Best team to win a reserve grade gf

[Bulldog Benny]

My pick 2011 Bulldogs

Cutler
Lett
Smith
Wright
Goodwin
Roberts
Reynolds
T browne
Romelo
C armit
J foster
Morrin
Alaalatoa
Pumipi
Taupau
M hodgson
Tia kilifi
Warburton
Rauicava

15 of the 19 had either played 1st grade or went on to.

 

[Amadaca]

How much research have you done into RG GF teams through history, though?

 

[COUNTRYEELFAN]

Eels team in 1999 beat the tigers 64 to 4 from memory had a cracking side.

 

[Amadaca]

Eels team in 1999 beat the tigers 64 to 4 from memory had a cracking side.

I'm not surprised --- they had a cracking first-grade team that year, too (much better than the 2000 squad).

I remember going to see them take on the Sharks (as a neutral supporter) that year, who were deserving Minor Premiers. The Eels (who ran right behind them in 2nd) strangled the absolute life out of them to win 22-0.

Can't believe your boys didn't make the GF. They would have smoked the Dragons in the big one.

 

[Brutus]

Bears of 89.

David Bowie on the wing

 

[Amadaca]

Ziggy played wing...

 

[Bulldog Benny]

How much research have you done into RG GF teams through history, though?

No research. Just a quick one i thought of. Would like to see people put there opinions up. Whats yours?

 

[Slammin_Saint89]

My pick 2011 Bulldogs

Cutler
Lett
Smith
Wright
Goodwin
Roberts
Reynolds
T browne
Romelo
C armit
J foster
Morrin
Alaalatoa
Pumipi
Taupau
M hodgson
Tia kilifi
Warburton
Rauicava

LOL at a bulldogs team which includes a J Foster :lol:

 

[Amadaca]

No research. Just a quick one i thought of. Would like to see people put there opinions up. Whats yours?

I really don't have the knowledge of great RG GF teams to comment. I've seen some good ones, but that's only in my lifetime. I think even David Middleton would struggle here.

 

[Eels Dude]

Eels in 99 had Andrew Ryan, Ian Hindmarsh, Jason Cayless, Eric Grothe, Michael Hodgson, Jason Bell, and PJ Marsh in their reserve grade side.

 

[Brutus]

Ziggy played wing...

Ha..like it

Thin White Duke put the ball in the scrums.

 

[MSIH]

I didn't realise it had become so dire at the Dogs, so starved of success they've got to start talking about their all conquering 2011 Reserve Grade side.

 

[Zigwaa]

My pick 2011 Bulldogs

Cutler
Lett
Smith
Wright
Goodwin
Roberts
Reynolds
T browne
Romelo
C armit
J foster
Morrin
Alaalatoa
Pumipi
Taupau
M hodgson
Tia kilifi
Warburton
Rauicava

15 of the 19 had either played 1st grade or went on to.

Too much Ben Roberts

 

[gronkathon]

The Dogs 2009 side was better then their 2011 side though it was the Bankstown Bulls at that stage

 

[newman]

Eels in 99 had Andrew Ryan, Ian Hindmarsh, Jason Cayless, Eric Grothe, Michael Hodgson, Jason Bell, and PJ Marsh in their reserve grade side.

This probably wins.


Sharks 94 side had Robbie Kearns, Glenn Coleman, Aaron Raper, Kurt Wrigley, Nathan Long.

Who said we'd won f**k all?

 

[flash]

Newcastle 1993. Johns, Howe, Ross, Marquet, Treacy, Kemp, Crowe and the great Tony Herman.​

They didnt win the GF lost by 1 point probably because of the ballboy.​

http://www.newcastleknights.com.au/site/_content/document/00000320-source.pdf​

 

[H.H]

Roosters 1986 was a decent side. If memory serves me correctly, every member of the starting 13 had already played first grade.

Full team escapes me now, but contained the likes of Wayne Portlock, Tony Melrose, Lauri Spina, John Tobin, Dave Trewhella, Steve Hardy and Dave Brown.

 

[newman]

Sharks could actually win this year. And team would contain plenty of ex first graders. I suppose there are some benefits to being rubbish and having to play a lot of NSW cup standard players in grade.


Full Ladder

 

[thorson1987]

Sharks could actually win this year. And team would contain plenty of ex first graders. I suppose there are some benefits to being rubbish and having to play a lot of NSW cup standard players in grade.


Full Ladder

Don't you mean Storks

 

[t-ba]

That Dogs side was symptomatic of the 'buy out of trouble' philosophy that exists in the club.

It's not that it was because of any amount of amazing depth or anything, it's just that the Dogs had bought horribly over the years and had a sh*tload of players that needed forcing out of their top tier contracts.

Norths had some stellar reserve grade sides in the early 1990's IIRC. Manly's reserve grade has, by and large, been a steaming pile of sh*t for most of our history. The only decent one I remember is the Queensland Cup outfit led by DCE.