What does your top 5 greatest NRL players of all time list look like?

[WaznTheGreat]

This is probably the closest to what my top 10 looks like out of everyone in this thread. surprised not many here put andrew johns at 1

Not many have my intellectual skills cuz

 

[The_Shield]

1. Johnathon Thurston
2. Cameron Smith
3. Andrew Johns
4. Billy Slater
5. Darren Lockyer

 

[T-Boon]

SO the list is post 1995'ish;

1. Andrew John;
2. Darren Lockyer;
3. Cameron Smith;
4. John Thurston;
5. Jarryd Hayne.

 

[Edwahu]

sonny bill williams.... not gonna tell you what im skilled at

I have no idea what you are on about.

 

[Raiders_Premiers]

1. Mathias Cormann
2. Pope John Paul II
3. Tasesa Lavea
4. Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton
5. Count Dracula

 

[Canard]

Ah the great Andrew John

 

[Apey]

Assuming by NRL it's post 97 only.

1. Johns
2. Thurston
3. Smith
4. Lockyer
5. SBW

Get a load of this guy, responding with a real list.

 

[TheFrog]

1. Johnathon Thurston
2. Cameron Smith
3. Andrew Johns
4. Billy Slater
5. Darren Lockyer

Pretty good, although if I put two Panthers in such a list I'd be a laughing stock. I'd put Cronk before Slater anyway, but Craig Gower ahead of them both.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Pretty good, although if I put two Panthers in such a list I'd be a laughing stock. I'd put Cronk before Slater anyway, but Craig Gower ahead of them both.

Craig Gower

 

[TheFrog]

1. Mathias Cormann
2. Pope John Paul II
3. Tasesa Lavea
4. Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton
5. Count Dracula

Surprised Dennis Ferguson didn't make your list.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

Cronk is litteraly the most useless robot of a player ever,if he played for the Eels he would be worse than Luke Kelly.

 

[TheFrog]

Craig Gower

Yeah I know. Took over captaincy of a wooden spoon team and took them to a premiership win in the NRL era in his second season he did. Won the Dally M too but it was taken from him. No-one from your joint has even come close.

 

[dogz08]

1. black caviar
2, sunline
3. makybe diva
4. northerly
5. ears' ronny

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Yeah I know. Took a team from last to a premiership win in the NRL era he did. Won the Dally M too but it was taken from him. No-one from your joint has even come close.

Who said anyone from my club did?

 

[The_Shield]

3. Tasesa Lavea

Now there's a name I haven't heard in a while. What ever happened to him? Was a pretty good player

 

[adamkungl]

1. Andrew Johns - first choice because of his defense.

2. Johnathan Thurston - a master with the ball in his hands. A true champion, and a great competitor.

3. Cameron Smith - I cannot stand the prick, but h's a brilliant player. Great defender, smart footy brain and a great kicking game. IMO he's a massive scumbag, but luckily I don't care about that; I only rate him on his football, and he's genuinely one of the greatest of all time.

4. Brad Fittler - a brilliant player. Tough, skillful and versatile, Freddy was also an inspirational leader.

5. Darren Lockyer - he was just class. A bog average goal kicker, but a classy player.

This is a woeful post. Cave plz

 

[Pete Cash]

Yeah I know. Took over captaincy of a wooden spoon team and took them to a premiership win in the NRL era in his second season he did. Won the Dally M too but it was taken from him. No-one from your joint has even come close.

Schif finished ~ 3rd that year in the dally m. That is pretty close to 1st tbh.

Just lmao craig gower in the top 5 nrl players ever

 

[Eelementary]

This is a woeful post. Cave plz

Lol my bad, man.

 

[God-King Dean]

1. Mitch Rein
2. Leo Clarke
3. Chris Thorman
4. Wise Kativerata
5. Richie Williams

 

[TheFrog]

Just lmao craig gower in the top 5 nrl players ever

As so often happens, the point was missed. A Storm fan posted a list with an inordinate number of Storm players. Now I don't know if Craig Gower is in the best 5 players of the NRL era, but he achieved things no-one else did. At his best (2003-4) he was the best player in the game. It is my opinion that he was better than Slater, at least, as a ball player, a defender and especially as a leader. You don't have to agree, OK.