Backline and Halves Power Rankings 2019

[The Vaulting Violinist]

Top 3

Roosters - losing Ferguson won’t stop this freakishly talented backline from going nuts in 2019
Knights - Ponga, Ramien, Moga, Watson, Pearce. Muff said
Penrith - scarily good when their halves click

Bottom 3

Dogs - terrible. Opponents will have a field day
Para - shit halves, overrated dribblers in the backline apart from Fergo - rubbish
Cows - with Barba now out I think they will really lack attacking options

 

[Differ To The Coifed]

Are you a knights fan?

 

[El Diablo]

Are you a knights fan?

Moffo goes for the dogs

 

[T-Boon]

I think he is a Will Ferrell fan.

 

[Eelementary]

Top 3

Roosters - losing Ferguson won’t stop this freakishly talented backline from going nuts in 2019
Knights - Ponga, Ramien, Moga, Watson, Pearce. Muff said
Penrith - scarily good when their halves click

Bottom 3

Dogs - terrible. Opponents will have a field day
Para - shit halves, overrated dribblers in the backline apart from Fergo - rubbish
Cows - with Barba now out I think they will really lack attacking options

Based on what?

We have Moses (I'm not really a fan, tbh), and Brown.

Brown is an unknown quality at NRL level.

To say we have "shit halves", when one hasn't even played First Grade yet, is just...well, it's just silly.

I'll grant you Moses, though - he's awful.

 

[Tommy Smith]

1. Roosters. The games best fullback, halfback, two best centres, and arguably the best 5/8. Go b2b and they'll rank up there alongside the likes of the great Eels early 80s and Raiders late 80s-early 90s backlines.
2. Panthers. Blues halves pairing, an excellent FB be it Edwards or DWZ, and some class 3/4s in Mansour and Blake. A very dangerous team.
3. Broncos. A monstrous and deadly 3/4 line, a quality albeit aging FB, and a very dangerous running halves combo whose glaring weaknesses of organisation, composure and attacking kicking game are what hold them back. But still a quality backline.

14. Warriors
15. Bulldogs
16. Eels

 

[The Vaulting Violinist]

Based on what?

We have Moses (I'm not really a fan, tbh), and Brown.

Brown is an unknown quality at NRL level.

To say we have "shit halves", when one hasn't even played First Grade yet, is just...well, it's just silly.

I'll grant you Moses, though - he's awful.

I’ve seen him play Reggie’s, not a fan

 

[Eelementary]

I’ve seen him play Reggie’s, not a fan

Fair enough.

But then, several players are average at back-up level, and shine in First Grade.

Nathan Hindmarsh was ordinary in the second division, but made the step up.

It is early to call which way Brown will go (he's not even 19 yet), but I would day he is an unknown quality at NRL level.

 

[Whip Whitaker]

Top 3

Roosters - losing Ferguson won’t stop this freakishly talented backline from going nuts in 2019
Knights - Ponga, Ramien, Moga, Watson, Pearce. Muff said
Penrith - scarily good when their halves click

Bottom 3

Dogs - terrible. Opponents will have a field day
Para - shit halves, overrated dribblers in the backline apart from Fergo - rubbish
Cows - with Barba now out I think they will really lack attacking options

Pfffft Tony Gigot has got dis

 

[Murishido]

Wouldn't it be better to judge left/right/middle and spine?

 

[Matua]

The Warriors have to be in the bottom 3 - we only have one half and for the backline in general we have Kata so we really only have one wing as well.

 

[One Warrior]

The Warriors have to be in the bottom 3 - we only have one half and for the backline in general we have Kata so we really only have one wing as well.

We have the Dally M Fullback and Dally M player of the year and also a freakish winger who was the top try scorer for 2018, doesn't that count for anything.

 

[Matua]

We have the Dally M Fullback and Dally M player of the year and also a freakish winger who was the top try scorer for 2018, doesn't that count for anything.

Not if our one half breaks and they move Kata to Fusitua's side.

 

[wittyfan]

Top 3

Roosters - losing Ferguson won’t stop this freakishly talented backline from going nuts in 2019
Knights - Ponga, Ramien, Moga, Watson, Pearce. Muff said
Penrith - scarily good when their halves click

Bottom 3

Dogs - terrible. Opponents will have a field day
Para - shit halves, overrated dribblers in the backline apart from Fergo - rubbish
Cows - with Barba now out I think they will really lack attacking options

Thank you for such an in-depth analysis!

 

[typicalfan]

Based on what?

We have Moses (I'm not really a fan, tbh), and Brown.

Brown is an unknown quality at NRL level.

To say we have "shit halves", when one hasn't even played First Grade yet, is just...well, it's just silly.

I'll grant you Moses, though - he's awful.

Id say that not having two established halves is a criteria to rate halves low and strong one. If they weren't terrible then you could name a halves pairing it is already better than, but there isn't one.

 

[The Rosco]

Thank you for such an in-depth analysis!

Hey Witty . . . . did you not see that Eelementary called Moses "awful"
Please discuss.

 

[Eelementary]

Hey Witty . . . . did you not see that Eelementary called Moses "awful"
Please discuss.

Lol

Don't you start!

 

[Eelementary]

Id say that not having two established halves is a criteria to rate halves low and strong one. If they weren't terrible then you could name a halves pairing it is already better than, but there isn't one.

Fair enough, mate.

For the record, Dylan Brown will be a gun, imo.

 

[The Vaulting Violinist]

Thank you for such an in-depth analysis!

I’ll be here all week!