Greatest NRL Player of the Decade (2010-2019)

[Timmay]

My pick is Cooper Cronk.

 

[muzby]

My pick is Cooper Cronk.

Why?

 

[TheDalek079]

Cronk, Smith, JT or Ben hunt

 

[hineyrulz]

Brad Parker- End thread.

 

[Exsilium]

It won’t be Curtis Scott, he allegedly assaulted a police officer over the weekend.

Shame, he was up there for punching Dylan Walker.

 

[King hit]

Draw between Smith and Thurston

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Someone who wore the famous red blue and white jersey of the roosters.

Anyone else is just pretender.

 

[hineyrulz]

It won’t be Curtis Scott, he allegedly assaulted a police officer over the weekend.

Shame, he was up there for punching Dylan Walker.

Straight to the NRL Chess Championship for this young man.


At the least the Raiders have good cover in BJ Leluia.......... Oh wait. Well they still have TBYC at least.

 

[hineyrulz]

Someone who wore the famous red blue and white jersey of the roosters.

Anyone else is just pretender.

It was Latrell till last week, now it’s Mitch Aubusson.

 

[THE CHAMP]

Lockyer

 

[magpie_man]

SBWOMG

 

[2 weeks]

Brad Parker- End thread.

I second the motion.

 

[This Year?]

Why?

Because.

 

[Rhyno]

Semi Radradra

 

[King hit]

Lockyer

Retired in 2011 but

 

[Valheru]

JWH

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

Cameron Smith then daylight 2nd.

 

[Knight Vision]

Cameron Smith then daylight 2nd.

with a highlights reel that inspires every young kid to play footy I can see them playing in the backyard practicing their scorpions, leg twists, crushers and chicken wings ....Smith has given the game soooo much.

Billy Slater by a country mile. Best Fullback I've seen play the game. ....and a highlights reel to match.

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

with a highlights reel that inspires every young kid to play footy I can see them playing in the backyard practicing their scorpions, leg twists, crushers and chicken wings ....Smith has given the game soooo much.

Billy Slater by a country mile. Best Fullback I've seen play the game. ....and a highlights reel to match.

Aaaaand there it is.. All got opinions...

Slater was great, as was Thurston, Inglis, Cronk, bunch of others...

But in my mind no one can match Smith for;

Longevity - played the whole decade, didn't miss any of it. There are others who've played the whole decade but only Cronk would come close to matches played. Slater missed 2019 and a most of the season a few years before.
Captaining - Captained his club for the whole decade, along with his state and country for most of it
Titles - Premierships, Origin Series, World Cups, Dally M …… a bonanza - and he captained the lot.
Best in Position - No one knocked Smith out of the hooking role at any level. Club state or country. Unquestioned. Others got moved around a bit and mainly at reps - including Slater, Inglis & Thurston.
Game Management - absolute all-time champion managing the game and referees. Like it or hate it (most hate it) the guy's a genius.

You can go on all the highlight reels you like and they'll all be backs. Slater was as spectacular as I've ever seen at fullback. Probably the best. And his highlight reel would go longer than The Irishman. Forwards don't have highlight reels.

But in my opinion if I could have had any player in my club over the last decade - ie who was the player I feared the most when any team played us..... it'd be Smith hands down.

 

[Timmay]

Why?

The bloke won a bunch of Origins and multiple Premierships at two different clubs.