Rookie numbers by club

[LeagueNut]

A thread in the Warriors forum has got me thinking about this ...

How many players have made their NRL first-grade debuts at your club over the last five seasons, and how many of those players are still with your club?

For the Warriors, we've had 19 debutants from 2003 onwards and only 7 (in bold) are still in the mix for 2008:

Thomas Leuluai
Tevita Latu
Vince Mellars
Mark Robinson
Jerome Ropati
Louis Anderson
Epalahame Lauaki
Manu Vatuvei
Cooper Vuna
Shannon Stowers
Herewini Rangi
Kane Ferris
Paul Atkins
Simon Mannering
Grant Rovelli
Patrick Ah Van
Sam Rapira
Misi Taulapapa
Corey Lawrie

Both our total number of rookies and the comparitive number we've kept seems pretty low to me, but it'd be interesting to compare this with other NRL clubs.

 

[gr8_1]

For Wests Tigers since 2003 :

Still at club
Dean Collis
Robbie Farah
Stuart Flanagan
Liam Fulton
Bryce Gibbs
Dene Halatau
Bronson Harrison
Chris Heighington
Chris Lawrence
Benji Marshall
Shannon McDonnell
Ben Te’o
Rocky Trimarchi
Taniela Tuiaki
Shannon Gallant
Beau Ryan

Left club
Ben Jeffrey
Jarrod Saffy
Rangi Chase
Jeff Lima

Isaac De Gois
Luke Covell
Keith Eshman
Gray Viane
Luke Milton
Clint Hill
Luke Duffy
Michael Crockett

 

[joel caine number 1 fan]

From 2003 onwards
Collis
Farah
Degios
Flanagan
Te'o
Chase
Tuiaki
Saffy
Halatau
Harrison
Beau Ryan
Mcdonnell
Gallant
Benji
Lawrence
Gibbs
Fulton
Covell

 

[joel caine number 1 fan]

For Wests Tigers since 2003 :

Still at club
Dean Collis
Robbie Farah
Stuart Flanagan
Liam Fulton
Bryce Gibbs
Dene Halatau
Bronson Harrison
Chris Heighington
Chris Lawrence
Benji Marshall
Shannon McDonnell
Ben Te’o
Rocky Trimarchi
Taniela Tuiaki
Shannon Gallant
Beau Ryan

Left club
Ben Jeffrey
Jarrod Saffy
Rangi Chase
Jeff Lima
Trent Clayton
Isaac De Gois
Luke Covell
Keith Eshman
Gray Viane
Luke Milton
Clint Hill
Luke Duffy
Michael Crockett

didnt Trent come from penrith im sure he played a few games there didnt he ?

 

[innsaneink]

2003
Chris Heighington
Adam Tippett*
Gray Viane
Luke Covell
Robbie Farah
Dene Halatau
Benji Marshall
Clint Hill*
Bryce Gibbs
Dene Collis
Liam Fulton

2004
Bronson Harrison
Luke Duffy
Jeff Lima

2005
Shannon McDonnell

2006
Michael Crockett
Isaac DeGois
Stuart Flanagan
Rocky Trimarchi
Taniela Tuiaki
Rangi Chase
Ben Jeffery*
Chris Lawrence
Keith Eshman
Jarrod Saffy

2007
Ben Teo
Beau Ryan
Shannon Gallant

28 debutants, 16 remain on deck 08

* unsure on debut status.

 

[Stagger eel]

The eels since 2003

still at the club.

Kris INU
Jarryd Hayne
Feleti Mateo
Ben Smith
Tim Smith
Joel Reddy
Josh Cordoba
Fuifui Moimoi
Junior Paulo

no longer at the club.

Zeb Taia
Brett Delaney
Luke O'Dwyer
John Williams
Blake Green
Jeremy Smith
Ash Graham
Justin Tsolous
Willie Tonga
Chris Armitt
Adam mogg
Nathan Hollingsworth.

