Who is the best winger to have played the game in the last 40 years? Semi or Grothe?

[Gary Gutful]

How much f**ken ability do you have to revolutionise the way the game is played when you are on the wing?

That would be low on my criteria when deciding who the best winger is.

 

[blue bags]

Disagree. His ability to change angles when receiving passes at the line was insane. How many times did you see his direct opponent have him covered on the outside, only for the pass to come and Semi is running the inside line to score virtually unimpeded? As you said it is good anticipation but it was a devastating skill that almost no one can replicate and even if they have, nowhere near as often as Semi did.
He was basically stepping his opponent but before he received the ball

Michael O'Connor
one player did this all the time, amazing skill, stepping his opponent. defender but before he received the ball
it was like he had 2 pairs of eyes. he would manipulate the defender to set him up, place him where Micheal needed the defender to be, then Micheal would do his thing, and would time it perfectly with the catch of the pass, the defender would be bamboozled, even before Micheal had the ball in his hands. really silky skills, thats why he scored so many tries, he hated being tackled, loved running, loved scoring tries
agree semi the same, did the unexpected, then using power
Haynes plane did the same , but a different level, power, anticipation, stepping, pace
, gasnier , ponga,did, do most of there bammboozling with the ball in the hands
Michael O'Connor
Position Centre, Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1983–86 St. George Dragons 78 games, 33 tries 130 9 401
1987–92 Manly Sea Eagles 115 54 180 2 578
1988–89 St Helens 18 7 7 0 42
Total 211 94 317 11 1021..........nearly a try every 2 games
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1985–91 City NSW 6 4 19 0 54
1985–91 New South Wales 19 11 42 1 129
1985–90 Australia 18 17 65 0 198, ,,,,,,,,,just about a try a game

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Eric was certainly better at bombs (both on and off the field).

Was he though? I remember Radradra catching a couple of bombs above his head and running the length of the field for tries. I feel like he did it three times in 2017 alone.

 

[blue bags]

semi radradra
Position Wing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013–17 Parramatta Eels 94 82 1 0 330,, just about a try a game
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013–14 Fiji 4 1 0 0 4
2016 World All Stars 1 1 0 0 4
2016 Australia 1 0 0 0 0
2016 Prime Minister's XIII 1 1 0 0 4
Rugby union
Position Centre, Wing, Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017–18 Toulon 23 4 0 0 21
2018–2020 Bordeaux Bègles 25 35 0 0 35
2020 Bristol Bears 0 0 0 0 0
Total 48 39 0 0 56
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011 Fiji U20 4 3 0 0 15
2011– Fiji 7s 15 9 2 0 49
2018– Fiji 6 3 0 0 15
As of 6 September 2019
try scoring machine, players like semi, dont come around everyday

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Was he though? I remember Radradra catching a couple of bombs above his head and running the length of the field for tries. I feel like he did it three times in 2017 alone.

Has Semi ever firebombed a car (twice as it didn't catch on the first attempt) in broad daylight in suburban Sydney? With the Terminator at his side?

 

[blue bags]

How much f**ken ability do you have to revolutionise the way the game is played when you are on the wing?

That would be low on my criteria when deciding who the best winger is.

i picked SEMI in my kangaroos team of the decade
put hayne plane on the extended bench

https://forums.leagueunlimited.com/threads/kangaroos-team-of-the-decade.479944/

 

[Gary Gutful]

i picked SEMI in my kangaroos team of the decade
put hayne plane on the extended bench

https://forums.leagueunlimited.com/threads/kangaroos-team-of-the-decade.479944/

You also picked Taumalolo who has never played for Aus.

 

[84 Baby]

I had my all time great Kangaroo wingers as Stan Lazarides and Jonah Lomu

Edit - f**k Campo

 

[blue bags]

You also picked Taumalolo who has never played for Aus.

yes taumalolo played for the australian schoolboys team , and i have picked him on kangaroo potential , and on that ground, i picked him

 

[Gary Gutful]

Fair enough. I've picked Sam Burgess in my team.

 

[blue bags]

Fair enough. I've picked Sam Burgess in my team.

ok your joking now, or must be talking about the , REST of the world TEAM of the decade

 

[T.S Quint]

I’ve got Tom Brady in my team of the decade.

 

[blue bags]

Grothe's size, speed and trademark ability to break a tackle through sheer strength enabled him to perfectly book-end Parramatta's star studded backline of the early 1980s outside Brett Kenny, Mick Cronin, Peter Sterling and Steve Ella. Along with dual union, and league international Ray Price, these stars formed the nucleus of a side which dominated the New South Wales Rugby League premiership between 1981 and 1986, playing in five Grand Finals, winning four (1981, 1982, 1983, 1986), as well as finishing runner up in 1984, and third in 1985.

Known as "the Guru" due to his long locks and beard in his playing years, as well as his hobby of meditation, he all up played 150 first grade career games for Parramatta, scoring 78 tries. Unfortunately, his club and representative career was restricted by recurring knee injuries.

Grothe represented for Australia in eight Tests between 1982 and 1984 and made the 1982 Kangaroo Tour. He had nine State of Origin appearances for New South Wales between 1981 and 1986.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Wiki must have missed the bit about burning cars and playing shit cover songs.

 

[strider]

Wiki must have missed the bit about burning cars and playing shit cover songs.

Whats Ruben Wiki got to do with it?

 

[Gary Gutful]

Whats Ruben Wiki got to do with it?

He's the guy that runs Wikipedia. He wrote the thing that Blue Bags quoted.

 

[blue bags]

i would consider the stats of both players, GURU and SEMI
i would say SEMI the better stats
if semi had stayed at the eels, the history books would be alot different,
eels would have kicked ass for sure

 

[Gary Gutful]

But he didn't.

 

[hineyrulz]

He's the guy that runs Wikipedia. He wrote the thing that Blue Bags quoted.

And Wikileaks was Ruben with a bladder infection.

 

[T-Boon]

A hybrid would be great: Eric Semi Rad Growth.

My choice though is Semi.