Your team of all time favourite Rabbitohs

[hurricane57]

Eric Sims was a great player . His strength was his kicking game , field kicks, goal kicking and field goals.
It was mainly because of Eric that field goal values dropped from 2 points to 1 point. He would kick a field goal whenever in range versus random up and under , especially when a try was 3 points.

However Eric , was NOT fast nor powerful and not much of a step. In Short he was very average attacking player and average defensively. Would definitely not make my top 5 fullbacks for Souths for Souths since 1967. I would have AJ ahead of him already , as well as Nathan.

As for big Charlie Frith. he was a crowd magnet. However his play was really limited. He had Nil speed , minimal lateral movement and i cannot remember him running onto the ball ( sure he did).My recollection of Charlie . He would line a player up and kill him with a front on charge tackle.Only problem with Charlie that it did not take rocket science for other teams to work out , where is Charlie and ensure the ball moved to his side.He had a limited career as a result.

Still liked him tho

 

[doyen]

Loved big Charlie. Didn't play long and Peter Sterling still talks about his tackles. And all legal tackles. Ron Massey said he's the biggest hitter he'd ever seen.

Didn't make many tackles because the opposition ran away from him.

But hell if he hit you look out.

eg

Bill Cloughessy - Souths v Wests Pre Season Trial 1978/79? Hospitalised
with broken jaw (all his teeth fell out), broken ribs and severe concussion after Charlie Frith
laid him out cold with a massive hit. Charlie thought he'd killed him.

Rod Reddy - Jubilee Oval 1979; rendered senseless after a Frith hit,
eventually helped to his feet and then runs over to the Souths line of
defence completely disoriented, trainer then escorts him off the field.
Reddy later recalls it the biggest hit he ever had put on him.

Tony Trudgett - Souths v St George Semi-Final SCG 1980: went from
running flat out forward to being slammed backwards by "a human
projectile" (Rex Mossop's words) named C Frith in a split second. This
tackle used to feature in the opening credits of Seven's Big League.

Ziggy is as straight out legend.

There was definitely a huge fear factor for the opposition with Frith.
The opposing forwards were very nervous,I'd reckon.
The bugger could easily have killed someone.
He was a very big[1.98cms],dopey-looking,lumbering, blondheaded monster[munster maybe], from my memory anyway, who picked his target, then "WHACK."
He wasn't a very skilful type but I reckon he would have been handy for Qld in SOO for his destructive & fear factors.

 

[DC_fan]

Got to have Mario in there somewhere; he gave everything out on the field. The scary thing is that if Madge had asked him to play hooker last sunday night, he probably would have!

If I had a four men reserve bench then Mario would be on it.

 

[DC_fan]

The forward pack is pretty spot on for mine, though it is difficult to compare players of different eras. Isaac Luke would be a contender for hooker.

Half back is an interesting choice. Grant was as solid as a rock behind a formidable pack of forwards and combined well with Pittard. Other contenders would be Phil Blake just for his explosiveness and Tugga Coleman for his competitiveness as well.

Never saw Clive Churchill play but just on footage and reputation alone, he would have to be Souths' greatest fullback. GI would be the next obvious choice. Thought Tim Brasher was always under rated as a player.

No arguments with the centres though Paul Sait would have been a contender yet he played for his country in both centre and forwards.
The wingers are good choices. Ziggy Nisczcot was also a legend in the 80s. Mike Cleary was just a speed demon on the wing and Bobby James was as reliable as they come. There were other great Souths wingers from earlier days as well.

No interesting thread and everyone will have different players from different eras.

Luke and Walters playing in completely different eras makes it difficult. I selected Walters because he fitted in better with the other forwards I picked.

At half I had to toss up between Grant and Coleman. I picked Grant because he had the combination with Pittard.

 

[souths_pride]

If I had a four men reserve bench then Mario would be on it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afbcZxRR7LU

Does this bring back fond memories for anyone? They don't make 'em like Mario anymore sadly. Also I'm surprised David Boyle hasn't got a mention. Very very underrated player in my view!

 

[Galeforce]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afbcZxRR7LU

Does this bring back fond memories for anyone? They don't make 'em like Mario anymore sadly. Also I'm surprised David Boyle hasn't got a mention. Very very underrated player in my view!

David Boyle was a very good player , tough as nails. However hard to name him ahead of some the great forwards that Souths have had since 1967 . Satts, Stevens, Roberts , Moses ,Jim Morgan, Carrol,Walters,Teo,Luke,Serdaris,Piggins could not make my forward team for starters

 

[souths_pride]

David Boyle was a very good player , tough as nails. However hard to name him ahead of some the great forwards that Souths have had since 1967 . Satts, Stevens, Roberts , Moses ,Jim Morgan, Carrol,Walters,Teo,Luke,Serdaris,Piggins could not make my forward team for starters

Add Michael Andrews to that list as well. Again, I thought he was a seriously underrated lock forward and very unlucky to be playing in an era when there were a stack of quality lock forwards. If he were playing in another era there would be a very good chance he would have been selected for representative honours.

 

[Newcastlerabbit]

Loved big Charlie. Didn't play long and Peter Sterling still talks about his tackles. And all legal tackles. Ron Massey said he's the biggest hitter he'd ever seen.

Didn't make many tackles because the opposition ran away from him.

But hell if he hit you look out.

eg

Bill Cloughessy - Souths v Wests Pre Season Trial 1978/79? Hospitalised
with broken jaw (all his teeth fell out), broken ribs and severe concussion after Charlie Frith
laid him out cold with a massive hit. Charlie thought he'd killed him.

Rod Reddy - Jubilee Oval 1979; rendered senseless after a Frith hit,
eventually helped to his feet and then runs over to the Souths line of
defence completely disoriented, trainer then escorts him off the field.
Reddy later recalls it the biggest hit he ever had put on him.

Tony Trudgett - Souths v St George Semi-Final SCG 1980: went from
running flat out forward to being slammed backwards by "a human
projectile" (Rex Mossop's words) named C Frith in a split second. This
tackle used to feature in the opening credits of Seven's Big League.

Ziggy is as straight out legend.

Great summation.