Best Clive Churchill Performances

[Fangs]

both pretty even imo

Brisbane win 23 and storm last night both win easy without Cleary or Walsh playing

feel like Nathan shifted the momentum back to Penrith whilst Walsh played off the back of Brisbane swinging it. Walsh did have the match winning defensive play though.

Both 10/10 and the best individual GF performances since Priddis in 03. Thinks that’s still the best 80 min performance I’ve seen. Game was a lot tighter and he set up all 3 of Penrith’s tries. Absolutely brilliant.

It was a very good performance no doubt about it.

Its forgotten that Cleary was poor in defence at times as well. Mam shredded that edge. It was far from a perfect 80 minutes.

But comebacks for me are the toughest test. I can't look past 23. For that same reason I even rate Walsh's Raiders performance a few weeks back even higher than last night. Not a grand final however.

 

[yobbo84]

It's not up for debate IMO. Cleary's 20 mins in 2023 he was 11/10. Walsh was that for 80 minutes last night. Blaming fullbacks for not coming up with a miraculous last line of defence as some sort of negative is a weak argument against him.

 

[mozza91]

It's not up for debate IMO. Cleary's 20 mins in 2023 he was 11/10. Walsh was that for 80 minutes last night. Blaming fullbacks for not coming up with a miraculous last line of defence as some sort of negative is a weak argument against him.

Lay off the Penrith fans. They have no idea what a good fullback looks like.

 

[soc123_au]

Lay off the Penrith fans. They have no idea what a good fullback looks like.

To be fair, last weeks prelim aside we have managed to nullify the 'good" ones for quite some time. Old baldy still goes alright.

 

[some11]

Lay off the Penrith fans. They have no idea what a good fullback looks like.

If Reece were bald maybe they'd have a more favourable opinion

 

[Chins]

It was a very good performance no doubt about it.

Its forgotten that Cleary was poor in defence at times as well. Mam shredded that edge. It was far from a perfect 80 minutes.

But comebacks for me are the toughest test. I can't look past 23. For that same reason I even rate Walsh's Raiders performance a few weeks back even higher than last night. Not a grand final however.

Poor because Haas blew out Nathan's knee with a hip drop early on. They shouldn't be penalised but it was one.

 

[Chins]

Anyways it's Reece and Brisbane's moment and thank f**k they stopped the cheating purple scum

 

[Danish]

Walsh last night is the best GF performance of all time. It’s not even close.

the only flogs who think Cleary’s 20 mins in 2023 (after stinking it up for the first 50 mins, mind you) are the same idiots who would probably try to argue that Dylan Edwards should still be Australian fullback

 

[T-Boon]

A certain Andrew Johns in 1997

I think Robbie O'Davis got it that year.
But Joey's last play was the best heads up play in the history of the NRL.

 

[Generalzod]

Churchill medal is made political by the NRL everyone knew that Fifita won it 2016.

I'm all happy that that Reece won the medal, let's change the name to the protaganist to (Carney) do you think he would have won the medal.

 

[Pjf04b]

Walsh was out of position for the kick try, missed a tackle for another try, didn’t even try to tackle Hughes when he scored and was late to get there for the last try.
Still the best performance ever? I don’t think so!

 

[mave]

Anything Robbie O'Davis and the Knights achieved around that 1997-8 period has a giant asterisk next to it.

 

[T-Boon]

Walsh was out of position for the kick try, missed a tackle for another try, didn’t even try to tackle Hughes when he scored and was late to get there for the last try.
Still the best performance ever? I don’t think so!

these are things that would matter in the slide rule strangler's structure. Walsh's position is "the heads up" (great name for a position). Not only was it the best performance I've seen in a GF but also the most entertaining. I think he made the NRL some money last night.

 

[Pjf04b]

There are still two sides to the game - attack and defence and he was missing in defence in the first half.

 

[Bazal]

There is some A grade copium in here I'll tell you what. Real high end, high street value shit

 

[user_nat]

There are still two sides to the game - attack and defence and he was missing in defence in the first half.

You'd think he pushed his teammates over to leave gaps reading stuff like this.

Stopping any of those Melbourne trys as a fullback would have been massive plays.

 

[moffla]

You'd think he pushed his teammates over to leave gaps reading stuff like this.

Stopping any of those Melbourne trys as a fullback would have been massive plays.

From the losers end I’m not sure which of our four tries Walsh stops. We were on fire first half. We played some unstoppable footy for 40 minutes followed by Bronx doing the same second half

 

[Marshall_magic]

Walsh
Cleary
Priddis
Edwards
Keary

Would be my top 5. Wouldn’t fight too much on the order.

 

[Chins]

Walsh
Cleary
Priddis
Edwards
Keary

Would be my top 5. Wouldn’t fight too much on the order.

Priddis is the clear number 1 for me across a whole 80mins.
Walsh and Cleary incredible but the opposition wasn't the same level imo.

 

[ColdWetPanther]

Walsh was awesome last night, but Priddis in 03 still the (albeit biased) benchmark for me.