Your favourite doggies centres from the 90s till present

[no1bulldog]

Darren Smith
Matt Ryan had a good couple of years
Nigel Vagana
Willie Talau
Shane marteene had a good run in the semis one year
McCracken is a piece of shit

 

[RobT]

I loved watching Gary Connolly. Very talented Englishman played for Dogs in 1993.

 

[hotdogs]

How can you go past Nigel Vagana as No1 - so dynamic and entertaining. Rate him as one of the best centres ever .Would kill it still today .
Knew how to hit a hole, could step ,had speed, Oozed X factor, He loved scoring tries .
Cant split -
Willie Talau - was so powerful and explosive, and came from nowhere- A Folkes masterclass
Twinkle toes Tonga - flourished at the dogs with a great team around him .It was like he flicked a switch when he came to the dogs .
Matty Ryan - was so underrated and consistent ,great player .
Josh Morris- Strong, fast ,modern day centre ,Was such a great player.

Special mention to McCracken and connelly ,what a centre pairing

 

[craigo]

There has to be one cheeky farker in the group. Back to nawty corner buddy !

5 of the best ever

 

[CroydonDog]

At their peak form Vagana and J-Moz.

Vagana was brilliant in his prime.

As was Timu, but his "prime" was rather shortlived.

 

[ddt192]

J Moz is my fkn guy

 

[Howie B]

Since 1990ish :

Best premiership year - Willie Tonga
Best import - Gary Connolly (just pips Timu)
Most underrated - Matt Ryan
Most longevity - J Moz
My favourite - Willie Talau

Overall best - Vagana. Best 3 years that a centre from the dogs has strung together since I have been watching them

 

[PaulS]

Big choices

My top 7.centres in this period

1. Vagana
2. J Moz
3. Talau
4. Timu
5. Matthew Ryan
6. Shane Martenee
7. Gary Connelly

McCracken was rubbish. Sure he played some good games but 1994 semi and gf he was putrid.
Glad he pissed off in 95

Connelly wasn't here long but 93 was great to watch.

Timu should only be judged on 1995.

96 was a very tough year and it was not his best.

Martenee under rated. Did a good job.

Willy Talau goes Kapow..best hole runner in
98 to 02..

Vagana and Jmoz were best 2...


Sorry Willie Tonga had a great 2004 , rest he was in injury ward before he pissed off. Sorry I didn't rate him only 04.

 

[bulldog butch]

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Vagana was brilliant in his prime.

As was Timu, but his "prime" was rather shortlived.

Agree with shortlived, pretty sure Timu's last year with us he played 20+ games at centre with not 1 try....

 

[Nate DAWG]

Nasheed here,
Matthew Ryan
Kerrod Holland
Josh Morris
Bronson Xerri

Fkn clown

 

[Nate DAWG]

Vagana and Tonga are the best I’ve seen. Special mention to JMoz.
Talau and Timu had a great season or two as well but not as consistent as the above

 

[KLil]

Apart from the Belmore Immortals in Lamb, Mortimer, Folkes and Dr George…. Darren Smith would be my favourite player . Tough and versatile!

Play him anywhere! Both Smith lads were guns of the game.

 

[KLil]

1.Smith and Matt Ryan ( blokes were just class )

2.Timu and Jmoz ( Could depend on these blokes in big games )

3.Tonga and McCracken ( Had some absolute cracker moments )

4.Vagana and Talau ( Good try scorers )

 

[Nasheed]

Fkn clown

Why clown?
Was asked for my favourites so I gave them. No wrong answers and it’s my truth.

 

[stevesonthebay]

I chose centres who were at the Dogs for at least 5 years or more.
I reckon Josh Morris all respect being a long term centre who consistently produced the goods.
Darren Smith for similar reasons but especially his footy brains like his brother Jason.
Willie Tallau same again. I think Vagana had better moments but Talau was Vagana like for 6 years at the Dogs.
Got to include MaCracken for his sheer power game in breaking the line and his head on defence.

Special mention Hopoate, Tonga and Timu. I also remember Ryan being a tough centre. We seem to have had a lot of tough rather than fast centres in the style of Farrah and Chris Mortimer.

 

[gbrussell]

JMOZ and Crackers.

 

[Nate DAWG]

Why clown?
Was asked for my favourites so I gave them. No wrong answers and it’s my truth.

Holland is the wrong fkn answer

 

[Robbothedestroyer]

Since 1990ish :

Best premiership year - Willie Tonga
Best import - Gary Connolly (just pips Timu)
Most underrated - Matt Ryan
Most longevity - J Moz
My favourite - Willie Talau

Overall best - Vagana. Best 3 years that a centre from the dogs has strung together since I have been watching them

Connolly was great, him and Jonathon Davies were great pommie imports shame they both only stayed for 1 year.

 

[Robbothedestroyer]

Holland is the wrong fkn answer

Yep so is Xerri wtf hasn’t even played a game for dogs yet.

 

[maltalian_dog]

Tonga is still underrated for mine he was better than hodges