Team of the decade

[Juro]

To balance out the thread of worst team ever, here is my team of the decade. I've never made one of these lists before, and I tend to forget some players from more than a few years ago, so I'm sure others will be able to improve on my list.

1\. Hodgson
2\. Tuiaki
3\. Lawrence
4\. Kevin McGuinness
5\. Richards
6\. Marshall
7\. Prince
8\. Galloway
9\. Farah
10\. Skandalis
11\. Laffranchi
12\. Heighington
13\. Ben Galea
14\. Halatau
15\. McCracken
16\. Ellis
17\. O'Neill

Coach: Sheens

 

[Marshall_magic]

1\. Hodgson
2\. Tuiaki
3\. Lawrence
4\. Whatuira
5\. Richards
6\. Marshall
7\. Prince (C)
8\. Walker
9\. Farah
10\. Skandalis
11\. Ellis
12\. Laffranchi
13\. Heighington

14\. Kevin McGuiness
15\. Senter
16\. Galloway
17\. O'Neill

Coach: Sheens

 

[Gobbs]

1\. Hodgson
2\. Tuiaki
3\. Kevin McGuinness
4\. Lawrence
5\. Richards
6\. Marshall
7\. Prince ©
8\. Payten
9\. Farah
10\. Skandalis
11\. Ellis
12\. Laffranchi
13\. Ben Galea
Interchange:
14\. Fulton
15\. Shane Walker
16\. Heighnington
17\. Galloway

Coach: Sheens

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

1\. Brett Hodgson
2\. Taniella Tuaki
3\. Chris Lawrence
4\. Terry Hill
5\. Pat Richards
6\. Benji Marshall
7\. Scott Prince
8\. John Skandalis
9\. Robbie Farah
10\. Keith Galloway
11\. Jarrod McCracken
12\. Anthony Laffranchi
13\. Gareth Ellis

14\. Darren Senter
15\. Daine Laure
16\. Kevin McGuiness
17\. Blake Ayshford

 

[alien]

1\. Hodgson
2\. Tuiaki
3\. Lawrence
4\. Hill
5\. Richards

6\. Marshall
7\. Prince (C)

8\. Galloway
9\. Farah
10\. Skandalis
11\. McCracken
12\. Laffranchi
13\. Ellis

14\. Senter
15\. Heighington
16\. Payten/Gibbs (2005 versions)
17\. Walker

Coach: Sheens

 

[fergiefurr]

1\. hodgson
2\. tuiaki
3\. lawrence
4\. whatiura
5\. richards
6\. marshall
7\. prince ©
8\. skando
9\. farah
10\. laffranchi
11\. odonnell
12\. ellis
13\. b.galea

14\. senter
15\. galloway
16\. payten
17\. oneil

that would match it with any other teams team of the decade

 

[fergiefurr]

how anybody could leave ben galea out is beyond me.

after skando the next forward picked.

was our best player every week during the dark early days, then should have won the clive churchill media ahead of prince in the gf.

 

[senexx]

Did O'Donnell play for "Wests Tigers"?

 

[fergiefurr]

Did O'Donnell play for "Wests Tigers"?

yes from 00-03

4 years all up

sad thing is he probably only played about 30 games…

 

[hybrid_tiger]

1\. Hodgson
2\. Tuiaki
3\. Lawrence
4\. Whatuira
5\. Richards
6\. Marshall
7\. Prince
8\. Galloway
9\. Farah
10\. Skandalis
11\. Ellis
12\. Laffranchi
13\. B. Galea

14\. Senter
15\. McCracken
16\. Heighington
17\. Walker

 

[Juro]

Well it looks like most of the lists were 80% identical. Don't know whether that is a good thing or a bad thing…

 

[matty119]

1\. Hodgson ©
2\. Tuiaki
3\. Lawrence
4\. Whaturia
5\. Richards
6\. Marshall
7\. Prince
8\. Galloway
9\. Farah
10\. Skandalis
11\. Ellis
12\. Laffranchi
13\. Galea

14\. Fitzhenry (as much as people bag him, he is still currently the club's leading try-scorer)
15\. O'Neil
16\. Heighnington
17\. Senter

Of note also, 4 of my team above (all of whom feature at some point in most other teams) are local juniors who have played for no other NRL club - Lawrence, Farah, Skandalis and O'Neil.