Joined: Oct 04 2008 Posts: 21004 Location: wakefield
Unfortunately the question is actually going to be answered as who is your favourite player. If you like backs rather than forwards or have seen more of your team and not much international, or you watched a particular era, it will sway your view.
If we do it by stats then Neil Fox is a serious contender If we do it by effectiveness at club level then Ellery is a leader too If we look at Internationals then the Aussies would be in the lead from 80s through till now.
Personally, Wally Lewis is the most effective, driven and skillful player I've seen, both in person and on tv. He has the advantage of playing with some great players at a great time for his teams......but in his case he made the others function and look good, rather than him looking good because of his team mates. It's probably not used much now but I can't think of anyone else who has a part of the game or skill named after him. For a long time through 80s and 90s, a "very" long pass was called a Wally Lewis pass. He was exceptional.
A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker - Buddha
Stevo was a superb hooker and played a game that was ahead of his time. Good hands, scooted quite a lot, had some pace and a terrific defender.
He went to Penrith and was a revelation along with another England hooker who IMO was better than Stevo, John Gray. You almost never ever hear anything about Gray but he was the standout English import in Australia for a number of years.
A mark of just how good he was is that in 1982, the year of the Invincible Kangaroos captained by Manly hooker Max Krillich, John Gray won the Dally M Hooker of the Year in the Winfield Cup (NRL).
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