Bali mid-September

[Matabele]

[quote author=Matabele link=topic=181512.msg239265#msg239265 date=1251718591]
[quote author=Kiwi Eagle link=topic=181512.msg239247#msg239247 date=1251711364]
Name them

 
Bulldogs 1995
Storm 1999
Panthers 2003
Bulldogs 2004
Tigers 2005

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I can't quite recall the 95 and 99 backlines, but will go into the other 3

Panthers 03

Wesser, Rooney, Girdler, Whatuira, Lewis, 4 Internationals, 1 Origin player

Dogs 04

Struggling to recall their entire backling, but it would have included Patten, Utai, Tonga, El Masri who have all played rep football,

Tigers 05

Hodgson, Whatuira rep players, Marshall and Prince as good as you could get in the halves. Richards and Fitzhenry on the wing, can't recall the other centre

None of those really compare to a backline including Stapleton, Ferguson, Wright, Green etc who are mostly eligable for the 20s
[/quote]  You have to compare apples with apples.  A lot of those fellows when they won their Premierships were unknowns who reaped the rewards of the Premiership with rep selection.  Which only enhances my point that perhaps they benefitted from the good work up front.

And keep in mind someone like Girdler in '05 was well past his prime and pulled a hammy in the GF and was replaced by a spare part, probably a forward as makeshift back.

 

[Kiwi Eagle]

Fair point Mata, but they had more experience at the level than the Sharks blokes do. I would hate to think how we would have fared with an Under 20s backline this season

We have done quite well in this thread, moving from the Sharks forwards into their halves and eventually into the backs.