Don't count guys like Dave Taylor as he did achieve playing for QLD/Australia....despite most people viewing Taylor as an underachiever of our sport.
Im talking about players who you thought would be a star, yet achieved very little in a first grade career.
For me, it is a dead tie between Craig Field/Jacin Sinclair.
While Field played for three clubs and played in a grand final, he really underachieved from the time he left Souths. I'll never know why he never kicked in in a powerful club like Manly which had the best pack in the comp, a great half in Toovey, powerful coach and management and a very good backline to feed the ball to. He had all the scaffolding around him to succeed yet was average to bad in the time he was there. At the Tigers, he was basically a basket case in a team full of misfits.
At Souths though, Field was very good. Great kicking game, very good running game and plenty of ticker. I would have thought his resume would have been more impressive.
Jacin Sinclair....my, oh my. He had every skill in the world yet played more reserve grade than firsts. He was a bit of a troubled person and that basically ended a very promising career. He ended his own life a few years ago....tragic.
Im talking about players who you thought would be a star, yet achieved very little in a first grade career.
For me, it is a dead tie between Craig Field/Jacin Sinclair.
While Field played for three clubs and played in a grand final, he really underachieved from the time he left Souths. I'll never know why he never kicked in in a powerful club like Manly which had the best pack in the comp, a great half in Toovey, powerful coach and management and a very good backline to feed the ball to. He had all the scaffolding around him to succeed yet was average to bad in the time he was there. At the Tigers, he was basically a basket case in a team full of misfits.
At Souths though, Field was very good. Great kicking game, very good running game and plenty of ticker. I would have thought his resume would have been more impressive.
Jacin Sinclair....my, oh my. He had every skill in the world yet played more reserve grade than firsts. He was a bit of a troubled person and that basically ended a very promising career. He ended his own life a few years ago....tragic.