Panthers All Time Second Row

[soc123_au]

This one will be interesting, you could make a pretty solid case for most of this list. I still have no idea who I'll end up going with.

 

[Bred not Bought]

John Cartwright should be an option.

 

[soc123_au]

John Cartwright should be an option.

Oh, shit, will fix that up now.

 

[MugaB]

MG and Martin should bash this in, Tony P would be very close, I'd have him as reserve

 

[The yak]

Cartwright and Martin for me.

Hoss was consistent, strong in defence and had a bit creativity. I used to love his one-handed off loads. He was a far better player than the erratic lunatic Geyer, and the lazy and inconsistent Puletua.
Never saw Ashurst.
Kikau and Lewis probably fight it out for 3rd place.

 

[Pomoz]

Cartwright and Martin for me.

Hoss was consistent, strong in defence and had a bit creativity. I used to love his one-handed off loads. He was a far better player than the erratic lunatic Geyer, and the lazy and inconsistent Puletua.
Never saw Ashurst.
Kikau and Lewis probably fight it out for 3rd place.

This.

 

[Luke Bowden]

Marto and Cartwright get my vote.

Marto No.1 I bloody love that guy.

 

[Hooked]

No room in the poll for our 1998 player of the year Matt Adamson

 

[ColdWetPanther]

I went Marin and Tony P. Loved the Hair Bears back in the day.

 

[snickers007]

I went Martin and Carty.

Would have loved to vote for Kikau or Puletua though.

Kikau at his best was a genuine match winner. Would bust tackles at will, had the offload, the occasional grubber. Seeing him with early ball against a retreating defence spelled trouble every time. Had a great charge down too. Probably not going to get many votes due to how we've gone since he left. Not that we replaced him easily, but more that we've adjusted.

Puletua probably had all the tools to be like Kikau, but we never had a coach or game plan to effectively utilise him in that roll. Even in 2003-4 when we were good, he was essentially another prop bashing it up the middle.

Tough bracket for sure.

 

[Fangs]

Mitch Achurch and Duncan MacGillivray.

 

[Someone2]

Geyer and Pritchard close thread

a lot of people that post here that only became Penrith fans 4 years ago wouldn’t remember them

l laugh at people picking Martin over those 2

 

[ColdWetPanther]

Geyer and Pritchard close thread

a lot of people that post here that only became Penrith fans 4 years ago wouldn’t remember them

l laugh at people picking Martin over those 2

Mav Geyer started to show some promise towards the end of the season, but needs to put in a few more good performances before being considered at this level.

 

[MugaB]

Geyer and Pritchard close thread

a lot of people that post here that only became Penrith fans 4 years ago wouldn’t remember them

l laugh at people picking Martin over those 2

f**k me imagine a parra fan, being so bored and inept (as usual) to venture over to the Penrith threads to voice a nothing burger opinion on the best 2nd rowers in Penrith history, Martin has already eclipsed all of parras 4 and only premierships by winning them in a row and a Clive Churchill medal to boot

 

[ACTPanthers]

Obviously Marto gets in, but I gave my second to MG - LOVED watching that unhinged motherf**ker play

 

[MugaB]

Obviously Marto gets in, but I gave my second to MG - LOVED watching that unhinged motherf**ker play

I did the same, purely unhinged the both of them

 

[Pomoz]

"Unhinged", what a good description. Throw in Travis Burns and you have nutters to the power of three, that's enough nuts for a whole pack of Snickers. When I thought of these three I imagine a prison riot in a gangster movie with "hammer" MG, "pick axe" Marto and "shiv" Burns taking out the rival prison gang because they looked at Travis a bit funny. Travis would be the leader. A twitching, grinning, ball of energy with a nervous tic and spittle forming in the side of his mouth. "You looking at me?" he would say, flexing and leaning in. "No Travis that's a mirror".

 

[MugaB]

"Unhinged", what a good description. Throw in Travis Burns and you have nutters to the power of three, that's enough nuts for a whole pack of Snickers. When I thought of these three I imagine a prison riot in a gangster movie with "hammer" MG, "pick axe" Marto and "shiv" Burns taking out the rival prison gang because they looked at Travis a bit funny. Travis would be the leader. A twitching, grinning, ball of energy with a nervous tic and spittle forming in the side of his mouth. "You looking at me?" he would say, flexing and leaning in. "No Travis that's a mirror".

Stop Travis the mirror is our friend

 

[Panther Pete]

"Unhinged", what a good description. Throw in Travis Burns and you have nutters to the power of three, that's enough nuts for a whole pack of Snickers. When I thought of these three I imagine a prison riot in a gangster movie with "hammer" MG, "pick axe" Marto and "shiv" Burns taking out the rival prison gang because they looked at Travis a bit funny. Travis would be the leader. A twitching, grinning, ball of energy with a nervous tic and spittle forming in the side of his mouth. "You looking at me?" he would say, flexing and leaning in. "No Travis that's a mirror".

I was at the game where Travis played his last game for us. From memory he was sent off and at the time knew he was looking at a long suspension and had in all likelihood played his last game for us. As I was leaving the ground after the game Travis was walking across the road to the car park where Hogs Breath is and it’s fair to say he was not a happy man. Not one person was brave enough to ask for an autograph or speak to him.

 

[JJ]

Cartwright is a no brainer imo. Peak Geyer is the other one for me, he was something else 90-91. Martin off the bench, Puletua and Kikau unlucky

With what he did at the Sharks Lewis would be right there