Players who are nigh on impossible to hate (you guys always find a a way)

[The_Joey_Show]

Stacey Jones and Ruben Wiki. Dead set legends. Kept RL alive in NZ pretty much single handedly for about a decade.

Shame neither of them lasted long enough to enjoy NZ's current period of success... they deserved it. Hell, they built it.

 

[beave]

Hindmarsh
Menzies
Presto
Cooper Cronk (the way he pulled his own player Quinn into line at Brooky a couple of years ago for being an assclown was excellent)
Dallas Johnson

 

[kia ora storm]

Sika Manu
Adam Blair

Both are pretty down to earth and will stop and have a chat...

Others:

Paul Gallen
Jonathan Thurston - seems to have chilled as he has got older.
Anthony Minichello
Michael Ennis
Dane Neilson

 

[Silent Knight]

Matt Bowen
Steve Simpson
Cooper Cronk
Tim Mannah
Anthony and Mark Minichello

 

[ANTiLAG]

Sika Manu
Adam Blair

Both are pretty down to earth and will stop and have a chat...

Others:

Paul Gallen
Jonathan Thurston - seems to have chilled as he has got older.
Anthony Minichello
Michael Ennis
Dane Neilson

 

[Special K]

Paul Gallen and Greg Bird those rascals.

 

[JamesBrandy]

Mat Rogers
Manu Vatuvei
Ben Hannant
Cooper Cronk
Johnathan Thurston (love the way he gives away his headgear and gives the ballboys a pat on the back, that'd make those kids day)

 

[beave]

the love JT is getting in this thread surprises the shit out of me, I thought he was the most hated player in the NRL the way some people carry on about him.

 

[Jason Maher]

Does anyone truly hate Darren Lockyer?

Any New South Wales player is automatically ruled out as Queenslanders would rather admit they enjoy a quiet perusal of Mein Kampf by the fireplace than that they like a Blue.

Having said that, my hero as a kid, Rod Wishart, seemed to be pretty well liked. I've never heard anyone say they hated him (I'm sure I'm about to be proven wrong). Guess the Steelers were so shit you couldn't really hate our players.

 

[POPEYE]

the love JT is getting in this thread surprises the shit out of me, I thought he was the most hated player in the NRL the way some people carry on about him.

Nothing pretentious about JT . . . you get what you see.

 

[kia ora storm]

What's wrong with Manu...not grubby.

 

[sting]

the love JT is getting in this thread surprises the shit out of me, I thought he was the most hated player in the NRL the way some people carry on about him.

JT was definitely on my hate list but now i like him. I think it's do with when he appears on tv and his personality comes up. He's a funny prick.

Tide has turned for Gallen as well. Love him. Except for on Monday night.

Have to say Hindy and Petero as well of course. Great players and great blokes

 

[Mr Fourex]

Players who are nigh on impossible to hate

Hate the Storm but.....Cam Smith and Cooper Cronk get respect.

Great players and fierce competitors

also.....

Thurston
Uate
Foran

 

[Saints fan]

Michael Gordon
Jason Nightingale
Luke Lewis
Steve Menzies
Hazem El Masri

 

[God-King Dean]

What's wrong with Manu...not grubby.

:lol: C'mon bro.....

 

[Shorty]

Luke Lewis
Peter Wallace
Jamie Soward (He's annoying, but I'd never hate him)
Darren Lockyer
Paul Gallen (He actually appeared to be upset that he was booed, which surprised me).

 

[ANTiLAG]

Sika Manu is not popular with a lot of players. I think it is something more than mere grubbiness. But it is a closed book. I have tried to find out why but noone is talking. Some Kiwi players were not happy with him being selected into the Kiwis.

 

[Desert Qlder]

Even manic depressives could have their day brightened by Tim Mannah's smile.

 

[The.X.Factor9]

For me to not hate a player he has to be a competitor and not a sook when things don't go his way:

-Keiren Foran
-Steve Price
-Beau scott
-James Maloney
-Cooper Cronk

 

[Shorty]

LOL Beau Scott?