Name your clubs greatest 17.

[Big Mick]

In Consultation with my Dad:

1. Rhys Wesser
2. Luke Rooney
3. Ryan Girdler
4. Brad Fittler
5. Luke Lewis
6. Brad Izzard
7. Greg Alexander
8. Darryl Brohman
9. Mike Stephenson (Honorable mention Royce Simmons)
10. John Cartwright
11. Bill Ashurst
12. Mark Geyer
13. Colin Van De Voort

14. Matt Goodwin
15. Lew Zivanovic
16. Peter Kelly
17. Craig Gower

 

[Mr Saab]

kwi

Plath was a great clubman, but there is no way when ranking the broncos 1-30 that plath would break the top 20.
In no order

Langer
Lockyer
Walters
Walters
Lazarus
Tallis
Webcke
Thorn
Carroll
Petero
Berrigan
DeVere
Renouf
Hancock
Sailor
Matterson
Carne
Johns
Gee
Darren Smith
Campion

Thats just off the top of my head. Plath is not ahead of one those, and nots do disrespect to Plath

 

[PARRA_FAN]

Plath was good, but we wasnt anything sensational.

 

[RenoufPhan]

Broncos:

1. Darren Lockyer
2. Mick Hancock
3. Steve Renouf
4. Mick DeVere (gk)
5. Wendell Sailor

6. Kevin Walters
7. Allan Langer (c)

8. Shane Webcke
9. Kerrod Walters
10. Glenn Lazarus
11. Gordon Tallis
12. Brad Thorn
13. Tonie Carroll

14. Petero Civoniceva
15. Andrew Gee
16. Darren Smith
17. Lote Tuqiri



* Kevie gets the nod ahead of Wally at 5/8th because he played 271 games for the Broncos compared to 50 appearances for Lewis.

* Mick Devere gets the nod as starting centre ahead of Darren Smith because he is the greatest goalkicker in Broncos history.

* Pound-for-pound Lote Tuqiri was probably more talented than Mick Hancock, but there's no denying the contribution Hancock made to the club. That's the #1 reason why I would start Hancock on the wing with Lote on the bench.


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[JJ]

Broncos:

1. Darren Lockyer
2. Mick Hancock
3. Steve Renouf
4. Mick DeVere (gk)
5. Wendell Sailor

6. Kevin Walters
7. Allan Langer (c)

8. Shane Webcke
9. Kerrod Walters
10. Glenn Lazarus
11. Gordon Tallis
12. Brad Thorn
13. Tonie Carroll

14. Petero Civoniceva
15. Andrew Gee
16. Darren Smith
17. Lote Tuqiri



* Kevie gets the nod ahead of Wally at 5/8th because he played 271 games for the Broncos compared to 50 appearances for Lewis.

* Mick Devere gets the nod as starting centre ahead of Darren Smith because he is the greatest goalkicker in Broncos history.

* Pound-for-pound Lote Tuqiri was probably more talented than Mick Hancock, but there's no denying the contribution Hancock made to the club. That's the #1 reason why I would start Hancock on the wing with Lote on the bench.


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I'm not a Broncos fan - far from it... and I understand why no Wally - but what about Gene Miles? Terry Matterson? Chris Johns?

 

[Mr Saab]

Gene Miles didnt play enough for the Broncos.
Matterson is my lock as he wasa good ball player.
Chris Johns was a good centre, but i had Darren Smith.

 

[Happy Gilmore]

Parramatta

1. Paul Taylor
2. Eric Grothe
3. Mick Cronin
4. Steve Ella
5. Graham Atkins
6. Brett Kenny
7. Peter Sterling
8. Dean Pay
9. Michael Mosley
10. Terry Leibeter
11. Nathan Hindmarsh
12. Peter Wynn
13. Ray Price

14. Mark Laurie
15. John Muggleton
16. Nathan Cayless
17. Jarrod McCracken

Cant think of any other current players or players after 86. Hindmarsh is a legend had to be there.

 

[JJ]

Gene Miles didnt play enough for the Broncos.
Matterson is my lock as he wasa good ball player.
Chris Johns was a good centre, but i had Darren Smith.

The other place I wondered about was the 2nd row - Gillmeister and Cann were part of those great teams - whereas the Broncos haven't been dominant in the Tallis/Thorn era -(for all the beat-up around Tallis - Qld didn't win too often with him either)

 

[RenoufPhan]

Broncos:

1. Darren Lockyer
2. Mick Hancock
3. Steve Renouf
4. Mick DeVere (gk)
5. Wendell Sailor

6. Kevin Walters
7. Allan Langer (c)

8. Shane Webcke
9. Kerrod Walters
10. Glenn Lazarus
11. Gordon Tallis
12. Brad Thorn
13. Tonie Carroll

14. Petero Civoniceva
15. Andrew Gee
16. Darren Smith
17. Lote Tuqiri



* Kevie gets the nod ahead of Wally at 5/8th because he played 271 games for the Broncos compared to 50 appearances for Lewis.

* Mick Devere gets the nod as starting centre ahead of Darren Smith because he is the greatest goalkicker in Broncos history.

* Pound-for-pound Lote Tuqiri was probably more talented than Mick Hancock, but there's no denying the contribution Hancock made to the club. That's the #1 reason why I would start Hancock on the wing with Lote on the bench.


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I'm not a Broncos fan - far from it... and I understand why no Wally - but what about Gene Miles? Terry Matterson? Chris Johns?

