Most Underrated Player 2000-2011

[Joel Helmes]

Great call re Boof!!!
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Really top player!!

I won plenty on him for first/ last try!!
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He may have been under-rated when he was with us but he did play for Australia after he left us.

Call me biased but I dont think he was ever as effective at the Gold Coast as he was with us - I think we absolutely got the best part of his career.

 

[fergiefurr]

agree 100% re laffranchi, the fact that we played for nsw and australia whilst at the coast proved that for a long time rep selectors ignored wests players

but in any under rated player poll ben galea must be the winner, if he had of played for a glamour team like easts or saints he no doubt would have played 10 origins. brilliant, brillant player and like many tigers fans i believe he should have won the CC medal in 05.

 

[AJ1]

Luke O'donnell surely deserves a mention. Very raw and wild in his early playing years with us. Shame we let him go, particularly as he became one of the top forwards with the Cowboys and a regular rep player.
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[Plato]

The most under-rated player in recent times would be Todd Payten for mine. He never ever shirked his task, and did whatever it took to gain ground and move the side forward. Todd created the gaps for others to get the glory, and he will be very hard to replace. Not a pretty player, but extremely effective, and A1 in my books!

 

[mrbates78]

yeah i agree 100% with ben galea. he's still doing well over here in england too.

and i will also add good old fitzy. he was shifted around to different positions, but always gave 100% for his club

another one, who i dont think we really appreciated as much until he was gone, was patty richards. i dont really know the full story, but we should have done more to keep him. over in england he even won the english super league player of the year…which is amazing for a winger. plus he's a good goal kicker too. oh well...

 

[black_and_white_tige]

yeah i agree 100% with ben galea. he's still doing well over here in england too.

and i will also add good old fitzy. he was shifted around to different positions, but always gave 100% for his club

another one, who i dont think we really appreciated as much until he was gone, was patty richards. i dont really know the full story, but we should have done more to keep him. over in england he even won the english super league player of the year…which is amazing for a winger. plus he's a good goal kicker too. oh well...

Have to agree with Pat Richards,
although I don't really think he was under rated by Wests fans. I know I rated him highly and was really pissed when we let him go. As you said he has really left his mark in the ESL with a man of steel award.( As have a lot of Aussies who head over there ). His goal kicking has been second to none.

 

[fergiefurr]

sorry disagree re richards

i know he was coming back from a shocking injury in 2004 but in reality he only put in for about 12 weeks in 2005 and AFTER he signed with wigan. before then he was very average, dont let the 2005 highlights dvd fool you.

its a real shame because if he had of played to his potential all of 05 then he no doubt would have been kept on by us and probably played lots of rep footy by now

 

[Yossarian]

Luke O'donnell surely deserves a mention. Very raw and wild in his early playing years with us. Shame we let him go, particularly as he became one of the top forwards with the Cowboys and a regular rep player.
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He also had a massive attitude problem when he played with us. The club knew he was a very good player but he was also a potential liability. That cheap shot on that Raiders player was the final straw.

 

[Joel Helmes]

Luke O'donnell surely deserves a mention. Very raw and wild in his early playing years with us. Shame we let him go, particularly as he became one of the top forwards with the Cowboys and a regular rep player.
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I know what your getting at AJ but he spent a hell of a lot of time on the sidelines for dumb things that only made us look worse when we still struggling with the Hopoate/Field and McGuiness dramas.

I think he damaged the club rather than being an "unsung hero".

 

[Jazza]

I think Tyron Smith and also Robbie Mears, I thought he a had a blinder of a year in 04 and I remember thinking how much of a massive blow it was when he retired at the end of that year… Not knowing we had someone like Robbie Farah waiting in the wings.
Also Troy Wosniak, I remember him busting the line and scoring some tries, had a bit of speed for a 2nd rower from memory?

 

[happy_tiger]

I think Tyron Smith and also Robbie Mears, I thought he a had a blinder of a year in 04 and I remember thinking how much of a massive blow it was when he retired at the end of that year… Not knowing we had someone like Robbie Farah waiting in the wings.
Also Troy Wosniak, I remember him busting the line and scoring some tries, had a bit of speed for a 2nd rower from memory?

