Favourite Raiders Team

[Steven Gerrard]

If you were to name your own greatest Raiders team, using all the players that you have seen playing for Canberra since 1982, who would you pick as your starting 17. Mine would be:

1. Schifcofske
2. Mullins
3. Meninga (c)
4. Nadruku
5. Nagas
6. Daley
7. Stuart
8. O'Hara
9. Woolford
10. Davico
11. Wiki
12. Furner
13. Croker

14. McLinden
15. Walters
16. Clyde
17. Lazarus

 

[Raider_69]

1. Schifcofske
2. Chicka
3. Meninga (c)
4. Mullins
5. Nagas
6. Daley
7. Stuart
8. O'Hara
9. Walters
10. Davico
11. Wiki
12. Furner
13. Croker

14. McLinden
15. Woolford
16. Clyde
17. Osborne - Greatest GF ever!! :lol:

same side just a few positional changes
how good is it when you can have on of the greatest players ever IMHO on the bench in Clyde

 

[edabomb]

1 Shifcofske
2 Nagas
3 Meninga
4 Mullins
5 Nadruku
6 Daley
7 Stuart
8 Davico
9 Walters
10 Wiki
11 Croker
12 Furner
13 Clyde

14 Woolford
15 McLinden
16 Pongia
17 O'Hara

 

[greeneyed]

Players like Schifcofske or Davico, as good as they are, are nowhere near our best ever player in their positions. Plus Lazarus, Walters and Clyde are just not the best in their positions for the Raiders, but amongst the best of all time in their positions in any club. Walters is widely regarded as the best all time hooker.

This is the best in my view:

1. Gary Belcher
2. John Ferguson
3. Mal Meninga
4. Peter Jackson
5. Brett Mullins
6. Laurie Daley
7. Ricky Stuart
8. Glen Lazarus
9. Steve Walters
10. Ruben Wiki
11. David Furner
12. Jason Croker
13. Brad Clyde

14. Ken Nagas/Noa Nadruku (hard to split them, probably go for Nagas)
15. Chris O'Sullivan
16. Gary Coyne/Dean Lance (hard to split them, probably go for Coyne)
17. Sam Backo

All these players with the exception of O'Sullivan played for their country. I found room for Wiki in the starting line up by picking him at prop, pushing Backo to the bench.

 

[reptar]

1. Gary Belcher
2. Brett Mullins
3. Mal Meninga
4. Peter Jackson
5. John Ferguson
6. Laurie Daley
7. Ricky Stuart
8. Glenn Lazarus
9. Steve Walters
10. Ruben Wiki
11. Jason Croker
12. Gary Coyne
13. Brad Clyde

14. Ryan O'Hara
15. Luke Davico
16. Mark McLinden
17. Ben Kennedy (TRAITOR!! hahaha)

 

[mono_mal]

1. Belcher
2. Ferguson
3. Meninga
4. Mullins
5. Nadruku
6. Daley
7. Stuart
8. Lazarus
9. Walters
10. Backo
11. Wiki
12. Furner
13. Clyde

14. Nagas
15. Pongia
16. Jackson
17. Croker

 

[edabomb]

yea but the topic said players you've seen play, i only started following the Raiders in 93 as a 9yr old living in Wellington so i never got to see alot of those plaers (eg.Belcher,Ferguson,Jackson,Lazarus) playing for Canberra

 

[greeneyed]

EVERY Raiders fan must have seen the 1989, 1990 and 1991 Grand Finals? Even on tape? Or the 1987 GF?

 

[That Guy]

1. Belcher
2. Ferguson
3. Meninga
4. Mullins
5. Nagas
6. Daley
7. Stuart

13. Clyde
12. Croker
11. Wiki
10. Pongia
9. Walters
8. Lazarus

14: Jackson
15: Nadruku
16: Lomax/Furner
17: Backo

 

[reptar]

Oops!! Have David Furner replace Coyne in my starting side, and Coyne to the bench in place of Ben Kennedy.

 

[Raider_69]

damn right reptar!
Favourite, ive over looked some great players because i assumed this was based on how popular they were, i.e I like Davico more then Backo

 

[edabomb]

i've seen 89 and 91 on tape and highlights of 87 and 90. its not really the same as when i got to see the team play alot which was 94-95 and 99-2003 because it wasnt always easy to see over here in NZ

 

[ball boy]

1. Schifcofske
2. Chicka
3. Meninga
4. Mullins
5. Nagas

6. Daley
7. Stuart

8. Lazarus
9 Walters
10. Wiki
11. Croker
12. Furner
13. Clyde


14. Backo
15. Jackson
16. Coyne
17. O'Sullivan

 

[greeneyed]

In my view, Clinton S. can only count as our third best fullback so far.... and a fair way behind Belcher and Mullins.

 

[Dmac]

1. Mullins (best fullback ever)
2. Nagas
3. Meninga
4. Wiki
5. Nadruku
6. Daley
7. Stuart
8. Lazarus
9. Walters
10.Davico
11.Croker
12.Furner
13. Clyde

14 McLinden
15 Pongia
16 Kennedy
17 Belcher/Sean Hoppe/ Clinton (hard to seperate)

 

[paulquinn49]

ill have a go then

1.Belcher
2.Nagas
3.Meninga
4.Mullins
5.Nadruku
6.Daley
7.O'Sullivan
8.Davico
9.Walters
10.Lazarus
11.Wiki
12.Furner
13.Clyde

14. Stuart
15. Croker
16. Lomax
17. O'Hara

that was pretty hard, but to tell you all the truth i have forgotten a fair few people over the years

 

[Steven Gerrard]

Your the first person to not put Ricky Stuart in the starting line up. Is he like drew and comes off the bench as a impact player? :lol:

 

[greeneyed]

This HAS to be deliberately provocative! :lol: :lol:

 

[paulquinn49]

well i now dislike ricky too much to be in my starting side.plus chris was a mad player.i tried to put daley is the centres to fit ricky into the halves but i couldnt. it all came down to my most recent memory of the 2. i saw chris kick the field goal in the 89 GF and i saw ricky complaining about players staying down.

thats why ricky got put on my bench

 

[Steven Gerrard]

:lol: :lol: Makes sense now. Couldn't agree more. But still.... :shock: