melon.... said:
LMAO, that would be a first!
South Sydney Dream Team has been Announced
By Jeremy Monahan The South Sydney Rabbitohs has announced the greatest Club side in Rugby League history, the South Sydney Dream Team, at a gala dinner at the Westin Hotel in Sydney on July 29, 2004.
17 players were selected in position as well as a coach to represent the South Sydney Football Club from 1908 through to 2004.
The South Sydney Dream Team is:
Fullback
Clive Churchill (164 games for Souths between 1947-58, 27 games for NSW, 34 Tests for Australia).
Winger
Harold Horder (86 games for Souths between 1912-19 & 1924, 9 games for NSW, 13 Tests for Australia).
Centre
Herb Gilbert (23 games for Souths between 1911-12 & 1915, 3 games for NSW, 7 Tests for Australia).
Centre
Paul Sait (163 games for Souths between 1968-78, 5 games for NSW, 7 Tests for Australia).
Winger
Ian Moir (118 games for Souths between 1952-58, 10 games for NSW, 8 Tests for Australia).
Five-eighth
Jim Lisle (102 games for Souths between 1962-68, 8 games for NSW, 6 Tests for Australia).
Halfback
Bob Grant (136 games for Souths between 1966-75, 2 games for NSW, 1 Test for Australia).
Lock
Ron Coote (151 games for Souths between 1964-71, 13 games for NSW, 13 Tests for Australia).
Second Row
Bob McCarthy (217 games for Souths between 1963-75 & 1978, 10 games for NSW, 10 Tests for Australia).
Second Row
George Treweek (120 games for Souths between 1926-34, 7 games for NSW, 18 Tests for Australia).
Prop
John ONeill (150 games for Souths between 1965-71 & 1975-76, 5 games for NSW, 2 Tests for Australia).
Hooker
Elwyn Walters (129 games for Souths between 1967-73, 11 games for NSW, 12 Tests for Australia).
Prop
John Sattler © (197 games for Souths between 1963-72, 4 games for NSW, 3 games for Queensland, 4 Tests for Australia).
Reserve
Greg Hawick (84 games for Souths between 1950-56, 8 games for NSW, 6 Tests for Australia).
Reserve
Ray Branighan (52 games for Souths between 1968-71, 5 games for NSW, 8 Tests for Australia).
Reserve
Ian Roberts (65 games for Souths between 1986-89, 11 games for NSW, 13 Tests for Australia).
Reserve
Les Cowie (178 games for Souths between 1947-57, 10 games for NSW, 6 Tests for Australia).
Coach
Jack Rayner (Played 196 games for Souths between 1946-57, 11 games for NSW, 5 Tests for Australia. Coached Souths to five premierships in 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955).
This team of absolute champion players spanning the history of the code of Rugby League in Australia have collectively played 2135 First Grade games for the South Sydney Club, 158 games for NSW, 3 games for Queensland and 158 Tests for Australia.
The players have been immortalised in a fabulous painting featuring the South Sydney Dream Team having just won a premiership played at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Living members of the team as well as representatives of those who have passed on were presented with a South Sydney Dream Team print which features the Dream Team painting, as well as a South Sydney Dream Team commemorative jersey with their named on the back.
Yours in an inferior team, an inferior club.
South Sydney > Sydney.