Wozniak showed potential but I wouldn't call him underrated

 

[Yossarian]

Personally I always liked Corey Pearson. Wasn't afraid to get his hands dirty and for a long time was the last player sent off in an NRL game (a fact which won be a jackpot at a trivia night once)

 

[GNR4LIFE]

What about Owen Craigie? I don't know if he would have been classified as 'under-rated' but he definatley was an extremly gifted player who on his day could match it with anyone. I still remember the game at C'town against the Knights when we came back from 24-0 and 32-12 respectivley. Craigie won that game on his own. So even though he wasn't technacally 'under-rated', had he had a better attitude, he realy could have been anything

 

[GNR4LIFE]

I think Tyron Smith and also Robbie Mears, I thought he a had a blinder of a year in 04 and I remember thinking how much of a massive blow it was when he retired at the end of that year… Not knowing we had someone like Robbie Farah waiting in the wings.
Also Troy Wosniak, I remember him busting the line and scoring some tries, had a bit of speed for a 2nd rower from memory?

Tyran Smith was our best forward in those first couple of yrs
Robbie Mears was a very handy player who did some good things with us. Was just unfortunate for him that Farah came along
Troy Wozniak was also under-rated. I remember a game against the Dogs, it might have been his first game actuallly, where the Dogs had a scrum on halfway, spread the ball, and Vagana raced away, and Wozniak broke from the scum, chased him down and put him into touch 5 m from the line

 

[king_sirro]

I think Tyron Smith and also Robbie Mears, I thought he a had a blinder of a year in 04 and I remember thinking how much of a massive blow it was when he retired at the end of that year… Not knowing we had someone like Robbie Farah waiting in the wings.
Also Troy Wosniak, I remember him busting the line and scoring some tries, had a bit of speed for a 2nd rower from memory?

Tyran Smith was our best forward in those first couple of yrs
Robbie Mears was a very handy player who did some good things with us. Was just unfortunate for him that Farah came along
Troy Wozniak was also under-rated. I remember a game against the Dogs, it might have been his first game actuallly, where the Dogs had a scrum on halfway, spread the ball, and Vagana raced away, and Wozniak broke from the scum, chased him down and put him into touch 5 m from the line

What about the length of field try he scored against the Warriors? He had planty of speed.

 

[happy_tiger]

I think Tyron Smith and also Robbie Mears, I thought he a had a blinder of a year in 04 and I remember thinking how much of a massive blow it was when he retired at the end of that year… Not knowing we had someone like Robbie Farah waiting in the wings.
Also Troy Wosniak, I remember him busting the line and scoring some tries, had a bit of speed for a 2nd rower from memory?

Tyran Smith was our best forward in those first couple of yrs
Robbie Mears was a very handy player who did some good things with us. Was just unfortunate for him that Farah came along
Troy Wozniak was also under-rated. I remember a game against the Dogs, it might have been his first game actuallly, where the Dogs had a scrum on halfway, spread the ball, and Vagana raced away, and Wozniak broke from the scum, chased him down and put him into touch 5 m from the line

What about the length of field try he scored against the Warriors? He had planty of speed.

Warriors or Parra KS or did he score one against both ??

 

[king_sirro]

He scored one against the Warriors i thought it was…over in NZ. Could be wrong but i recall it as the Warriors.

 

[Jazza]

I remember he scored a hat trick out at either Campbelltown or Cronulla, he just had this ability to bust the line out wide with his speed. He went to England for a year and then just disappeared.
Jason Lowrie is another that comes to mind, I only saw the end of his career, I remember he was a good honest worker, I remember it took him like 130, 140 odd matches until he scored his first try… Must of been in the Bryce Gibbs mould :laughing:

 

[bigsiro]

Ben Duckworth was always a player with potential.

Adam Nable was unsung too in that first year of the WT (barely played though).

Buettner - WAY UNDERRATED

Loved Buddha - he was awesome.

Galea - those 'bullocking' runs.

 

[LaT]

sorry disagree re richards

i know he was coming back from a shocking injury in 2004 but in reality he only put in for about 12 weeks in 2005 and AFTER he signed with wigan. before then he was very average, dont let the 2005 highlights dvd fool you.

its a real shame because if he had of played to his potential all of 05 then he no doubt would have been kept on by us and probably played lots of rep footy by now

I don't know, he was instrumental in getting us to the GF IMO. He scored 20 tries which was a club record at the time, he was a handful for oppositions, his dropouts were brilliant at getting us out of trouble (50-60m on the fly 90% of the time), and his effort in the GF playing on just 1 leg was the stuff of legends.

Although people are right, hes not really underrated by us fans.

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