I took longevity into consideration as well as trying to pick the most balanced side.

Miles was the hardest to leave out. He is the most talented of the 3 you named but he only played 70 odd games for the Broncos compared to Mick Devere's 170. Plus, in an effort to pick a blanced side I had to get a goalkicker in there and Devere was our greatest ever (better than Matterson IMO).

As for Matterson - there's no denying his value to the team at the time. He was a great clubman. But he was not a better player than either Carroll or Darren Smith IMO. Smith gets the nod off the bench because of his versatility.

Chris Johns was a good player for a long time, but I always felt he was made to look better because of the class around him. Renouf, Miles, DeVere, Darren Smith and even Shaun Berrigan were/are all better centres than Johns IMO.


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[mightybears]

NORTH SYDNEY
fullback:brian carlson
winger: ken irvine
centre: greg florimo
centre: sid deane
winger:harold horder
5/8: rex harrison
half back:duncan thompson
lock: peter diversi
second row: gary larson
second row: mark graham
prop: lloyd weier
hooker: john gray
prop: don mckinnon
-----------------------------
captain: duncan thompson
kicker: john gray
coach: chris mckivat
bench:
as forwards billy moore and bruce walker
as backs fred griffiths and cec blinkhorn

 

[JJ]

Thought it might be more fun to do this with a team that I don't give a rat's arse about (note, as opposed to one I loathe) - so, of course the team that sprung to mind immediately was ...... Cronulla!! (actually, it's not a bad team, even though I may have missed a number of obvious selections...)

1. Peachey
2. Docking
3. Ettingshausen/McGaw
4. Rogers
5. McGaw/Ettingshausen
6. ugh....Dykes? Healey?
7. Kimmorley
8. Stevens
9. Raper
10. Nutley
11. Davidson
12. Miller
13. Hatch


Cronulla fans feel free to correct me...

 

[JJ]

NORTH SYDNEY
fullback:brian carlson
winger: ken irvine
centre: greg florimo
centre: sid deane
winger:harold horder
5/8: rex harrison
half back:duncan thompson
lock: peter diversi
second row: gary larson
second row: mark graham
prop: lloyd weier
hooker: john gray
prop: don mckinnon
-----------------------------
captain: duncan thompson
kicker: john gray
coach: chris mckivat
bench:
as forwards billy moore and bruce walker
as backs fred griffiths and cec blinkhorn

David Fairleigh>Billy Moore?

 

[knights04]

Knights

1. Robbie O'Davis
2. Darren Albert
3. Adam MacDougall
4. Jamie Ainscough
5. Timana Tahu
6. Matthew Johns
7. Andrew Johns
8. Tony Butterfield
9. Danny Buderus
10. Paul Harragon
11. Ben Kennedy
12. Bill Peden
13. Marc Glanville

 

[mightybears]

JJ
i just re hashed my team from a thread on the norths forum re team of the century
some people raised your point but i think fairleigh use to go missing in matches at times [and could get away with it because of the fitness and tackling of moore and larson]
anyway bruce walker is on the bench!, so norths back row choices are incredibly strong [only hooker was harder to pick for me]

my team, all played for australia, bar
harrison who played for nsw during WWII, and had no chance to play for Australia
graham, who played for the kiwis
john gray who was a pom,
and griffiths who was a south african [but who played for OTHER NATIONALITIES WHEN IN ENGLAND WITH WIGAN]

 

[brooksy19]

Wests Tigers 2000 - 2005

1. Brett Hodgson
2. Pat Richards
3. Kevin McGuinness
4. Paul Whateria
5. Jason Moodie

6. Marshall
7. Prince

8. John Skandalis
9. Lincoln Withers
10. Shane Walker
11. Darren Senter (c)
12. Jarred McCracken
13. Scott Sattler

14. Liam Fulton
15. Craig Field
16. Jason Lowrie
17. Bronson Harrison

Coach : Tim Sheens

 

[brooksy19]

Bad Boy Sharks Cronulla Team.

1 - 17 = Covell

 

[Raider_69]

For me Canberras top 17:

1. Belcher
2. Nagas
3. Meninga
4. Jackson
5. Ferguson
6. Daley
7. Stuart
8. Lazo
9. Walters
10. Davico
11. Wiki
12. Furner
13. Clyde

14. Croker
15. Lomax
16. Backo
17. Mullins/Schif

Blokes like O'Sullivan, Noa, Lance etc were all very unlucky

 

[ThrashViking]

Warriors
1. Ivan Cleary (00-02)
2. Sean Hoppe (95-99)
3. Tea Ropati ( 95-98 )
4. Nigel Vagana (96-00)
5. Francis Meli (99-05)
6. Greg Alexander (95-96)
7. Stacey Jones (95-05)
8. Joe Vagana (95-00)
9. PJ Marsh (02-03)
10. Jerry Seuseu (97-04)
11. Ali Lauiti'iti (98-04)
12. Stephen Kearney ( 95-98 )
13. Kevin Campion (01-02)
Reserves
14. Dean Bell (95)
15. Awen Guttenbeil (96-05)
16. Logan Swann (97-03)
17. Terry Hermansson (99-00)

 

[Fluffy]

if anyone isnt drooling at all of these teams they dont know rugby league well.

Theres been some talent over the years playing for all clubs.

 

[brooksy19]

^^^^^^

The tigers one posted by me would be the weakest one so far..(only had 5 years cmon), but if we had 2 more real good forwards (NSW or Aus reps) in that period they would compete against above mentioned teams.