Luckiest first grade career of all time

[Someguy]

Easily Sam Burgees! No one else consistently had knock ons seen as strips by the ref, it was a game changer that alone would turn many an average forward into a superstar

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

When you consider Brian Fletcher has a premiership ring and Nathan Hindmarsh doesn’t, you’d have to consider Brian was pretty lucky

 

[Danish]

I know this goes against the intended spirit of the OP because the player I’ve picked had unquestionable talent. Andrew Ettingshausen was blessed with stunning looks, stunning talent and boofed Elle Macpherson. Kissed on the dick literally by God himself. Luckiest merkin ever.

Guarantee ET thinks about the 99 prelim loss way more than bonking the body though

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

Guarantee ET thinks about the 99 prelim loss way more than bonking the body though

Yeh but what a way to err, console yourself

 

[hineyrulz]

Daniel Wagon.

232 FG games
An Origin and Test appearance

Not bad for a guy who could only tackle, and even that fairly ineffectively.

I still have nightmares of him running out of the line in that 05 semi against the Cows

 

[Penrose Warrior]

Guarantee ET thinks about the 99 prelim loss way more than bonking the body though

Hahahaha...this sounds implausible to me.

 

[Willie Ray]

David Nofoaluma would be feeling pretty lucky this morning.

 

[Penrose Warrior]

Paul Atkins is a fair answer - played a single game of NRL for the Warriors in 2004, was an Auckland club player at best, and 'supercoach' Tony Kemp picked him against the three-in-a row GFists.

His crowning glory was getting absolutely pole-axed by Adrian Morley (3min 50sec in):

 

[King hit]

Didn't Sean Rudder get picked to play 5/8th for NSW one year too? I remember they even used Shaun Timmins there once too.

Don't bash the Origin hero Timmins he was a gun for NSW wherever he played. Will never forget his man of the match performance and field goal in 2004.

 

[Nuke]

Didn't Sean Rudder get picked to play 5/8th for NSW one year too? I remember they even used Shaun Timmins there once too.

Sean Rudder never played Origin.
I don't ever recall him being picked, selected, or even speculated, but I may be wrong.

 

[Vee]

In response to the question... Paul Whatuira somehow won 2 comps.

TBF, Paul Whatuira was the best centre in the world for a couple of years.

 

[Vee]

Craig Wing was in a similar mould.

Tremendous player, 14 in my NSW Origin era side.

 

[Vee]

Guarantee ET thinks about the 99 prelim loss way more than bonking the body though

The Body, not the body. Please

 

[Rhino_NQ]

do coaches count?

Ricky stuart had a premiership squad assembled and gift wrapped for him by graham murray and has been riding off it ever since doing very little except whinge

 

[bazza]

don't know how Mark Hughes played so many origin games
seemed to be popular off the field

related - David Peachy - unlucky

 

[Rhino_NQ]

don't know how Mark Hughes played so many origin games
seemed to be popular off the field

related - David Peachy - unlucky

opposing chris mckenna kind of evened it out

 

[THE CHAMP]

do coaches count?

Ricky stuart had a premiership squad assembled and gift wrapped for him by graham murray and has been riding off it ever since doing very little except whinge

He did kick a chair also

 

[Rhino_NQ]

He did kick a chair also

and tear a calf

 

[Captain Apollo]

and tear a calf

He also has lots of texers. Just ask him for one.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Adam Blair

How the hell the guy got 6 years of first grade contracts after the Tigers debacle is beyond belief. He had multiple games where he had 1 or 2 hit ups in 80 minutes and never got dropped. His game V Fiji in the World Cup where NZ lost 4-2 is the most pea hearted Ive ever seen in an International.

Classic example of a guy who survived on the back of his off-field attributes.