Wishart: The finest Steeler of them all?

[The Lucky State]

As a queenslander its difficult for me to recognize the talents of NSW players. However probably the finest compliment I can give them is to tell you how much they frightened me. Going on this scale, no player scared me more than the great Rod Wishart. He was a hard man, raw boned with great speed. He'd walk back into any team today such was his brlliance, Dont give me any of this different era's bullsh*t, Wishart was awesome and would be today. In my opinion he's the greatest Illawarra player. Can people please share with me some of the great Wishart moments and also point me towards and clips or info about him on the net. Thankyou.

 

[phonetic]

Ha. It's a gee up.

Surely Neil Piccinelli would be up there with the great Steelers! Brett Rodwell too!

 

[Mr Saab]

Dean Calloway and Kyle White.
Michael Bolt up there too

 

[Matt23]

Don't forget the great Chris Walsh

 

[cumberlandsashes81]

Paul Carige played for the Steelers

 

[dimitri]

As a queenslander its difficult for me to recognize the talents of NSW players. However probably the finest compliment I can give them is to tell you how much they frightened me. Going on this scale, no player scared me more than the great Rod Wishart. He was a hard man, raw boned with great speed. He'd walk back into any team today such was his brlliance, Dont give me any of this different era's bullsh*t, Wishart was awesome and would be today. In my opinion he's the greatest Illawarra player. Can people please share with me some of the great Wishart moments and also point me towards and clips or info about him on the net. Thankyou.

Sounds like you need a private moment, picture of rod, a bit of lube and something to clean up with

 

[j0rd0_ShArKs]

MARY Mcgregor was quality

 

[thehattrickrabbit]

Brad Mackay would be up there for sure, as well as mcgregor, mcindoe, rodwell etc

 

[aids]

Darren Frtiz?

 

[Skeletor]

Wishart was a fairly decent goalkicker too from my patchy memory.

 

[Mr Saab]

In my opinion he's the greatest Illawarra player. Can people please share with me some of the great Wishart momentsand also point me towards and clips or info about him on the net. Thankyou.

Yeah in game 1 of Origin 1998 he made a break in around the 74-75 min and was run down by the speedster Martin Lang.

 

[Farva]

What about the spaghetti brothers??? Piccinelli and Schifilliti- What a dynamic combo those boys were.

 

[Raiders Plight]

who was that steelers player who got a long suspension for a huge elbow to the face of another player, don't remember who. Anyone know the incident i'm referring to?, i don't have any names, i think it was in the mid to late 90s. I remember it was pretty sickening.

 

[Bobby DIGital]

Ian Russell was the mad ball-playing lock.

 

[The Lucky State]

I've found this:

http://www.steelers.com.au/rugby.html

From the site:

"The Illawarra Steelers history is well documented in the book Thirteen Years of Steel by David Middleton."

sh*t I'd like to get my hands on this. Might have to check ebay.

"Steelers is a trading name adopted by the Illawarra District Rugby League Football Club Limited when the Club was formed to play rugby league in the major ARL competition in 1982."

Its a club with a rich history. Also on the site is some info on the Wollongong Hawks basketball. What other club can boast a relationship with a basketball team?

Nothing so far in his thread though has changed my belief that Wishart was the "king of the gong".

 

[CharlieF]

Probably the top 3 would be

Wishart
Mcgregor
Barret

 

[jamesgould]

Wishart, McGregor and Mackay for me. Illawarra were a great side, wish they were still around. Wishart was always one of my favourite players, he did great things for NSW.

 

[Coaster]

Wishart was up here on the Gold Coast a few weeks ago, checking out Panel Shops.

Seemed like a nice bloke

 

[KniGhTs BaTTLeR]

Niel Pincinelli was the best ever Steelers player. Easily. Rod Wishart is a surf bumb from Gerringong.

 

[Phillips]

bring back the steelers!