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Worst signings of the nrl era

https://www.nospam47.com/au/league/...uys-in-nrl-history/1egndixwgwjvs1r6n1bfntuuvo

 

[JJ]

Damn that got me curious so I went digging to find the most successful Warriors halves pairings. (Criteria = minimum 10 games played together)

Green/Johnson = 63% (played 16, won 10)
Maloney/Seymour = 60% (played 20, won 12)
Alexander/Jones = 57% (played 14, won 8)
Witt/Rovelli = 57% (played 30, won 17)
Simon/Jones = 56% (played 25, won 14)
Townsend/Johnson = 53% (played 34, won 18)
Hohaia/Jones = 51% (played 43, won 22)
Green/Nikorima = 50% (played 12, won 6)
Tony/Jones = 48% (played 21, won 10)
Ropati/Rovelli = 47% (played 19, won 9)
Maloney/Johnson = 45% (played 38, won 17)
Ngamu/Jones = 43% (played 51, won 22)
Fien/Jones = 40% (played 15, won 6)
Leuluai/Johnson = 40% (played 45, won 18)
Foran/Johnson = 38% (played 13, won 5)
Moon/Jones = 30% (played 10, won 3)
Beverley/Jones = 25% (played 12, won 3)
Endacott/Jones = 25% (played 12, won 3)

I guess the main highlight there is how few long-term halves pairings we've had over the years.

Yeah, strange that there are so few with a decent number of games, and those persevered with more Leuluai/Johson, Ngamu/Jones, and surprisingly Malnoney/Johnson (fixed as per Rich’s comment) have poor records...

I never understood why Alexander and Jones weren't used more, they kept shifting Brandy around, to accomodate the likes of Simon and Ngamu (might have my timing off with Simon) - which was bizarre, Ngamu was rubbish, and Simon had a couple of memorable games elsewhere but never delivered on his talent

 

[Rich102]

Did you mean Maloney/Johnson? Maloney/Jones isn't on the list.

 

[JJ]

Did you mean Maloney/Johnson? Maloney/Jones isn't on the list.

Yeah sorry

Guess they had the awful season

 

[Blair]

Yeah sorry

Guess they had the awful season

I'd guess Johnson/Maloney '11 was an entirely different beast to Johnson/Maloney '12.

Such a shame we all didn't kick-on, ay?

 

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Here is an interesting one, Top 10 Poms to play in Oz

 

[Meth]

What Poms have we had play for us? Betts, Platt, Tomkins...any others?

All failures

 

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[JJ]

What Poms have we had play for us? Betts, Platt, Tomkins...any others?

All failures

Platt and Tomkins were ok...but each touted as the best in the world.

Betts was too, but to my recollection he was just rubbish

 

[Meth]

Platt and Tomkins were ok...but each touted as the best in the world.

Bert’s was too, but to my recollection he was just rubbish

Yeah, I actually went back and watched a highlights reel of Tomkin's time at the Warriors. Quite a few nice touches but just didnt live up to expectations.

 

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[Meth]

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weird that toovey is so high. Was great as a hooker but didn't spend a ton of time there

 

[JJ]

Lol Toovey is a joke there... love him but lolz

 

[Meth]

Cook and Hodgson should finish higher in the end- probably 3/4

 

[JJ]

Matt Ballin more appropriate from Manly...

Luke Priddis? Must be a few others...

 

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I think that list shows the most is the changing role of the hooker the last 20 years and how much more important they are these days with the style they play

 

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[Fufu Andronez]

Matt Ballin more appropriate from Manly...

Luke Priddis? Must be a few others...

Jake Friend a bit stiff to miss out I reckon

 

[JJ]

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Again the order is strange imo.

Matt Cooper is an obvious omission

 

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Again the order is strange imo.

Matt Cooper is an obvious omission

Tate in the conversation too

They didn’t play much but Renouf and ET were in the era too