Who is left from the 90's?

[jimmee007]

So would that give Buderus the earliest FG debut out of current serving players?

 

[Red Bear]

Seems like it.

So the list is

Buderus
Finch
Berrigan
Tahu
Prince
Tuqiri
Galuvao

Didnt realise Berrigan started so early

 

[BM1979]

Is Cashmere still running around pretty sure his debut was in 99

 

[Dragon_psa]

Mogsheen Jadwat

 

[Saint Doc]

Could be one of the last (Australian) Super League players too, was a Mariners junior.

A Mariners junior? Haha that's pretty impressive for a club that only existed for one year to have brought him through their junior program?!

He was a knights junior

 

[kdalymc]

Super league did actually have 17's, 19's and reserve grade. So really there should/would be a few more lads still around.

 

[I bleed blue & gold]

Obviously not in the NRL anymore but Craig Wing made his debut in 98. Gower is still running around in the ESL.

 

[JamesBrandy]

Clinton Toopi debuted in 1999 and only retired last year.

Is Francis Meli still running around?

 

[firechild]

Difference between Menzies and all the other players listed is that Beaver debuted in 1993 and by the time any other player listed in this thread had made their 1st grade debut, he had played in 3 grand finals, won a premiership and was a regular in the NSW and Australian sides. Phenomenal longevity.

 

[Fire]

Beaver is a f**ken Ironman. Class act.

 

[carlosthedwarf]

Super league did actually have 17's, 19's and reserve grade. So really there should/would be a few more lads still around.

Probably, I just remember seeing Finch and his brother running around for the Mariners at that horrible ground they played at in Newcastle.

 

[Saint Doc]

Probably, I just remember seeing Finch and his brother running around for the Mariners at that horrible ground they played at in Newcastle.

A "junior" is a development pathway. The club that nurtured you from say 12 to 20 years old.

Brett may have debuted for mariners but was a knights junior.

Also it is impossible for someone to be a "Mariners Junior" because at most they could have played one season. They would have been another club's junior for at least 7 years

 

[WayneBennett]

Probably, I just remember seeing Finch and his brother running around for the Mariners at that horrible ground they played at in Newcastle.

Topper Stadium was a jewel of the Hunter

 

[Fire]

 

[WayneBennett]

See

 

[Saint Doc]

I believe it used to look more like this

 

[WayneBennett]

^^^^^
* wipes tear from eye , sighs *


My beloved Mariners

 

[carlosthedwarf]

Topper Stadium, couldn't remember what the official name was. Parking and transport was horrendous.

I believe it used to look more like this

I remember one game where it was pissing down rain and there was about 1000 people huddled under that small grandstand on the right. Crowd was announced as 1800 or something though, couldn't have been more than 1200 there.

 

[Dragon_psa]

Difference between Menzies and all the other players listed is that Beaver debuted in 1993 and by the time any other player listed in this thread had made their 1st grade debut, he had played in 3 grand finals, won a premiership and was a regular in the NSW and Australian sides. Phenomenal longevity.

This. The man is a farkin legend in my eyes.

 

[Ronnie Dobbs]

I believe it used to look more like this

Better than Brookvale.