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CC winners. Who actually deserved it? Who should have won it?

Vic Mackey

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1999 - Tawera Nikau
2005 - Benji Marshall
2009 - Adam Blair
2010 - Jeremy Smith
2013 - SBW

Benji Marshall was actually pretty average in the 05 GF, apart from the pat Richards try he didn't do anything. Ben galea should have got it ahead of Scott prince IMO
 

soc123_au

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Haven't watched the game since September 1991 so I'll take your word for it lol

Want to borrow a copy? I only recently watched 1990 for the first time since the event. Entertaining game, but I still wanted to crawl into the TV & hook Joe Vitanza. lol.
 

PARRA_FAN

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How Darius Boyd won the award ahead of Jeremy Smith is beyond me.

I think some the recipients in the past 20 or so years were shocked to receive the award.

Sterling admits Paul Taylor shouldve deserved it, and Cliff Lyons reckons Kevin Ward was best on ground.

I think 2003, Luke Priddis was probably the most deserving.
 

Walt Flanigan

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Want to borrow a copy? I only recently watched 1990 for the first time since the event. Entertaining game, but I still wanted to crawl into the TV & hook Joe Vitanza. lol.

Haha nah. I've got this Grand Final highlights DVD and I always press skip when it gets to 91.

Funnily enough, I can handle watching the 87 GF. But I think that's because it was our first and we weren't expected to win.
 

Tommy Smith

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2000 - Luke Phillips

2001 - Ben Kennedy

2002 - Brad Fittler (MASSIVE rip off, a clear vendetta on someone's behalf there)

2003 - Todd Byrne

2012 - James Maloney (set up 3 out of 4 tries and kicked a crucial 5/5. Easy decision I thought)
 

firechild

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2012 - James Maloney (set up 3 out of 4 tries and kicked a crucial 5/5. Easy decision I thought)

Pretty sure Maloney did SFA in the 2012 grand final. He might have had a few beers at a mate's place but that hardly makes him eligable for a CCM.
 

Ronnie Dobbs

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Yes. We hardly had a good player that day, let alone the best afield.

Kevvie Walters blitzed us. Should have won it easily.
 

DeeJ

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2009 should have gone to Cooper Cronk hands down. Slater was only chosen cos he was the big name that whole year. Billy even said in his speech Cronk should have gotten it.

2013 I thought DCE was great but Maloney would have been an appropriate choice.
 

gUt

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Who else from 06 could have had it (OH I KNOW THE REF HUR HUR)

Lockyer was good, Webcke was outstanding, Hodges played well but yeah the job Berrigan did on Inglis that night was special. What a finals series he had.
 

Danish

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Considering half the blokes who pick the CC are the same dimwits who've been picking the NSW team for the past 7 years is anyone really surprised that the thing gets awarded incorrectly so often?
 
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