Hutchinson?

The Hutchinator would just miss out on the top 24 but would be ready to fill a range of positions if required.


1. Tedesco
2. Toops
3. Harris
4. Brass
5. Bill Mullins
6. Fittler
7. Kevin Hastings
8. JWH
9. Wing
10. Beetson
11. Fitzgibbon
12. Cordner
13. Coote

Interchange

14. Friend
15. Salvatori
16. Morley
17. Aubusson

Reserves

18. Minichiello
19. Manu
20, Fletcher
21. Radley
22. Sing
23. Kenny- Dowall
24. Flannery

[Carlos Parra]

Spiro Strattos closely followed by the Kel's - Kel Sherry and Kel Judd - shout outs to Steve Gigg , Bibi Edgerton , Mick Cupic and Rob McClusky the Semi Professional Tennis Player they signed.

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He was just as useless at tennis.

[gragra]

Some of my favourites - Freddy , Artie , Teddy , Mini , Toups , Horrie , Mark Harris , Hugh McGahan , SKD , Aubo , Boyd Cordner


Way too many to single out one.

Hard to separate all those greats but mini as a 1 club player, most tries 139 , 302 games and missed about 40 with back surgery and all the awards he received puts him arguably above most.

[Carlos Parra]

These questions seem to get posed with frequent regularity.

It's hard for me to single anyone out. When I was younger (and had sporting idols), I guess it was Kevin Hastings. I even wrote a letter to the newspaper voicing my opinion as to why he should have been selected for the Kangaroo tour and not Steve Mortimer.

I fondly remember chanting 'Kevin Hastings walks on water, tra la la la, la la la la' at the old Sports Ground.

I grew out of idolising sports people, but I guess the likes of Noel Cleal, Kerry Boustead, Fairfax, Andrew Walker, Rod Silva, Fittler, Mini, Fitzy. SKD and Toops all got my blood racing for one reason or another.

[weplayforprems]

That’s an easy fix for me because mini played on the wing, and I think overall, Teddys a better all round fullback just.

1. Teddy
2.Toops
3.
4.
5.mini

6.Freddie
7.Hastings/cronk

13.Coote
12.cordner
11.Morley
8.JWH
9.
10.Beetson

14.SBW

Centers and hooker aren’t as obvious for me.

having more Morley and JWH in the same team would probably only work if we were playing pre NRL.

Each to their own mate. I guess it’s who you love at a particular age. I’m certainly not going to argue with anyone who says Teddy, that’s for sure.

Mini was coming through when I was a teen/early 20s so I think you just naturally love the game a bit more at that age.

If they were redoing our all-time team I suspect your answer (Teddy fullback; Mini wing) would be the popular vote.

[Vasco]

Dave Brown would have to go close

[nayfo]

Fittler

[nayfo]

The Hutchinator would just miss out on the top 24 but would be ready to fill a range of positions if required.


1. Tedesco
2. Toops
3. Harris
4. Brass
5. Bill Mullins
6. Fittler
7. Kevin Hastings
8. JWH
9. Wing
10. Beetson
11. Fitzgibbon
12. Cordner
13. Coote

Interchange

14. Friend
15. Salvatori
16. Morley
17. Aubusson

Reserves

19. Minichiello
19. Manu
20, Fletcher
21. Radley
22. Sing
23. Kenny- Dowall
24. Flannery

Pretty good list, can’t argue with who you’ve selected but I would add Ricko onto the reserves list in place of a few of those names. Just my opinion.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Dave Brown would have to go close

The thick set, baby-faced prop who also played for Manly?

[Mickie Lane]

Nick Kouparitisas

[Mickie Lane]

That’s an easy fix for me because mini played on the wing, and I think overall, Teddys a better all round fullback just.

1. Teddy
2.Toops
3.
4.
5.mini

6.Freddie
7.Hastings/cronk

13.Coote
12.cordner
11.Morley
8.JWH
9.
10.Beetson

14.SBW

Centers and hooker aren’t as obvious for me.

having more Morley and JWH in the same team would probably only work if we were playing pre NRL.

Trell at number 3

[Mr Whippet]

The Hutchinator would just miss out on the top 24 but would be ready to fill a range of positions if required.


1. Tedesco
2. Toops
3. Harris
4. Brass
5. Bill Mullins
6. Fittler
7. Kevin Hastings
8. JWH
9. Wing
10. Beetson
11. Fitzgibbon
12. Cordner
13. Coote

Interchange

14. Friend
15. Salvatori
16. Morley
17. Aubusson

Reserves

19. Minichiello
19. Manu
20, Fletcher
21. Radley
22. Sing
23. Kenny- Dowall
24. Flannery

Wow great list.
I thought Royce Ayliffe went OK, probably not in the greatest players group, nonetheless gave it all for the chooks.