I was born in 92, so my side is pretty much from around 2001 onwards as that's when I really started to take more of an interest in the game. Of course Lamb and Mortimer and players of that calibre are greats but this is just a different take.
1. PATTEN (hard to split him and Barba, but the General wins due to his long service and reliability)
2. EL MASRI (El Magic needs no explanation, it took a while to get over his retirement. Conversions weren't the same until Hodkinson came along)
3. VAGANA (76 appearances for 61 tries WOW! One of the best movers the game has ever seen. footwork, agility, balance, game sense he had it all! what a player it's such a shame he wasn't in our 2004 side)
4. MORRIS (started his career with us in 09 and what a season he had, was an all round weapon until he did his PCL which slowed him down. Great servant to the club providing 10 seasons)
5. UTAI (for today's game id have Rona over him in a heartbeat. But this stocky little beast was enormous for us in the early 2000s and we don't win in 04 without him, 2 tries and massive run from our own end in the second half)
6. ANASTA (110 appearances for us and scored 50 tries and had a win rate of 64.55% with us, pretty impressive. Just a shame how we lost JT for him...only for him to leave at the end of 05)
7. SHERWIN (shifty was a little champion, just oosed confidence and always backed his instinct, not like the manufactured 7s struggling today... We win in 2012 if we had a half like him)
8. O'MELEY (the ogre never took a backwards step, a true enforcer)
9. ENNIS (one of our most important leaders who dragged us from the ashes in 2009 onwards)
10. PRICE (solid captain who ate up the metres and always did his job, loved a chargedown)
11. SBW (blokes a piece of shit for what he did, but he's easily the best we've had in this position)
12. RYAN (cover tackle on Crocker in the 04 GF and served us well, ran a good line as well)
13. GRAHAM (in my eyes arguably the best middle forward we've ever had, soft hands and endless aggression and passion. It's a real shame what black friday did to him... and that he won't finish his NRL career with us, fuck you Klemmer and Woods)
14. REYNOLDS (came into grade mid way through 2011 and during that season he scored a fantastic try against Newcastle with 2 left foot steps. Got by on passion and his biggest asset was the energy he provided his teammates)
15. JACKSON (loyal and reliable, the bullshit walked over the years and he's stuck solid so much respect)
16. MASON (04 Churchill medallist and had some great years with us. Sadly turned into a journeyman...)
17. EASTWOOD (honestly didn't think this man would make my list, but when I sat down thought about it and watched some of his highlights it really brought back memories of how good he really was! Sadly his last 2 years where underwhelming and kind of overshadowed that, but the Beast at his peak was a real impact player)
Special mentions:
JT (always did a great job for us, just didn't play enough games to warrant selection over Anasta in the end)
Rona (50 appearances for 34 tries)
Barba (97 appearances for 72 tries)
Maitua (untapped potential, sadly we never got to see him at his peak imo)
Asotasi (what a player! played every game in our 04 season, one we really should have kept)
Players I left out because I didn't get to see enough of them as an ignorant young child lol. Watched brief highlights of them and they looked great, but they didn't really have an impact on me so I couldn't justify their selection
D.Smith (great stats for us and Brisbane one I wish I payed more attention to)
T.Norton (obviously played in 02,03 for us, but I just don't remember him that we'll lol. To focused on Hazem, Mason and O'Meley then)
Polla-Mounter (looked like a very likeable, energetic and tough player)
