Was Walters really better than Elias?

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Certainly not.

Walters was a one dimesional footballer.

Elias revolutionised the hooking role in attack and did a load of defence

 

[Edwahu]

Fast forward 20 years and some Tigers fan will be replicating this thread in the vain hope enough people have died off to convince the world that Farah was better than Smith.

 

[TimmyB]

I wonder if Canberra will still have a team then.

 

[nick87]

I wonder if Canberra will still have a team then.

Maybe we'll have sold our soul to a joint venture by then?

 

[TimmyB]

You already sold it in 1995. You only get one Faustian compact.

 

[GongPanther]

If modern day hookers had to play against Piggins they'd have to practice concussion testing

George was as tough as a dead-weight hessian bag of rusty nails.

Used to love the on-field battles between Johnny Grey and Mick Stevenson.

Penrith second rower Bill Ashurst used to have run-ins with Grey as well.

As far as Elias V Walters is concerned,both were different kinds of hookers.

Both players had attributes better than the other.

But getting into a debate whether which player X was better than another is trivial.

I'm going to be painfully bias here,but the 1991 Grand Final were Royce Simmonds scored two memorable tries,and his non-stop defense,is the best performance I've seen by any hooker on any Grand Final day.

And when you think that Simmonds missed a good part of that year due to poor form,(he played in only 9 comp matches all year with 4 from the bench) only emphasizes how much of a performance it was.

 

[papabear]

Premierships are not really a point to judge skill though

Sugar Shane Perry 1. Thurston 0

Thurston won a premiership with the dogs.

the year before perry.

 

[nick87]

You already sold it in 1995. You only get one Faustian compact.

Maybe your team should have followed our lead, then maybe you would still exist.

 

[betcats]

Thurston won a premiership with the dogs.

the year before perry.

2 years before.

 

[veggiepatch1959]

Neither of these imposters would be fit to polish a Freddie Jones' turd.

Freddie's pre match warm up would be half a packet of Rothmans then puff on the other ten at half time. How else would he have got 18 MoM awards during his career?

After the game, he would go back to the Manly-Warringah Leagues Club, down 35 schooners of Tooheys Draught, smoke another 40 Rothmans and be fighting fit at 6.00 am the next morning for a two hour training session on Queenscliffe Beach. Never missed a beat.

He was the ultimate hooker's hooker.

 

[GongPanther]

Neither of these imposters would be fit to polish a Freddie Jones' turd.

Freddie's pre match warm up would be half a packet of Rothmans then puff on the other ten at half time. How else would he have got 18 MoM awards during his career?

After the game, he would go back to the Manly-Warringah Leagues Club, down 35 schooners of Tooheys Draught, smoke another 40 Rothmans and be fighting fit at 6.00 am the next morning for a two hour training session on Queenscliffe Beach. Never missed a beat.

He was the ultimate hooker's hooker.

He used to light 12 smokes at a time with this.:lol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueRbaagdVU8

 

[Mr Spock!]

I love the assumption that modern day players are wusses that would be bashed out of the game if they played in the old days, that if punching and cheap shots were still allowed that they would crumble, most would give as much as they got. I think you'd find most modern players would still thrive under the old rules and some would love to throw punched/the rough stuff without having to worry about getting a 20 week suspension

They'd be stuffed after 15 minutes playing the no substitute rule.

 

[Mr Spock!]

Benny was better at f**king his club over.

 

[firechild]

They'd be stuffed after 15 minutes playing the no substitute rule.

Except that most modern players still play 80min.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

In the annals of history, Steve Walters had been judged a better hooker than Ben Elias. I think Benny was well and truly robbed on the selection table. Benny was a more than competent defender as well as the best attacking hooker of all time.
Who agrees with me?

I think that in the anal of history that Rocco Siffredi would beat Steve Walters and Benny Elias by the length of the straight

 

[Craig Johnston]

Benny was better at f**king his club over.

how many clubs did boxhead play at again?

 

[Craig Johnston]

Thurston won a premiership with the dogs.

the year before perry.

and yet perry STILL contributed more to his team's premiership than thurston did

 

[legend]

how many clubs did boxhead play at again?

Three I believe. Canberra, NQ and Newcastle.

 

[Craig Johnston]

Three I believe. Canberra, NQ and Newcastle.

the only answer needed is alot more than benny elias

 

[veggiepatch1959]

I think that in the anal of history that Rocco Siffredi would beat Steve Walters and Benny Elias by the length of the straight

The most arrogant and ugly porn performer I ever saw. Lexington Steele and Ron Jeremy are right up there with him.