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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2639943, member: 1899"] [B]Danny Buderus[/B] - I didn't really begin to take notice of him until 2003/04 when he started to receive some more notoriety. Before then, he was simply a name who was fortunate enough to play alongside Andrew Johns (who was basically the Darth Vader to 11-12 year old me) and Adam MacDougall (who I despised with a passion). Anyways, sans Joey, Buderus was basically the one man show, carrying the Knights to the odd victory including that golden point heart-breaker at Suncorp in 2004. It's around this time, I began to acknowledge him as the best hooker in the game (Priddis, Wing & Marsh were there abouts for me around that time) and he held that mantle until 2006 when he pulled out of the 2006 Tri Series, never to be seen again in an Australian jersey. This of course lead to the infamous clip of Hodges mouthing off, from 12 points behind, showing Bedsy absolutely no respect as Queensland end up winning the second half comfortably. As memorable as that moment was, the true passing of the torch moment was when Bedsy went for a dart from dummy half, he got cleaned up by Cam Smith who comes out of the tackle, realises who he just tackled with a cheeky grin on his face and Bedsy then decides to chase after Smith in a desperate attempt to get the last laugh. He was rattled and from there, I remember his selection pissing off a lot of Blues fans as they wanted him go for Farah in 2007/08. He goes to Leeds for a few years, think he wins a premiership over there, comes back and surprisingly plays some really good football for the Knights. He may not have been as sprightly but his timing was still head and shoulders above most and he knew when to run through the forwards, and when to give it to the halves. It's amazing how close he went to a Blues jersey in 2012, and I wonder if he had have stayed injury free, if Sticky would have gone with him. Unfortunately, his career ended on a fairly sour note, getting injured early in his club's biggest game since the 2001 Grand Final. While I always thought the Roosters were sure things, I get the feeling that if Buderus had have played on, the scoreline would not have blown out the way it has. [B]Overall:[/B] He's a player I've grown to respect. I barely knew him, acknowledged that he was a great hooker but video killed the radio star so he sort of got lost in the Smith/Farah/Ennis era of hookers yet he reminded people in his twilight years what he was capable of. A Newcastle legend and definitely one of the best players of the 00's. [/QUOTE]

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