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

[blue bags]

ET played centre, wing and fullback over his career.

what made ET special 1st , was he grew up as a sharks junior, from a very young age

i could name 100 great wingers, but this is EELS wingers

SHARP was a great eels winger from the golden age

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

what made ET special 1st , was he grew up as a sharks junior, from a very young age

i could name 100 great wingers, but this is EELS wingers

SHARP was a great eels winger from the golden age

Well mate, the street I live on was named after Neville Glover (or some other bloke called Glover). As a young tacker (6 years old), I was about 20 yards away from that corner of the SCG. Thankfully I wasn't a full-on Eels fan when I was 6 (I liked the Dogs just to piss off my family).

 

[Gronk]

what made ET special 1st , was he grew up as a sharks junior, from a very young age

i could name 100 great wingers, but this is EELS wingers

SHARP was a great eels winger from the golden age

You can stop trolling now.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Harold Horder by a long way. 152 tries in 136 games.

Followed by Brian Bevan and Ken Irvine.

Some serious Grothe and Semi dick pulling going on.

 

[Gronk]

Harold Horder by a long way. 152 tries in 136 games.

Followed by Brian Bevan and Ken Irvine.

Some serious Grothe and Semi dick pulling going on.

Hold on merkin, the OP wanted to know the bestest winger - either Guru or Semi.

Anyway we all know that the best winger was Guilio Pomponio.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Neil Hunt doesn't seem to have got a run. For a man with the most predictable right foot step in history, he did ok. Jason Moodie and Sideshow Bob also did well for us.

 

[blue bags]

Neil Hunt doesn't seem to have got a run. For a man with the most predictable right foot step in history, he did ok. Jason Moodie and Sideshow Bob also did well for us.

sharp with the blonde hair ?? my memory right ?? was great eels player, played many positions, i mention hunt as s great eels winger in my other posts, didn;t i,,if not how i forgot about neil , best sidestep you want to see,, who is Guilio Pomponio.?? never heard of him, sideshow bob was very good and a fun loving player , us of the know how of the infamous SCG corner, if only neville Glover caught that ball. history of the grand finals would be very different

 

[chiefy1]

Ado Carr would be my choice if i had first choice of any winger. Semi is a beast in attack but well behind defensively

 

[parrathruandthru]

For the curious

 

[T.S Quint]

Harold Horder by a long way. 152 tries in 136 games.

Followed by Brian Bevan and Ken Irvine.

Some serious Grothe and Semi dick pulling going on.

They all sucked.
Grothe and Semi would run right over them, leave a footprint on their face and then ask them to apologise for attempting to get in their way.

 

[blue bags]

They all sucked.
Grothe and Semi would run right over them, leave a footprint on their face and then ask them to apologise for attempting to get in their way.

what was that bump. a speed hump, a pot hole , near the sideline

steve sharp played 27 games that year 1989

 

[hindy111]

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.

I was at the game when Jeff played. I must of been about 7. I remember the whole crowd cheering. I mean how far has rugby league come, the idea of a retired boxer playing NRL.

 

[hindy111]

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

I think your right. I was at the game and by memory he only had about 10mins

 

[Gronk]

I was at the game when Jeff played. I must of been about 7. I remember the whole crowd cheering. I mean how far has rugby league come, the idea of a retired boxer playing NRL.

He was only 24. So I doubt he was retired.

 

[hineyrulz]

Ado Carr would be my choice if i had first choice of any winger. Semi is a beast in attack but well behind defensively

lol Addo Carr, the bloke would struggle big time in a poor side. He was MIA Saturday in a side that struggled to win the ruck.

 

[hineyrulz]

ET played centre, wing and fullback over his career.

He also played where he shouldn’t have.....,,.,

 

[84 Baby]

I think the better question is who is the best whinger to have pulled on a blue and gold jersey?

 

[84 Baby]

He also played where he shouldn’t have.....,,.,

Hey diddle diddle, ET had a fiddle

 

[T.S Quint]

I think the better question is who is the best whinger to have pulled on a blue and gold jersey?

Jamie Lyon.

 

[crocodile]

I'm old enough to have seen both. It isn't easy to make a one for one comparison. Different eras, different styles, different players around them. I really liked Grothe's ability to turn and chase down someone who broke through and mostly caught them just before the try line. Exceptional speed and acceleration. Sorry Lingard, I think Grothe was faster until his knees packed it in but not by much. Even after 40 years I recall Grothe chasing down a runaway in the first origin game and catching him on the line. Too bad he got a slap from Chris Close while still on the ground. In Semi's favour, if Close had tried it on him he'd be known as Chopped rather than Choppy. Two special players with nothing between them.