The greatest club side of all time (one year only)

[axl rose]

Of my own club, ‘98 was the gun team. It was essentially the core of the 92-93 teams (except Lazarus) but with Lockyer at fullback.

Would like to have seen Parra get a shot at them in the GF. They had beaten them twice during the year, including in the finals. Unfortunately they forgot they still had 10 minutes to play vs Dogs.

Anyway 94 Raiders the best.

 

[King hit]

Would like to have seen Parra get a shot at them in the GF. They had beaten them twice during the year, including in the finals. Unfortunately they forgot they still had 10 minutes to play vs Dogs.

Anyway 94 Raiders the best.

The moment before the Bulldogs began that comeback the commentators started to talk about the grand final and what Parra's chances were like. It's gold hearing the pain in Sterlo's voice.

It would've been very interesting seeing a Broncos V Eels grand final in 1998 especially considering the Eels beat the Broncos in the first week of the finals that year. And considering the Eels used to beat Brisbane a bit then they would've fancied themselves.

 

[axl rose]

1995 Cowboys

1. Damian Gibson
2. David Bouveng
3. Adrian Vowles
4. Willie Morganson
5. John Skardon
6. Ian Dunemann
7. Laurie Spina (c)

CHECKMATE!

What a backline. But Terry Lambs Tigers of 2001 have got them covered

1. Joel Caine
2. Hassan Saleh
3. Nick Bradley-Qalilawa
4. Mark O'Halloran
5. Makasini Richter

 

[beave]

When North Queensland entered the comp did they have to pay for travel for clubs flying into Townsville like the Western Reds had to do?

yep, we did. Was a huge financial burden.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

The Broncos invented the salary sombrero in the 90's - at various stages just about the entire team where either international or origin players.

 

[typicalfan]

Broncos best was 1998 in my opinion. They were a class above.

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

1998/2000 Broncos are colossal, as are late 80's/early 90's Canberra

 

[butchmcdick]

When North Queensland entered the comp did they have to pay for travel for clubs flying into Townsville like the Western Reds had to do?

Yup

 

[DeeJ]

9. Walters: NSW, Australian rep. The second best moedern style hooker of all time..

Ipswich, that's in New South Wales.

 

[nick87]

Ipswich, that's in New South Wales.

Oooof. Not great, Bob.

 

[Tommy Smith]

Storm 2017 not popular but won the prelim and gf by a combined score of 66-6.

Also most of their losses were due to origin. Apart from a 38-36 loss to Titans

Yep they had 4 losses last year but two of those were without the big 3 due to Origin. So they really only lost two games all year.

The only mark you could have against that Storm side is something out of their control which is that they had no real competition. It was a woeful season with no other decent sides.

They're probably the best club side I've seen and yet you'd have loved them to overcome a couple of quality sides in the Prelim and GF.

Every super hero needs a good villain so to speak.

 

[2 weeks]

I'm not old enough to have seen them play, but the 1965 Dragons side contained 4 immortals, so they would have to be close.

 

[The Charlatan]

What a backline. But Terry Lambs Tigers of 2001 have got them covered

1. Joel Caine
2. Hassan Saleh
3. Nick Bradley-Qalilawa
4. Mark O'Halloran
5. Makasini Richter

Sparkles O'Halloran.

You merkin, I had just about drank those years away...

 

[The Rosco]

Any French team that starts with "Le" and has Remi Catsy in it.
ANY of them.

 

[Cogburn]

The 75 Roosters and then daylight second. They won 20 of 22 premiership games, they finished minor premiers by 10 points, they won the gf 38-0 against Saints, they also won the amco cup beating Parra 17-7, they had the best defense by a mile conceding only 198 points all year, in attack they scored 431 points (83 tries). As a 13 year old I would go to the footy knowing they would win. They won 19 premiership games in a row which is still the record. The team they had boasted Fairfax, Mullins, Brass, Harris, Schubert, Peard, Mayes, Reilly, Coote and big Artie and they were coached by Jack Gibson. They were a brilliant team.

 

[AJB1102]

13. Clyde: NSW, Australian rep. 2x Clive Churchill medalist, including one on a losing team. Best running lock of all time.

It's criminal how underrated this bloke is.

 

[Tommy Smith]

Historically speaking and looking purely at the statistics I think the 1935 Roosters were basically the Bradman of Rugby League.

Over just 16 games they scored 599 pts and conceded 157 for a differential of + 442. And that's with 3 pt tries.

They averaged 37pts per game and the next best was 21.

It's hard to judge teams you didn't see but again purely from a statistical perspective I'd imagine that the 1935 team is a pretty strong candidate for best ever.

 

[Someguy]

Storm '17 is the best team I've seen.

However, they couldn't have asked for a friendlier post-season.

Sharks were the only team that stood a chance against the storm imo but the dragons put an end to them

 

[Ray McKigney]

I know this controversial to say but I think the Broncos of 2019 will be the greatest club team of all time. The have the best group of up and coming forwards I've ever seen. I don't think there's ever been anything like it in rugby league and believe me I've watched a lot of rugby league, every time in between AFL ad breaks and Grey's Anatomy re-runs at the very least. Not to mention their 1-13 are either all rep players or rep quality. Even though they got rid of the game's greatest ever coach and mentor Wayne Bennett I still think they're in a good position with the game's best young coach in Anthony Seibold taking his place. Now if only the Titans don't poach anymore of their juniors to keep things fair. In a way I almost envy them and their wonderful supporters but then I realise that if the Broncos are doing well then rugby league is doing well.

Historically speaking and looking purely at the statistics I think the 1935 Roosters were basically the Bradman of Rugby League.

Should we really count anything before 1998? It's been categorically proven that players of today are faster, more athletic and much tougher than the ones who played in the past.

This post has been approved by I Bleed Maroon

 

[footy75]

Raiders
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looking ahead Roosters are big chance now