Who was the better fijian flyer...Tuqiri or Nadruku?

[Bobby DIGital]

so who was the better winger? Tuqiri had 4 good years at the broncos and won a title...Nadruku dominated the comp during the 93, 94 & 95 seasons...and also won a title. Tuqiri went through the Broncos system the good ol fashioned way, and came into the NRL at a young age. Nadruku was located in a tree pickin coconuts in some obscure village in Fiji by Tim Sheens, and brought straight into the Raiders first grade starting line up at age 25. Lote has a good ol gidday maeeete aussie accent. Nadruku had some of the greatest interviews in the history of tv with grunts and a few random words thrown in here n there.

Both insanely powerful wingers. Nadruku only about 176cm..Lote much taller so probably better in the air..Yet Nadruku was unstoppable from close range.. he'd run over anybody.

as a Raiders fan I'm gonna have to go with Noa...he quickly became won of my all-time favourite players in 93, and he'll forever be a special star in my Rugby League universe.

Noa's the only Raider from that 94 team that I don't have a signed card of...I couldn't find one anywhere....so that leads me to believe he never knew how to write...If anyone here ever got Noa's autograph...can you confirm that he does indeed know how to use a pen.

 

[Baron Vo Mandor]

You cant go past Noa he was a absolute machine.

 

[HevyDevy]

Tuqiri is the better athlete but Noa wins for his ability to consume 40 schooners in a sitting and still play at NRL level

 

[Philby]

Noa was an absloute machine on the field and at the bar

 

[Panjabi]

Noa is Lote's uncle.
Noa Nadruku for me, he stormed onto the scene out of obscurity and was an instant success, with top tryscorer in the 1993 season.
Aside from his attacking flair, he also had a interesting tackling technique, which resembled a torpedo, as he would launch himself at attackets hoping to spear them in the ribs.

 

[Mr Saab]

Nadruku dominated the comp during the 93, 94 & 95 seasons...and also won a title.

1993 had a great yr and led the comp in tries
1994 missed a fair amount of games with injury
1995 not bad
1996 had a great yr and led the comp in tries. Scored 4 vs the crushers to take the title ( i think )

I will take lote (bias perhaps) as the better winger. But not by too much

 

[Parra Guru]

I guess Tuqiri didn't play enough League so I voted Nandruku.

It's be interesting to see Lote play league again

 

[Raider_69]

Noa gets the nod from me for 3 reasons

1. im a raiders fan, so cant go past noa
2. his try scoring feats were awesome, easily schools little lote
3. im a westie, and anyone who can down 40 schooners, then a cask of wine and still be standing has gotta get some credit

what he did after those schooners and cask was a scummy act thou

 

[Hindyscrack]

Noa Nonedrunker for sure!

 

[Harold Bishop]

Noa gets the nod from me for 3 reasons

1. im a raiders fan, so cant go past noa
2. his try scoring feats were awesome, easily schools little lote
3. im a westie, and anyone who can down 40 schooners, then a cask of wine and still be standing has gotta get some credit

what he did after those schooners and cask was a scummy act thou

What did he do?

 

[Chips]

Lote is a better athlete but Noa played longer so sort of gets it by default

 

[Balmain_Boy]

Noa never betrayed the game that made him.

 

[Raider_69]

What did he do?

after dowing the 40 schooners and cask of wine, from memory, he went home got in an argument with his missus or something and hit her... im pretty sure thats why he was sacked from the cowboys

 

[Raider Azz]

after dowing the 40 schooners and cask of wine, from memory, he went home got in an argument with his missus or something and hit her... im pretty sure thats why he was sacked from the cowboys

it was an incident in a bar i think, but yeah, basically he got absolutely smashed and then hit a woman, causing the cowboys to sack him.

 

[Panjabi]

it was an incident in a bar i think, but yeah, basically he got absolutely smashed and then hit a woman, causing the cowboys to sack him.

Not entirely correct. Noa was acquitted after being charged with assaulting three women, one of them his wife after downing 28 Schooners and half a bottle of wine at a bar in Canberra.
That was the reason the Raiders released him and he ended his career at the Cowboys.

 

[gregstar]

tough one

i'll go lotta daiquiris over noa cantdrinka the thirty-three pot screamer.

 

[Raider Azz]

Not entirely correct. Noa was acquited after being charged with assaulting three women, one of them his wife after downing 28 Schooners and half a bottle of wine at a bar in Canberra.
That was the reason the Raiders released him and he ended his career at the Cowboys.

well there ya go... i was a young lad at the time so obviously my memory is a little hazy. thanks for clearing it up.

 

[Raider_69]

Not entirely correct. Noa was acquited after being charged with assaulting three women, one of them his wife after downing 28 Schooners and half a bottle of wine at a bar in Canberra.
That was the reason the Raiders released him and he ended his career at the Cowboys.

there ya go. conflicting storys all over the shop
i herd it was 40 schooners and an entire bottle of wine... still 28 and half is a good effort

 

[Briza]

Noa hands down, Although Lote is a very good winger.

 

[Chips]

:lol: and when he tells his grandkids on his knee at the age of 75 it will have been 60 schooners