2 Warriors enter the ring

[Big Marn]

Criteria : Gamebreaking ability, endurance, consistency

First up:

Iafeta Paleaaesina v Joe Vagana

 

[Fufu Andronez]

Feka - Gamebreaking ability
Joe - Endurance
Consistency: Tie

I take Iafeta

 

[JJ]

Hmmm, I take Joe on all counts

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Game breaking ability - Feka
Endurance and Consistency - Big Joe

Feka kinda got dudded a bit though, he had his best year in 2005 when we were consistently mediocre under Kemp, then went to England. He matured properly as a front rower that year, in 01-04 he was largely a spectacular impact weapon who was only good for a few big charges a game.

 

[Meth]

I'd put Feka in the same vein as Hitro Okesene before him. Amazing to watch, but not really the prop you can build a team around. I would have loved it if he stuck around for a bit longer, but he was an impact player and a cult hero.

Joe for endurance and consistency, although Feka was consistent in what he did.

So, Joe.

 

[Rich102]

Hitro started off as a hooker. So was always a bit light for a prop.
But he gave it all.

Of the two above Joe would get my nod.

 

[Fufu Andronez]

can I kick off the next round?

Same criteria: Gamebreaking ability, endurance, consistency

Feleti Mateo vs Sione Faumuina

 

[Meth]

can I kick off the next round?

Same criteria: Gamebreaking ability, endurance, consistency

Feleti Mateo vs Sione Faumuina

Strictly for the Warriors?

 

[SpaceMonkey]

I'd put Feka in the same vein as Hitro Okesene before him. Amazing to watch, but not really the prop you can build a team around. I would have loved it if he stuck around for a bit longer, but he was an impact player and a cult hero.

Joe for endurance and consistency, although Feka was consistent in what he did.

So, Joe.

2005 Feka was the kind of prop you could build the team around. It went a bit unnoticed though as we also had Price and Wiki, and much like now our coaching was rubbish and our attacking game was terrible.

 

[Fufu Andronez]

Strictly for the Warriors?

yeah in my head I was thinking just warriors for those 2

 

[Meth]

yeah in my head I was thinking just warriors for those 2

I’d probably go Sione then.

I was just so disappointed with Mateo. Consistent, he was not. He had game breaking potential, but never
really delivered.

Sione exceeded and thus raised my expectations of him and then waned a bit- but I'll give the nod to him

 

[SpaceMonkey]

can I kick off the next round?

Same criteria: Gamebreaking ability, endurance, consistency

Feleti Mateo vs Sione Faumuina

Sione by a whisker in all three categories. But not a lot in it as they were similar players undone by motivation/attitude issues. Sione in 2003 though was a weapon

 

[JJ]

Sione by a whisker in all three categories. But not a lot in it as they were similar players undone by motivation/attitude issues. Sione in 2003 though was a weapon

Yeah two guys that sum up the Warriors imo

Dione just as well, both big talents that didn’t amount to enough tbh

 

[Leber]

Feka would have been amazing under bellamy.

 

[sup42]

Joe.
Could flatten people both sides of the ball. Had an offload game, when he first switched to prop he would have been the fastest prop in the game (seeing him play center up until the permanent shift, he was fast for a center).

Faumuina for me, Feleti had the skills but was such a liability in defence that I can't pick him.