Dunno how this will go but it's a bit quiet on here if, like me, you CBFd wading through mark123's posts, so I thought I'd give this a run.
List your team of favourite players over the times you've been watching. They don't have to be champions or anything, just the players you enjoyed watching.
1 Todd Riley - One season at Easts in the 80s. Outstanding attacking player.
2 Mark Ross - I had a huge rap on him but I was the only one. He eventually did score one try that showcased all the talent that I'd always believed he had and that's a precious memory of mine.
3 David Woods - The electric Eel. The only Parra junior since their golden era that could have matched it with those guys. Another cruelly cut down by injury.
4 Gene Miles - Always thought he was better than Big Mal without ever attracting the same media hype. It's been gratifying seeing him recognised in the promotions this year.
5 Les Kiss - The thinking man's winger. Could have been anything before he was cut down by injury.
6 Michael Pattison - Used to drift across field with runners streaming left and right. Always seemed to find the man in a hole.
7 Kevin Hastings - It's too easy to pick Sterlo or other greats. Horrie was a great general, tough as an old boot and was unlucky to be playing at the same time as Sterlo and Mortimer.
8 Gavin Allen - An outstanding lock forward for Valleys pre-Broncos who reinvented himself as a tough as teak prop forward.
9 Ken Stewart - Unlucky to miss the 82 Kangaroo Tour.
10 Kevin Ward - The original hard man. Plenty of players who talk themselves up today would have trembled in his presence.
11 Mark Graham - Hard and tough. A workhorse in defence and a great runner and off-loader to boot.
12 Phil Gould - Coached Souths from the 2nd row while Piggins held the title. A great football brain. His ball-playing was a delight.
13 Paul Schofield - Such a shame he never tested himself at the highest level over here.
There've been so many others - Bruce Clark ("He would have run through one of the Harbour Bridge pylons"), Paul Stewart (the Valleys' version of Bruiser), Mark Hohn (whose considerable ball skills were suppressed by the Broncos in favour of higher profile players), Ian Roberts (tough, supremely fit, talented and hampered by injury), the list goes on and on.
List your team of favourite players over the times you've been watching. They don't have to be champions or anything, just the players you enjoyed watching.
1 Todd Riley - One season at Easts in the 80s. Outstanding attacking player.
2 Mark Ross - I had a huge rap on him but I was the only one. He eventually did score one try that showcased all the talent that I'd always believed he had and that's a precious memory of mine.
3 David Woods - The electric Eel. The only Parra junior since their golden era that could have matched it with those guys. Another cruelly cut down by injury.
4 Gene Miles - Always thought he was better than Big Mal without ever attracting the same media hype. It's been gratifying seeing him recognised in the promotions this year.
5 Les Kiss - The thinking man's winger. Could have been anything before he was cut down by injury.
6 Michael Pattison - Used to drift across field with runners streaming left and right. Always seemed to find the man in a hole.
7 Kevin Hastings - It's too easy to pick Sterlo or other greats. Horrie was a great general, tough as an old boot and was unlucky to be playing at the same time as Sterlo and Mortimer.
8 Gavin Allen - An outstanding lock forward for Valleys pre-Broncos who reinvented himself as a tough as teak prop forward.
9 Ken Stewart - Unlucky to miss the 82 Kangaroo Tour.
10 Kevin Ward - The original hard man. Plenty of players who talk themselves up today would have trembled in his presence.
11 Mark Graham - Hard and tough. A workhorse in defence and a great runner and off-loader to boot.
12 Phil Gould - Coached Souths from the 2nd row while Piggins held the title. A great football brain. His ball-playing was a delight.
13 Paul Schofield - Such a shame he never tested himself at the highest level over here.
There've been so many others - Bruce Clark ("He would have run through one of the Harbour Bridge pylons"), Paul Stewart (the Valleys' version of Bruiser), Mark Hohn (whose considerable ball skills were suppressed by the Broncos in favour of higher profile players), Ian Roberts (tough, supremely fit, talented and hampered by injury), the list goes on and on.
