50 Best buys in NRL history

[African Monkey]

Kevin Campion and PJ Marsh to the Warriors should be on there somewhere. Ashley Harrison was also the 1 good signing Souths made back in the dark days.

 

[Through the Lens]

Fred Pagano, without doubt.

 

[txta2]

13.Roy Asotasi (Rabbitohs, 2007-13)


ahaha.what.

 

[Twatface Magee]

Actually my gut feeling is Brad Fittler signing with the Roosters for 1996 will be close to number 1. It pretty much helped put the Roosters back on the map and saw them make and stay in the finals up until he retired at the end of 2004.

Would have easily been number 1 if that was NRL.

 

[Game_Breaker]

I don't know what the parameters of this list are but I feel like it should be guys who turned out to be much better than anyone expected. Inglis and SBW were out and out superstars, were offered bucket loads of cash to move to another club. I don't know if you can consider that an inspired signing.
Thurston certainly number one. Maloney for Warriors, Graham for Sharks, Segeyaro for Penrith are the types of buys I'd be proud of if I was recruiting talent.

Wrong Graham

 

[veggiepatch1959]

!. Russell Packer - Newcastle Knights.

 

[Captain Apollo]

Not the NRL era.

Whoops. You are so correct. My bad

 

[maple_69]

Wrong Graham

The Sharks bought a talented fringe first grader and now have a guy close to Origin who is likely to lead their pack and captain the club for the next 8 years.

The Dogs bought an ESL winning, man of steel, international prop of the year who had captained his nation...

 

[Dutchy]

best buys, not value for money buys

 

[Rhyno]

Top 10
10.Jamie Soward (Dragons, 2007-13)
9..James Graham (Bulldogs, 2012-present)
8.Adrian Morley (Roosters, 2000-06)
7.Justin Hodges (Broncos, 2005-present)
6.Craig Fitzgibbon ( Roosters,2000-09)
5.Scott Prince (Tigers, 2004-06)
4.Greg Inglis (Rabbithos, 2012-present)
3.Jamie Lyon (Sea Eagles, 2007-present)
2.Sam Burgess (Rabbithos, 2010-14)
1.Johnathan Thurston (Cowboys, 2005-present)

http://rugbyleagueweek.com.au/50-buys-10-1/

 

[Martin Bella's Luvhandles]

Campion for warriors anyone?

 

[Martin Bella's Luvhandles]

Jeremy smith dragons

 

[Sea_Eagles_Rock]

DCE has been good value. Unwanted at any other club, picked up an NRL Trophy in rookie season, and moved onto national and state representation. Also a CC Medal winner and a Dally M rookie of the year and now halfback as well. He was on bugger all when he won the title. As a halfback I cannot see how you can do better than that from a club perspective. Halfbacks are normally on plenty to win a title.

 

[lockyno1]

Thurston has been good but he has won a grand total of ZERO premierships. You cannot be number 1. Would put him in the top 5-6 but not number 1. Sam Burgess and Lyon are easily the top 2.

 

[veggiepatch1959]

Thurston has been good but he has won a grand total of ZERO premierships. You cannot be number 1. Would put him in the top 5-6 but not number 1. Sam Burgess and Lyon are easily the top 2.

No idea how Thurston got the top spot. Sure, he has performed admirably at SOO and Australian level but his club, as a whole, has not performed to expectations.

The article is about best NRL buys. NRL teams buy players, not SOO and national teams.

Seems like whoever wrote this article overlooked this point.

 

[Shaun Hewitt]

Campion for warriors anyone?

He was fantastic for us no doubt, would make our all-time best team.
Not sure if he'd be top 10 in NRL history, or better than us getting Steve Price though

 

[Nice Beaver]

Thurston has been good but he has won a grand total of ZERO premierships. You cannot be number 1. Would put him in the top 5-6 but not number 1. Sam Burgess and Lyon are easily the top 2.

Agreed. No way Thurston can be number 1 until he wins them a title.

Quite stupid he got top spot really.

 

[Captain Apollo]

I sometimes wonder about RLW.

Firstly, Adrian Morley didn't start at the Roosters till 2001 and not 2000.

Secondly, I'd consider him above Sam Burgess. Sorry but before I hear "he won the Clive Churchill Medal", in all his years at Souths they made 1 Grand Final. Morley at the Roosters played in 3 straight Grand Finals and was the corner stone of the pack for the 2002 premiership win.

Further if you want to use the Clive Churchill Medal win as justification for Burgess being higher, then by that logic, Craig Fitzgibbon who played in 4 Grand Finals for the Roosters from 2000 and who won the Clive Churchill Medal in 2002, achieved more than Sammy B

 

[POPEYE]

Bellamy and Gibson were the best buys I've seen but there are a few that come close . . . Maguire, Robinson, Bennett, and Warren Ryan

 

[Canard]

I sometimes wonder about RLW.

Firstly, Adrian Morley didn't start at the Roosters till 2001 and not 2000.

Secondly, I'd consider him above Sam Burgess. Sorry but before I hear "he won the Clive Churchill Medal", in all his years at Souths they made 1 Grand Final. Morley at the Roosters played in 3 straight Grand Finals and was the corner stone of the pack for the 2002 premiership win.

Further if you want to use the Clive Churchill Medal win as justification for Burgess being higher, then by that logic, Craig Fitzgibbon who played in 4 Grand Finals for the Roosters from 2000 and who won the Clive Churchill Medal in 2002, achieved more than Sammy B

All lists are completely subjective though.

Also there they always tend to skew towards the more recent.

If this list was done in 5 years time, Burgess might not make the top 20 for example.