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

[Gronk]

yes i remember the marrickville mauler Jeff fenech , came off the bench into the 1st grade top side game, for 10 mins on the wing, and got smashed a few times in tackles, and thats about it, it was set up, with the tv crews on sidline, and a small celebration, that jeff got to play 1st grade with the big boys , it was at parramatta stadium

It never happened.

http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/search/?q=fenech

Even Paul Kent who played 30 secs for the eels in his only FG appearance was allocated a player number. Fenech does not appear on the list.

https://www.parraeels.com.au/about/official-player-numbers/

It never happened.

 

[blue bags]

It never happened.

http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/search/?q=fenech

Even Paul Kent who played 30 secs for the eels in his only FG appearance was allocated a player number. Fenech does not appear on the list.

https://www.parraeels.com.au/about/official-player-numbers/

It never happened.

jeff fenech did play on the wing for the eels, off the bench , i saw it on the tv

 

[Bazal]

jeff fenech did play on the wing for the eels, off the bench , i saw it on the tv

If it's not on rl project, it 100% never happened.

 

[Gronk]

jeff fenech did play on the wing for the eels, off the bench , i saw it on the tv

Mata RL says nope.

 

[Gronk]

^^^^^
Jeff Fenech – Boxing To Rugby League
The Parramatta Eels have produced some woeful signings in their history, but the decision to give boxer Jeff Fenech a contract rates right up there and he only managed to play a couple of reserve grade games before going back to Boxing.

We couldn’t find any footage of Fenech wearing the blue and gold.

https://www.ladbrokes.com.au/blog/2015/11/06/code-hop-flops/

 

[parrathruandthru]

jeff fenech did play on the wing for the eels, off the bench , i saw it on the tv

nope played some reserve grade at hooker off the bench

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

jeff fenech did play on the wing for the eels, off the bench , i saw it on the tv

Yes, they showed it on the TV news.....but it wasn't first grade.

 

[lingard]

I agree.

I still rate Sterling and Kenny as the best pair of halves I have seen at any level of the game. Stuart and Daley would be the next best pair of club halves I can remember off the top of my head.

I was just talking to a mate the other day, who is a Parra fan. We were saying that Kenny, Sterling and Price should all be immortals.

Price should absolutely, definitely be an immortal. The other two, very close.

 

[lingard]

I saw Grothe's entire career and I saw Semi's entire career. In Grothe's first season he was pretty raw and made lots of errors, but he quickly learnt his trade and became the most complete winger I think I've ever seen.
Radradra was a freak. He was probably a bit faster than Grothe - but not much. There's so little in it, but I would go for Grothe on the grounds that he performed for a longer period of time.
If Jarryd Hayne had remained exclusively a winger, we would probably be talking about him in this conversation.

P.S. Jeff Fenech is the best boxer Australia has ever produced. Period.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

I saw Grothe's entire career and I saw Semi's entire career. In Grothe's first season he was pretty raw and made lots of errors, but he quickly learnt his trade and became the most complete winger I think I've ever seen.
Radradra was a freak. He was probably a bit faster than Grothe - but not much. There's so little in it, but I would go for Grothe on the grounds that he performed for a longer period of time.
If Jarryd Hayne had remained exclusively a winger, we would probably be talking about him in this conversation.

P.S. Jeff Fenech is the best boxer Australia has ever produced. Period.

What about Les Darcy? You would have gone to some of his fights, surely?

 

[blue bags]

Yes, they showed it on the TV news.....but it wasn't first grade.

thats right jeff fenech did play winger for the eels , but the others dont believe it , they just dont understand our great knowledge

 

[parrathruandthru]

thats right jeff fenech did play winger for the eels , but the others dont believe it , they just dont understand our great knowledge

Feel free to quote his player number. I'll even provide you with the list. He was too average for reserve grade and gave up after a couple of weeks
https://www.parraeels.com.au/about/official-player-numbers/

 

[Eelogical]

Feel free to quote his player number. I'll even provide you with the list. He was too average for reserve grade and gave up after a couple of weeks
https://www.parraeels.com.au/about/official-player-numbers/

How many rounds did he last?

 

[blue bags]

mark shulman, johnny kolc, both very fast nimble, very tall player, phillip mann, all great eels wingers

 

[blue bags]

How many rounds did he last?

15 rounds, 12 rounds, 10 round, it didn;t matter to the marrickville mauler

pound for pound 1 of the best eels winger ever

 

[Eelogical]

There's a bunch of great wingers who've played the game. Terry Fahey, ET, Kerry Boustead, Blacklock...




Neville Glover..............................

 

[Twizzle]

ET played predominantly centre I thought .

And I dont ever recall Fenech playing in the NRL but definitely remember him playing in the 2s at 9

 

[Eelogical]

ET played predominantly centre I thought .

And I dont ever recall Fenech playing in the NRL but definitely remember him playing in the 2s at 9

ET played centre, wing and fullback over his career.

 

[Eelogical]

Larry Cowora!

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

thats right jeff fenech did play winger for the eels , but the others dont believe it , they just dont understand our great knowledge

Well, this article reckons he played lock in reserves against Cronulla:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122266331?searchTerm=jeff fenech eels&searchLimits=