Best example of a player standing up when the first choice becomes unavailable

[Bloke]

Not that I like talking about 99 but didn’t Scott Hill get bashed or knocked out in a pub brawl that year as well(not his doing though- good bloke)?? I just recall he had wretched luck through the year culminating in him missing the finals ergo Geyer in at 6.

Busted his shoulder playing, had an operation and went back home to Forster where he was bashed. The rest of the details are very hazy with the passage of time. Missed the last ten rounds. That's when we were blessed with Opes' son imitating a playmaker until the semis.

 

[Card Shark]

Leo Dynevor standing in for Johns

That’s what I was going to say.

No bigger shoes to fill & he did it well!

 

[Life's Good]

Busted his shoulder playing, had an operation and went back home to Forster where he was bashed. The rest of the details are very hazy with the passage of time. Missed the last ten rounds. That's when we were blessed with Opes' son imitating a playmaker until the semis.

I could only vaguely recall the details which you have now confirmed. Hill was a good player in my book, heard he is a really nice fella too.
Ha, Ben Anderson, Scott Fulton. Blessed with powerful dads.

 

[Pedge1971]

Olsen Filipaina coming out of reserve grade at Balmain to absolutely own King Wally in three test series of 1985.

To be fair the Big O was always first choice and only played those 2 or 3 games every year. But he def owned the King. He would have been perfect for the Warriors in the modern era...

 

[Pedge1971]

That’s what I was going to say.

No bigger shoes to fill & he did it well!

We dont win the Optus Cup in 97 if Leo Dyvenor wasnt there.

 

[Bloke]

I could only vaguely recall the details which you have now confirmed. Hill was a good player in my book, heard he is a really nice fella too.
Ha, Ben Anderson, Scott Fulton. Blessed with powerful dads.

Scott Hill remains my all time favourite Melbourne player. At his best, he was Kenny-like. An excellent player that was crueled by injuries. And yes, I remember him as a really nice, unassuming kind of guy off the paddock.
The story goes that Anderson chased Kimmorley, knowing that Hill would sign with Melb if he got Noddy's signature. Kimmorley, Hill, Ross. That's a pretty fair 1,6,7.

 

[Life's Good]

Scott Hill remains my all time favourite Melbourne player. At his best, he was Kenny-like. An excellent player that was crueled by injuries. And yes, I remember him as a really nice, unassuming kind of guy off the paddock.
The story goes that Anderson chased Kimmorley, knowing that Hill would sign with Melb if he got Noddy's signature. Kimmorley, Hill, Ross. That's a pretty fair 1,6,7.

Didn’t mind Robbie Ross either. A player who had no trouble putting his body on the line.

 

[Bloke]

Didn’t mind Robbie Ross either. A player who had no trouble putting his body on the line.

Hard to find much video footage of Ross, but this summed him up pretty well. Brilliant positional defence, opportunist and always backing up.

 

[Life's Good]

We dont win the Optus Cup in 97 if Leo Dyvenor wasnt there.

Without Dynevor you would have been lucky to win the busted Optus TV!!

 

[Life's Good]

Hard to find much video footage of Ross, but this summed him up pretty well. Brilliant positional defence, opportunist and always backing up.

Footage of play like that reminds me of why I love league. Just how nothing is turned into something.

 

[ouryear]

Mary stepping in for Price.

 

[Sans Souci Sainter]

Olsen Filipaina coming out of reserve grade at Balmain to absolutely own King Wally in three test series of 1985.

And Wally showing his true colours by giving Filipaina the "high-hat" after the games by not shaking his hand.

 

[Sans Souci Sainter]

Mary stepping in for Price.

 

[Life's Good]

Would Steve Irwin qualify for that time he stepped up for Carney??

 

[The Quest For Glory]

John Rheinberger for Mark Harris in the 1975 Grand Final