Best Sydney Roosters team of the past 50 years: 1967-2017

[Albert Rosenfeld]

Russell Fairfax

Bill Mullins, Johns Brass, Mark Harris, Anthony Minichiello

Brad Fittler
Kevin Hastings

Luke Ricketson,
Ron Coote, Craig Fitzgibbon,
Arthur Beetson, Elwyn Walters, Jared Wharea-Hargreaves

Interchange: Jake Friend, Dylan Napa, Neville "Boxhead" Charlton, Barry "Bunny" Reilly

 

[Tommy Smith]

Napa over Morley, Salvo or McGahan?

Give him another 5 years to even enter the conversation.

Also Craig Wing was hands down a better hooker than Jake Friend imo.

No disrespect to Jake but Wingy is one of the underrated modern day great hookers. He was amazing.

 

[Albert Rosenfeld]

Napa over Morley, Salvo or McGahan?

Give him another 5 years to even enter the conversation.

Also Craig Wing was hands down a better hooker than Jake Friend imo.

No disrespect to Jake but Wingy is one of the underrated modern day great hookers. He was amazing.

Good points. I will revise it.

Also I made a mistake with Neville Charlton. He played in 1962-63 so out of the time frame specified.

 

[Albert Rosenfeld]

Russell Fairfax

Bill Mullins, Johns Brass, Mark Harris, Anthony Minichiello

Brad Fittler
Kevin Hastings

Luke Ricketson,
Ron Coote, Craig Fitzgibbon,
Arthur Beetson, Elwyn Walters, Adrian Morley

Interchange: Craig Wing, Jared Wharea-Hargreaves, Craig Salvatori, Barry "Bunny" Reilly

 

[Zadar]

Not sure what the criteria was, but no SBW???? Sonny made that 2013 team what is was, and along with Fittler, was one of our greatest ever signings.

 

[Parkway_Drive]

My head hurts thinking of all the wonderful players we have had since 1967 and trying to come up with our greatest 17 from this era.

I can only remember since about 1980 but have to include some of the great 74/75 teams in my final line up. I will get back to you with my squad in a couple of days lol.

 

[Meapro Ham]

Russell Fairfax

Bill Mullins, Johns Brass, Mark Harris, Anthony Minichiello

Brad Fittler
Kevin Hastings

Luke Ricketson,
Ron Coote, Craig Fitzgibbon,
Arthur Beetson, Elwyn Walters, Adrian Morley

Interchange: Craig Wing, Jared Wharea-Hargreaves, Craig Salvatori, Barry "Bunny" Reilly

Mini to fullback, Boustead to Wing. SBW has to start in the back row.

 

[OVP]

Mini
Chicka Ferguson, Brass, Harris, Brett Mullins (or Boustead, Schubert but Brett at his best was incredible)
Fittler
Hastings
Ricko
SBW, Fitzy
Beetson, Wing, Morley

Int
JWH, Bunny Reilly, Coote, Salvo

Hon. mentions Trevor the Axe Gilmeister (chock-a-block full of the angry pills according to Roy and HG ), Ron Gibbs, Paul Dunn, Ian Barkley, Des O'Reilly, Hugh McGahan, Noel Cleal, Michael Crocker, Bryan Fletcher

 

[horrie hastings]

Fullback- Anthony Minichiello
Wingers- Bill Mullins, Ian Schubert
Centres- Mark Harris, John Brass
Five Eight-Brad Fittler
Halfback- Kevin Hastings
Lock- Barry Reilly
Second Row - Ron Coote, Hugh McGahan
Props -Arthur Beetson, Craig Salvatori
Hooker-John Lang

Interchange- Craig Wing, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, Craig Fitzgibbon, Ron Saddler.

 

[Better_Dead_Than_Red]

SBW has to be there. I loved Ricko and Fitzy but neither of them was close to Sonny's level.

 

[Tommy Smith]

I suppose it depends on criteria.

As a player SBW is probably one of the 3 best players to don our jersey in this time period along with Freddy and Artie.

But as a club legend the likes of Fitzgibbon leaves him for dead.

The one flying under the radar here is Boyd Cordner. Already a club legend imo and in 5 years time will be a certainty for a team like this.

 

[2 weeks]

1 Paul Busch
2 Jordan Tansey
3 Steve Benkic
4 Sandy Campbell
5 Joe Burgess
6 Brendan Hall
7 Steve Georgallis
8 Shane Walker
9 David O'Donnell
10 John Elias
11 Jimmy Smith
12 Setaimata Sa
13 Danny Williams

Coach Chris Anderson

 

[adamkungl]

Napa over Morley, Salvo or McGahan?

Give him another 5 years to even enter the conversation.

Also Craig Wing was hands down a better hooker than Jake Friend imo.

No disrespect to Jake but Wingy is one of the underrated modern day great hookers. He was amazing.

Yeah basically was gonna say this.
No way Napa and Friend make it..

 

[Parkway_Drive]

As utility Craig Wing is probably a no brainer but I just have to find a spot for probably the most talented attacking, if flawed player to wear our jersey being Andrew Walker.

 

[Headless Chook]

Just go with the '75 side and be done with it.

 

[Parkway_Drive]

1 Paul Busch
2 Jordan Tansey
3 Steve Benkic
4 Sandy Campbell
5 Joe Burgess
6 Brendan Hall
7 Steve Georgallis
8 Shane Walker
9 David O'Donnell
10 John Elias
11 Jimmy Smith
12 Setaimata Sa
13 Danny Williams

Coach Chris Anderson

Great team, what about your bench?

 

[2 weeks]

Great team, what about your bench?

Ooooohh the bench will be killer

Ben Jones
Sonny Tuigamala
Shane Shakleton
Stanley Waqa

 

[horrie hastings]

As utility Craig Wing is probably a no brainer but I just have to find a spot for probably the most talented attacking, if flawed player to wear our jersey being Andrew Walker.

I would love to able to put 8 players on the interchange bench. Yes Andrew Walker deserves a spot and maybe I should have put him on my interchange over JWH. Would love to be able to find a spot for Luke Phillips, he was one of the toughest fullbacks going around, his performances in the 2000 and 2002 Grand Finals where he put his body on the line time after time are so precious in my memory banks. Would love to find a spot for John Mackay, a tough no nonsense second rower who battled away game after game for the Roosters.
I had to put Ron [Sooty] Saddler, one of my earliest memories of following the Roosters and even to this day is remembered as one of the best defensive centres ever.

 

[Pedge1971]

No Paul Vautin or Albert Rosenfeld? Ffs!!!

 

[Lambretta]

Ooooohh the bench will be killer

Ben Jones
Sonny Tuigamala
Shane Shakleton
Stanley Waqa

Martin Kennedy is deeply disappointed to miss out