Beaver Menzies Names his top XIII

[Bullseye]

http://timesonline.typepad.com/rugby_league/2010/05/beavers-glorious-dream-team.html

Some interesting choices in there not least Sam Burgess!

 

[Eels Dude]

Interesting he included himself.

 

[Cletus]

Interesting he included himself.

Yeah he only scored 180 tries and was one of the best if not the best defenders in the last decade.

 

[Jono1987]

Yeah he only scored 180 tries and was one of the best if not the best defenders in the last decade.

Yah just taking a wild guess here but I very much doubt that was the point Eels Dude was expressing.

 

[Cletus]

Fair enough, I think sometimes Beaver doesn't get enough credit. But yes it is a bit strange selecting himself.

 

[Tigers_are_Pro]

Maybe he just felt it would be awesome to be amongst those great names.

 

[cornerposter]

Interesting he included himself.

You can take the boy out of Manly...

 

[GB!]

Beaver's XIII: Billy Slater; Rod Wishart, Greg Inglis, Mal Meninga, Wendell Sailor; Cliff Lyons, Andrew Johns; Glenn Lazarus, Geoff Toovey, Ian Roberts, Steve Menzies, Sam Burgess, Bradley Clyde.


not a bad team at all.
i'm assuming he named himself as its his team......:crazy:

 

[FastEddie]

Is the side full of 17 backrowers who used to bludge on the wing and never run the ball in the forwards. He'd be captain and ben kennedy would be in there along with gourlay and priddle

 

[Tigers_are_Pro]

Ben Kennedy is far from a bludger.

 

[Bobby DIGital]

not a bad team at all...

...not a great team either.

 

[simostorm]

Its a Dream Team that Steve Menzies has chosen.. who gives a stuff.

 

[Ike E Bear]

Interesting he included himself.

Who else is going to captain-coach it?!?

Hahaha.

It does feel a bit off him to select himself, but it's HIS dream team. He could have named Steve Roach at fullback and he'd have every right to do it.

 

[PJ Marshal]

the team has rod wishart in it so it has to be good

 

[Red Bear]

yes, massive thumbs up for rod wishart

 

[typicalfan]

He would have named himself because he would like to play in that team obviously.

It is a very good team also.

 

[GB!]

...not a great team either.

actually, look at some of the names.
meninga, slater, lyons, inglis, lazarus, toovey & clyde

some of those guys are all-time greats or at least were up there with the best of their era

its a f*cking GREAT team!

 

[typicalfan]

Lyons and Joey in the halves, the most creative halves pairing you could possibly think of in Beaver's time.

Also that old combination of Lyons and Menzies.

 

[Serc]

Is the side full of 17 backrowers who used to bludge on the wing and never run the ball in the forwards. He'd be captain and ben kennedy would be in there along with gourlay and priddle

:lol:

 

[Harold Bishop]

Lol someone doesn't understand the role of the modern day second rower.
FastEddie watch the game tonight and notice how the back rowers generally run two or three players wide of the ruck. Get with the times.