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Ranking Warriors Props

Big Marn

Big Marn

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Here is the list of Warriors that have played 75 games or more at Prop (predominantly).

How would you rank this list in terms of impact/effectiveness for the Warriors?

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You gotta love AI. somehow 85 is higher than 87.....
 
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Izz

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No. 1 - Jackson Ford...

Just kidding

1. Price
2. Iafeta
3. Matulino
4. Seuseu
5. Rapira
6. Vagana
7. Lillyman
8. Packer
9. Wiki (don't like putting Wiki here, but I'm trying to rate solely onfield, and his mana was the biggest thing he brought to the club imo)
10. Tuimavave
11. Afoa

Dunno, that's a hard list to rank
 
Shaun Hewitt

Shaun Hewitt

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Interesting question! Extremely hard to rank

1. Price
2. Big Jerry
3. Benny Matulino (i loved hearing his name being called in commentary....Benny Matulino with the carry)
4. Joe Vagana
5. Feka Paleaasina (LOVED his kick returns)
6. Jacob Lillyman
7. Ruben Wiki
8. Sammy Rapira
9. Russel Packer
10. Bunty Afoa
11. Evarn Tuimavavue
 
Manu Vatuvei

Manu Vatuvei

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My hot take (not very hot based on the previous posts in this thread mind you) is that I swear Wiki ends up in 90% of Warriors all time teams, when realistically he shouldn't even be shortlisted as an option.
 
Wheeled Warrior

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Steve Price 10/10
Ruben Wiki 10/10
Ben Matulino 9/10
Jerry Seuseu 8/10
Joe Vagana 8/10
Russell Packer 7/10
Iafeta Paleaaesina 7/10
Jacob Lillyman 7/10
Sam Rapira 6/10
Bunty Afoa 6/10
Evarn Tuimavave 6/10
 
Manu Vatuvei

Manu Vatuvei

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The list appears to be missing AFB who played 85 games

1. Price
2. AFB
3. Matulino
4. Vagana
5. Seuseu
6. Rapira
7. Lillyman
8. Paleaaesina
9. Wiki
10. Packer
11. Afoa
12. Tuimavave

Price and AFB didn't play as many games as others but were pretty close to elite standard while here. Matulino has a good argument for top 2 and I can understand why others would have AFB lower. Vagana, I may be looking back on him too nostalgically but he was our top prop for the first 5 or 6 years. SeuSeu similarly, wasn't quite elite but our top prop during a good era.

Rapira and Lillyman were solid, I wasn't the biggest Lillyman fan but he did a job. I was a HUGE Feka fan but we have to be realistic, he left before he managed to cement himself as more than a bench impact player and I can't rank him higher than I have.

Packer was a good prop but perhaps didn't hit either the heights or the longevity we may have hoped for. Afoa was always just an honest trier. Tuimavave had a bit more skill to his game but possibly wasn't an out-and-prop and really was one of those guys who managed to rack up a good number of games but was always sort of a bit part player.
 
Big Marn

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Manu Vatuvei said:
The list appears to be missing AFB who played 85 games

1. Price
2. AFB
3. Matulino
4. Vagana
5. Seuseu
6. Rapira
7. Lillyman
8. Paleaaesina
9. Wiki
10. Packer
11. Afoa
12. Tuimavave

Price and AFB didn't play as many games as others but were pretty close to elite standard while here. Matulino has a good argument for top 2 and I can understand why others would have AFB lower. Vagana, I may be looking back on him too nostalgically but he was our top prop for the first 5 or 6 years. SeuSeu similarly, wasn't quite elite but our top prop during a good era.

Rapira and Lillyman were solid, I wasn't the biggest Lillyman fan but he did a job. I was a HUGE Feka fan but we have to be realistic, he left before he managed to cement himself as more than a bench impact player and I can't rank him higher than I have.

Packer was a good prop but perhaps didn't hit either the heights or the longevity we may have hoped for. Afoa was always just an honest trier. Tuimavave had a bit more skill to his game but possibly wasn't an out-and-prop and really was one of those guys who managed to rack up a good number of games but was always sort of a bit part player.
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Yep AI f**ked up again. Truth be told i didnt notice his omission till you mentioned it. Barnetts played 49 games but would otherwise be high on the list too?
 
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captainwarrior

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I might be alone, but sad to see Tuimavave not getting much love here. Was always one of my favourite players and thought his peak couple of years were very very good. Think he outplayed Wiki and at times even Price.

1. Price
2. AFB
3. Matulino
4. Seuseu
5. Tuimavave
6. Paleaaesina
7. Vagana
8. Lillyman
9. Wiki
10. Rapira
11. Packer
12. Afoa
 
Wheeled Warrior

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AFB not being on the list after winning prop of the year back-to-back with us is insane but quietly I didn't care you excluded the 2x traitor.
 
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Big Marn

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Might be my Waikato bias, but i would have Rapira higher than most. He had some good spells where he was leading the way, and always had a high tackle rate. Probably would have him where Izz put him.
 
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vvvrulz

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I can't open that attachment for some reason - but no love for Villasanti anywhere?

Personally I think the elite tier is Price, AFB, Matulino, Seuseu, Vagana and the underrated Sammy Rapira.

There's significant daylight between this and the rest (again imo), Paleaaesina was a lot of fun but always felt more of a cult hero riding on some epic crash moments.
 
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Vagana seems underrated going by his position on some of the top 10s on here.

For me:

1. Price
2. AFB
3. Matulino
4. Vagana
5. Seuseu
6. Rapira
7. Wiki
8. Lillyman
9. Paleaaesina
10. Everyone else.
 
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vvvrulz said:
I can't open that attachment for some reason - but no love for Villasanti anywhere?

Personally I think the elite tier is Price, AFB, Matulino, Seuseu, Vagana and the underrated Sammy Rapira.

There's significant daylight between this and the rest (again imo), Paleaaesina was a lot of fun but always felt more of a cult hero riding on some epic crash moments.
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I was a massive, massive Sammy Raps fan. At his peak, he was world class. I dunno what it was about him, maybe he was behind other guys who took attention away from him, and he never got to be that #1 banana + get the full credit he deserved. And to be fair, he did have years where he went off the boil a bit. But my memory of him is being really good in the bad years (09, and his latter years post 2011) because he was a 100% effort guy.
 
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