Five best half backs of the past 60 years.

[Albert Rosenfeld]

Pick the best five.

For the record, the 17 best are (not in order of greatness but grouped by nationality):

Andrew Johns.
Peter Sterling
Steve Mortimer
Alfie Langer
Ricky Stuart
Brett Kimmorley
Craig Gower
Daly Cherry-Evans
Cooper Cronk

Alex Murphy
Tommy Bishop
Steve Nash
Andy Gregory
Shaun Edwards
Sean Long

Shaun Johnson
Stacey Jones

 

[TheDalek079]

Kevin Junee, Monkey Mayes, Horrie Hastings, Adrian Lam and Mitch Pearce

 

[thorson1987]

Remy Gower

 

[nick87]

Stuart, Johns, Sterling, Langer, Mortimer

Any other votes are donkey votes

 

[thorson1987]

Stuart, Johns, Sterling, Langer, Mortimer

Any other votes are donkey votes

Even factoring in my storm bias, there is no way I can include Cronk in that list.

 

[Rebel]

It's clear that it's Stacey jones and Shaun Johnson.

#notatallbiased

 

[coolsteve]

need more johnny gibbs

 

[POPEYE]

I was a keen 5 year old but still I wouldn't be able to remember who came first, the chicken or the egg. You would transpose Imaginary Man Johns to play against Raudonikis in his prime and thought that Tommy would let him finish a game in one piece to prove who was the better . . . good luck with that.

Maybe I can contribute a little. Imo Mortimer was the best defensive, Raudonikis the most threatening, Langer the most spontaneous, Hastings the most courageous, Sterling the most inspiring, Johns the most talented, Cronk the most disciplined . . . find me a great #7 and I'll give you a superlative

How many careers of the blokes you picked did you see from start to finish Albert, I'd like to compare notes on the circumstances surrounding their contributuion

 

[typicalfan]

Thurston would rank higher than Cronk, Kimmorley, DCE and Gower. Especially if you factor in origin.

 

[WireMan]

It's clear that it's Stacey jones and Shaun Johnson.

#notatallbiased

Got to be Langer and Johns from NRL, but Briers was just as good from the super league.

#notbiasedeither

 

[Jubileeboy]

OP Fail.
Thread title says 60 years, yet OP has only included players of the last 30 odd years...strange?
Needs more Billy Smith.

 

[Martin Bella's Luvhandles]

The absence of Tulsen Tollett from this poll makes it null and void imo

 

[typicalfan]

I'd have Toovey over Kimmorley and Johnson (at this stage) as well.

Toughest pound for pound.

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

1. Joey Johns
2. Joey Johns
3. Joey Johns
4. Joey Johns
5. Joey Johns

 

[kbw]

Gower !!!, bugger me dead, the guy was not a good #7, a decent hooker but thats about it.

 

[soc123_au]

Gower isn't even the best halfback to play for Penrith.

 

[POPEYE]

OP Fail.
Thread title says 60 years, yet OP has only included players of the last 30 odd years...strange?
Needs more Billy Smith.

Billy won as many premierships as Langer and Sterling but played more games for Australia when the Poms were good at it

 

[TheVelourFog]

Could easily leave Brett Kimmorley off that list

And Gower and Johnson

 

[THE CHAMP]

1. Langer
That is all.

 

[MKEB...]

How could Eddie Paea, Stu Galbraithe or Jeremy Smith Possibly be omitted. Not enough Paul Green TBH