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Message: [QUOTE="Financeguy, post: 2640319, member: 8280"] [B]Beau Ryan[/B] A pretty competent first grade winger who's off field personality exceeded his on field talents. I never watch the footy show so never really focused on him when watching the Tigers or Sharks play. [B]Ruben Wiki[/B] Absolute gun centre when found his stride at the start of his career with the Raiders which is a shame most on here may be too young to remember. I used to hate him coming up against the Broncos which indicates he was a pretty good player. Made a successful transition to prop later in his career which shows how tough a player he was and finally went across to the Warriors who were chasing him pretty much since they entered the comp. He didn't achieve the same team success at the Warriors but was a big part in lifting their profile in NZ as well as giving the team a toughness it sometimes lacked. Very good player. [B]Craig Gower [/B]My earliest memory of Gower is being at a Penrith game against the Roosters and being near someone in the crowd with a sign saying "Fitler is a poor mans Gower". That day Gower had a blinder and they beat the more fancied Roosters, it must have been his first season in grade as i knew nothing about him at the time. Not as skillful as a Langer or Greg Alexander type halfback, probably not as technical proficient as a Ricky Stuart but he had toughness and a real competitive nature that took him to probably more rep glory than i would have thought. Obviously instrumental in Penrith's GF win as well. Off the field a real dickhead while on the drink which played a part in his exit from the Panthers. His last few years leave a bit of a stale taste which is a shame as he was a real good club man for the Panthers. [B]Matt Orford [/B]Part of a really good Manly side and also some good years at the Storm. Nothing very memorable individually for me, just a few purple patch years but could never, or was never trusted to, make the rep step up. IMO needed a very good team around him to perform, flat track bully. [B]Matt King [/B]I fucking hated this guy when he was at the Storm. He always lifted against the Broncos and his tough uncompromising, sometimes dirty, way of playing the game used to give me the shits big time. Was over the moon when he went to the ESL and was happy he did not have much impact at Souths. Having said that he had some very good years in the NRL, a real handful on his day and imo was very good at Origin level. [/QUOTE]

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