Best 5 Current NRL Halves

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Raikkonen

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What's your opinion?

Mine is probably this:

=1. C. Cronk
=1. J. Thurston
3. DCE
4. Shaun Johnson
5. K. Foran
 

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Thurston
Cronk
DCE
Johnson
Foran
 

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You have both listed the top 5 as I see it but in no particular order.
 

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1. Cooper Cronk
2. Jonathon Thurston
3. Kieran Foran
4. Daly Cherry-Evans
5. Shaun Johnson
 

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Don't have a top 5 but I think DCE is the best half in the competition followed by Cronk. Put either of them at Canberra, Sharks or Parra and they would sky rocket up the table.

Thurston is very very good but not in the class of the above two. You have to build the team for Thurston to produce. A bit like the Kimmorley of the early 00s.
 

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1. Cronk
2. DCE
3. Thurston
4. SJ
5. Daylight then Foran

Geez thats 2 kiwis in top 5 but they cant gel together like DCE gels with Foran.
 

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Can't believe so many people picking Johnston.

When he's good, he's good but he does not have the consistency of other halves in the comp.
 

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Andrew Johns AKA Luke Brooks.....

1-Thurston
2- DCE
3- Cronk
4- Widdop
5- Foran

I'm stunned people rate S. Johnson so highly. He's your typical inconsistent, erratic "Warriors" half. I don't know if people have just forgotten about him but Widdop is right up there in terms of halves.
 

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Andrew Johns AKA Luke Brooks.....

1-Thurston
2- DCE
3- Cronk
4- Widdop
5- Foran

I'm stunned people rate S. Johnson so highly. He's your typical inconsistent, erratic "Warriors" half. I don't know if people have just forgotten about him but Widdop is right up there in terms of halves.
My list almost exactly. Johnson when he's on is one of the best halves in the comp but he's way too inconsistent to be considered a top half.
 

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The thing with Johnson is that there's no other Halfback in the game like him. He's different... and in a time where everyone is the same with the exact same set plays, it's a breath of fresh air and quite a weapon in attack.

I rate Johnson a lot more as well after he was microphoned up against the Broncos a couple of weeks ago. He knows the game really well and isn't afraid to give his forwards a spray if they need it.
 

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I'd never trust a "Warriors" half come finals time, TBH. If Stacey Jones couldn't win a GF, no "Warriors" half will.
 

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I'd never trust a "Warriors" half come finals time, TBH. If Stacey Jones couldn't win a GF, no "Warriors" half will.
No offence but thats probably the dumbest comment i have ever read.

Saying that SJ wont win a grandfinal because Stacey Jones didnt win one is absolute rubbish. Yes, Stacey Jones was one of the best halves to come out of New Zealand, but it is a team that wins a grandfinal. And the team the Warriors have now, when healthy, is a lot better than their 2002 team that lost to the Rorters in the final. The 2011 team is almost the same with tweaks at different positions.
 

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Hopefully our boys will make this list in a few weeks...
 

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No offence but thats probably the dumbest comment i have ever read.

Saying that SJ wont win a grandfinal because Stacey Jones didnt win one is absolute rubbish. Yes, Stacey Jones was one of the best halves to come out of New Zealand, but it is a team that wins a grandfinal. And the team the Warriors have now, when healthy, is a lot better than their 2002 team that lost to the Rorters in the final. The 2011 team is almost the same with tweaks at different positions.
You're joking, right?

Ivan Cleary
Justin Murphy
John Carlaw
Clinton Toopi
Francis Meli
Motu Tony
Stacey Jones (C)
Jerry Seu Seu
PJ Marsh
Mark Tookey
Ali Lauiti'iti
Awen Guttenbeil
Kevin Campion

Lance Hohaia
Logan Swann
Wairangi Koopu
Richard Villasanti

That was the '02 team, you're seriously telling me the Warriors team of '14 is half as good as this team was? That forward pack was in the top 3 at worst back then, can you honestly say the Warriors are easily in the top 3 packs now based on achievements? Out of that entire team, I'd say Motu Tony was the link wink and even that's being harsh. The '02 Warriors would murder today's Warriors.
 

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1. Thurston
2. Cronk
3. Foran
4. DCE
5. Widdop

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You're joking, right?

Ivan Cleary
Justin Murphy
John Carlaw
Clinton Toopi
Francis Meli
Motu Tony
Stacey Jones (C)
Jerry Seu Seu
PJ Marsh
Mark Tookey
Ali Lauiti'iti
Awen Guttenbeil
Kevin Campion

Lance Hohaia
Logan Swann
Wairangi Koopu
Richard Villasanti

That was the '02 team, you're seriously telling me the Warriors team of '14 is half as good as this team was? That forward pack was in the top 3 at worst back then, can you honestly say the Warriors are easily in the top 3 packs now based on achievements? Out of that entire team, I'd say Motu Tony was the link wink and even that's being harsh. The '02 Warriors would murder today's Warriors.
Lance Hohaia ma nice guy haha

Remember how much I used to love him?

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I think this illustrates our current problem with our roster.
we don't have a half anywhere near the top 5.
the other teams in contention this year that don't have a half in this list have a "special players" or game breakers in their teams, ala hayne with parra, ingles with souths, sbw with roosters.
we have no one like that.
where are our points going to come from? We are a rudderless ship with a half back who can not lead us around the park and we have no plan b or a "hayne " to get is out of trouble.
 
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