Worse player ever to win the Rothmans?

[Haffa]

Can't really remember 01 for Joey too well

He played well but BK was the best player out there.

 

[GongPanther]

The Rothmans Medal used to be a players award voted on a 3-2-1 basis by the referees.

Past winners:

1968 Terry Hughes (Cronulla Sutherland)
1969 Denis Pittard (South Sydney)
1970 Kevin Junee (Eastern Suburbs)
1971 Denis Pittard (South Sydney)
1972 Tom Raudonikis (Western Suburbs)
1973 Ken Maddison (Cronulla Sutherland)
1974 Graham Eadie (Manly Warringah)
1975 Steve Rogers (Cronulla Sutherland)
1976 Ray Higgs (Parramatta)
1977 Mick Cronin (Parramatta)
1978 Mick Cronin (Parramatta)
1979 Ray Price (Parramatta)
1980 Geoff Bugden (Newtown)
1981 Kevin Hastings (Eastern Suburbs)
1982 Greg Brentnall (Canterbury Bankstown)
1983 Mike Eden (Eastern Suburbs)
1984 Terry Lamb (Canterbury Bankstown)
1985 Wayne Pearce (Balmain)
1986 Mal Cochrane (Manly Warringah)
1987 Peter Sterling (Parramatta)
1988 Barry Russell (Cronulla Sutherland)
1989 Gavin Miller (Cronulla Sutherland) and Mark Sargent (Newcastle)
1990 Peter Sterling (Parramatta)
1991 Ewan McGrady (Canterbury Bankstown)
1992 Allan Langer (Brisbane)
1993 Ricky Stuart (Canberra)
1994 David Fairleigh (North Sydney)
1995 Paul Green (Cronulla Sutherland)
1996 Jason Taylor (North Sydney)

Jason Taylor got his medal back after they were stolen from his Northbridge home.

 

[Alex28]

Johns shouldnt have won it in 2001 either.

Agree. Kennedy should have won.

 

[PARRA_FAN]

Priddis deserved it in 03. I thought last night Stewart played well enough to get it, Lyon was unlucky.

How Jeremy Smith didnt win it last year is beyond me?

Adam Blair was clearly the best in 2009.

 

[HowHigh]

Fibroman wins the medal for the biggest manly hating sook

 

[Marshall_magic]

On dodgey winners of it, Scott Prince has to be in there, he played alright in the grand final, but Galea and Laffranchi were easily the 2 best on the field.

 

[Bobby DIGital]

Only Kangaroos or potential Kangaroos win the CC medal....not surprising when the Kangaroo selectors pick the winner!!

J. Smith last year, Blair in 09 and Nikau in 99 all deserved to win.

 

[eaglefan64]

You sound like a typical westie loser

Tell me wanker what's it like to follow a team
that wins a Grand Final roughly every 40 years???

Oh wait I can tell you easily ... You feel like a
bitter old tool whose side is a waste of space
just like him

 

[Whoosh]

To answer the OP's question - it's gotta be Kevin Hastings. A hack who was never even good enough to play for Australia!

 

[Haffa]

To answer the OP's question - it's gotta be Kevin Hastings. A hack who was never even good enough to play for Australia!

Lol at hack. Horrie was a very good football player.

 

[betcats]

You sound like a typical westie loser

Tell me wanker what's it like to follow a team
that wins a Grand Final roughly every 40 years???

Oh wait I can tell you easily ... You feel like a
bitter old tool whose side is a waste of space
just like him

Hmm your maths is brilliant.

 

[firechild]

Lyon was fantastic but I still think Stewart was a desereved winner. The little grubber inside his own 20 was exceptional, he defended well all night and kept the Warriors guessing every time he touched the ball.

 

[God-King Dean]

Nightingale not winning it last year means a winger will never win it.

 

[campbo]

Personally, I thought DCE was best on Sunday, but G.Stewart played an amazing game and he got dudded in 08 when Kite won it so I won't say he doesn't deserve it.

As for previous GF's, Brad Clyde's CCM in the 91 decider was a crime. Roycie or MG should have won that. Clyde wasn't even Canberra's best in that game, Big Mal was.

 

[Fibroman]

You sound like a typical westie loser

Tell me wanker what's it like to follow a team
that wins a Grand Final roughly every 40 years???

Oh wait I can tell you easily ... You feel like a
bitter old tool whose side is a waste of space
just like him

It actually feels good to live in an area where most people own their homes, cars etc and aren't pretentious show ponies.

Having won premierships in 91 and '03 is just a bonus really.

 

[84 Baby]

Take your pick (assuming OP meant most undeserving choice for particular GF & CCM not Rothmans)

96 - Toovey
98 - Tallis
99 - Kimmorley
01 - Johns
04 - Mason
05 - Prince
08 - Kite
09 - Slater
10 - Boyd
11 - Stewart

 

[84 Baby]

Nightingale not winning it last year means a winger will never win it.

It was given to Steve Gearin for 1980 retrospectively for Centenary of League

 

[Harold Bishop]

Take your pick (assuming OP meant most undeserving choice for particular GF & CCM not Rothmans)

96 - Toovey
98 - Tallis
99 - Kimmorley
01 - Johns
04 - Mason
05 - Prince
08 - Kite
09 - Slater
10 - Boyd
11 - Stewart

Out of curiosity, who do you think should have won instead?

 

[typicalfan]

Nightingale not winning it last year means a winger will never win it.

Helps he wasn't the best on the field either. Hornby and Smith won that game for the Dragons. Nightingale finished off their hard work.

As to Brent Kite I thought he deserved the CCM in 2008, he ripped through Melbourne like a hot knife through butter with 165+ metres and 26 tackles. If a prop was ever to win the top award it was him.

 

[Marshall_magic]

Take your pick (assuming OP meant most undeserving choice for particular GF & CCM not Rothmans)

96 - Toovey
98 - Tallis
99 - Kimmorley
01 - Johns
04 - Mason
05 - Prince
08 - Kite
09 - Slater
10 - Boyd
11 - Stewart

Mason was a stand out winner in 04, if you think anyone BUT Mason should have won it then you probably didn't watch the game. Stewart was a stand out winner too. The rest I either don't remember well enough or agree with.