 

[innsaneink]

didnt Trent come from penrith im sure he played a few games there didnt he ?

Roosters, went to Penrith from us.

 

[innsaneink]

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[Monk]

idk bout debutants...
but of the top 25 for 2003 only 3 are still playin g for the club as far as i no....

Brad Fittler
Todd Byrne
Ned Catic
Jason Cayless
Michael Crocker
Ryan Cross
Peter Cusack
Brett Finch
Craig Fitzgibbon
Chris Flannery
Eric Grothe
Shannon Hegarty
Justin Hodges
Andrew Lomu
Aaron Mercer
Anthoney Minichiello
Adrian Morley
Todd Payton
Fred Peterson
Luke Phillips
Luke Ricketson
Chad Robinson
David Shillington
Stuart Webb
Craig Wing

 

[gr8_1]

Yeh Clayton made his debut at the Roosters.

Not sure about Tippet or Crocket.

The rest should be correct.

 

[LeagueNut]

Wow, some interesting numbers coming through here. Thanks guys.

I'm surprised to see the Eels have lost more rookies than they've kept - I thought it would have been the other way around for some reason.

 

[imasharkie]

I think you will find Brad Fittler made his debut as a 17 year old for Penrith and Craig Fitzgibbon started his 1st grade career at Illawarra Steelers.

Actually there are quite a few players you have listed who made their debut at another club.

 

[Stagger eel]

idk bout debutants...
but of the top 25 for 2003 only 3 are still playin g for the club as far as i no....

Brad Fittler
Todd Byrne
Ned Catic
Jason Cayless
Michael Crocker
Ryan Cross
Peter Cusack
Brett Finch
Craig Fitzgibbon
Chris Flannery
Eric Grothe
Shannon Hegarty
Justin Hodges
Andrew Lomu
Aaron Mercer
Anthoney Minichiello
Adrian Morley
Todd Payton
Fred Peterson
Luke Phillips
Luke Ricketson
Chad Robinson
David Shillington
Stuart Webb
Craig Wing

yeah..I'm not sure whether you understand the excercise, we're talking about fg debuts!!! half of those made their debuts at other clubs.

 

[Stagger eel]

Wow, some interesting numbers coming through here. Thanks guys.

I'm surprised to see the Eels have lost more rookies than they've kept - I thought it would have been the other way around for some reason.

that probably had more to do with who was in charge at the time.

 

[Walt Flanigan]

yeah..I'm not sure whether you understand the excercise, we're talking about fg debuts!!! half of those made their debuts at other clubs.

I'm pretty sure Monk has the rookies in bold there so he's only listed 3 out of the squad. But yeah Fitzgibbon didn't make his debut with the Roosters.

 

[Monk]

I think you will find Brad Fittler made his debut as a 17 year old for Penrith and Craig Fitzgibbon started his 1st grade career at Illawarra Steelers.

Actually there are quite a few players you have listed who made their debut at another club.

yeh ino..
i just put down the top 25, bcoz it is shocking that in 5 years we have lost 22 of the top 25 players from 03

 

[innsaneink]

Who said transit lounge??

 

[Stagger eel]

Who said transit lounge??

I do believe you just did then...;-)

 

[Bulldogs_4_Life]

Off the top of my head for the last 5 years ('03-'07):

Still at the club:
Sonny Bill Williams
Reni Maitua
Jarrad Hickey
Trent Cutler
Cameron Phelps
Brad Morrin
Nick Kouparitsas
Lee Te Maari
Ben Roberts
Heka Nanai
Tim Winitana

Left the club:
Brett Oliver
Jonathan Thurston
Hutch Maiava
Daniel Conn
Filinga Filiga
Dallas McIlwain
Nate Myles
Charlie Tonga
Jon Green
Billy Ngawini
Fred Briggs
Aaron Wheatley

Some of those may be wrong, but as I said, it's just off the top off my head.

 

[Stagger eel]

basically right, except Luke Young made his debut for the Panthers I believe.