Pick your team of players based on the worst individual performances in the 2004 rugby league season by game and position.
Give a description of the woeful performance that earned your respect and nomination.
Some criteria to go by:
- Cost their team the match :evil:
- Sent off or sinned binned :roll:
- Replaced by the coach because of their ineptitude
- Dropped to premier league or jim beam cup the next week
- Released from their contract with the club subsequently :lol:
- Lost the respect of ALL who witnessed them
For example, and one of my nominations:
Centre:
Shannon Hegarty, Round 18, Roosters vs. Eels:
:evil: :lol:
After a ground breaking 2003 in which he, in a series of lucky selections due to injuries, debuted for Queensland and Australia but then went on to establish himself as a representative star by playing all three State of Origin matches and making the Kangaroo tour, Shannon spend most of 2004 languishing in Premier league recovering from an ankle injury, unable to oust either Todd Byrne or Gavin Lester from first grade.
In round 17 he got the call up into an origin depleted Roosters side and looked to be finding his feet. Rooster fans were keenly anticipating the return of the player that had been a 2003 rep star. He managed to retain his position in a full strength Roosters team for round 18 against Parramatta. Hegarty was back! Rooster fans celebrated, but not for long.
In a simple game plan against the much favoured top side, Parramattas young half back Michael Witt decided to pepper Hegarty with bomb after bomb for their flyer Luke Burt. In one of the most inept performances of 2004 the class of Shannon Hegarty shone through when put under the test And the source of that shine found the test, quite literally, as bomb after bomb humorously bounced off a confused Hegartys shimmering bald head and popped up into the hands of a waiting Luke Burt, not once, not twice, but three times. The bald that glittered was gold for Parramatta and the Eels never looked back, despite Coach Stuart switching backline positions, they brought home victory and one of the upsets of the season, all on the back of the bounce off Hegartys head.
Shannon Hegarty was dropped back to premier league the next week. Gavin Lester replaced him. In what was a secretive and suspicious episode the Roosters released him from the last year of his contract and he will be leaving the club next year for Souths.
He has since fought his way back into the first grade team. But his round 18 performance was one of the worst of 2004, earning his position in the team of worst performances of the season.
Ok, i'll keep on posting my nominations over the next few days as well, now for your nominations for the team of worst performances of 2004
Give a description of the woeful performance that earned your respect and nomination.
Some criteria to go by:
- Cost their team the match :evil:
- Sent off or sinned binned :roll:
- Replaced by the coach because of their ineptitude
- Dropped to premier league or jim beam cup the next week
- Released from their contract with the club subsequently :lol:
- Lost the respect of ALL who witnessed them
For example, and one of my nominations:
Centre:
Shannon Hegarty, Round 18, Roosters vs. Eels:
:evil:
:lol: After a ground breaking 2003 in which he, in a series of lucky selections due to injuries, debuted for Queensland and Australia but then went on to establish himself as a representative star by playing all three State of Origin matches and making the Kangaroo tour, Shannon spend most of 2004 languishing in Premier league recovering from an ankle injury, unable to oust either Todd Byrne or Gavin Lester from first grade.
In round 17 he got the call up into an origin depleted Roosters side and looked to be finding his feet. Rooster fans were keenly anticipating the return of the player that had been a 2003 rep star. He managed to retain his position in a full strength Roosters team for round 18 against Parramatta. Hegarty was back! Rooster fans celebrated, but not for long.
In a simple game plan against the much favoured top side, Parramattas young half back Michael Witt decided to pepper Hegarty with bomb after bomb for their flyer Luke Burt. In one of the most inept performances of 2004 the class of Shannon Hegarty shone through when put under the test And the source of that shine found the test, quite literally, as bomb after bomb humorously bounced off a confused Hegartys shimmering bald head and popped up into the hands of a waiting Luke Burt, not once, not twice, but three times. The bald that glittered was gold for Parramatta and the Eels never looked back, despite Coach Stuart switching backline positions, they brought home victory and one of the upsets of the season, all on the back of the bounce off Hegartys head.
Shannon Hegarty was dropped back to premier league the next week. Gavin Lester replaced him. In what was a secretive and suspicious episode the Roosters released him from the last year of his contract and he will be leaving the club next year for Souths.
He has since fought his way back into the first grade team. But his round 18 performance was one of the worst of 2004, earning his position in the team of worst performances of the season.
Ok, i'll keep on posting my nominations over the next few days as well, now for your nominations for the team of worst performances of 2004
