Yes he was mine for a while too. Hit hard in both defence and attack. I remember he knocked himself out while making a tackle once and his mum tried to run on the field from memory. I'm pretty sure I also remember him scoring a terrific solo try where he bumped off 1,2,3,4,5 defenders one at a time
He was class. Similar with a great Kiwi winger we had for a while Jason Williams.Jamal Lolesi was pretty good (sadly better then what we have today). He did have some speed. That try against penrith where he changes direction and seems to go faster. Wish Hoppa could do that
Sadly too much talent at the time, was competing with Harris, Tonga, Hazem, Utai. Reminds me a bit of Rapana.
Simon Gilles is the most underrated Bulldogs player to ever wear the jersey.
Wish there was a Big hits highlight reel of Darren Britt..He never got the attention he deserved, he smashed every single forward in the game during his time, his technique was brilliant.
Gilles was so good for us in 1995... it was Lamb's swansong, and the team was ripped apart by the Super League War with the Big 4 signing with the Eels which meant Gilles did not get the plaudits he deserved
SH was great to watch, and his Mum running onto the field at Belmore when he stayed down (this happened at least twice as I recall) was fantastic. Doesn't seem like all that long ago but how things have changed since the good old suburban ground days. Imagine if someones mum tried to run on the field these days at Suncorp or ANZ, she'd get crash tackled by security
Reckon he should have gotten the Churchill medal, Dymock played well, but Gillies was on another level
Agreed mate, there was a semi we played in the 90’s where we lost but he single-handedly took on the other pack (might have been Wests) and did enormous damage that day, would love to find that game...
Kyle White was a bit of a liability in defence but when he hit his mark they stayed HIT.
ah, when the Eels were putting on their "wall" play and Robbo ran head first into the group knocking out Sterling... brilliant
fair enough... did miss the tackle on Tupou in the GF which led to the Minichiello try though
How did I forget him...
Make Creevy was unfortunate to be in an era when dogs had so many great half-backs. He would single handed win games in reserve grade & always performed well in 1st grade too
I remember a game against Newton when Steve Hage need Paul Hayward in the nuts. Paul who was a tough nuggety type 5/8 went berserk. Chase Steve off & on ball for the next 20 minutes before being sent off. Hayward was later arrested in Thailand for trafficking heroin.
