mozza
Game on broheim
Loved Richie. Such a tough player, would run though a brick ball to make up for an error.
Biggest disappointments (players)
- Thread starter Brad tighe
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This moment always summed up Richie Fa'aoso to me, made the error to blow a try with the line wide open, but came back a few moments later with a run that nobody would ever have been able to stop to tie the match up.
PingaPonga
Daniel Saifiti
This thread makes me feel old going down memory lane, remembering all these players 
MattyM
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
This is the first game of rugby league I can actually remember watching. I was 11. Scotty Dureau field goal still burned in my memory like it was yesterday.
Brad tighe
Darren Treacy
He signed with the club but didn’t get registered but I wish we got to see arana taumata would’ve been in 2008. Currently sitting in Kempsey jail such a waste of talent
I don't know if we were ever seriously going to get him but do remember at the time there was definitely interest
Brad tighe
Darren Treacy
For me it’s definitely Mullo. If we’re being honest a lot of our juniors were overhyped within the supporter base so they naturally disappointed when they hit FG.
Mullo genuinely had all the talent in the world though. We saw it in FG, just never consistently. There was always something holding him back and mentally effecting him. He should have been a world class 6, but we decided to play him 7 when Johns retired which started all the “next Joey” ********. It was all downhill from then sadly, before his career even started.
Mullo genuinely had all the talent in the world though. We saw it in FG, just never consistently. There was always something holding him back and mentally effecting him. He should have been a world class 6, but we decided to play him 7 when Johns retired which started all the “next Joey” ********. It was all downhill from then sadly, before his career even started.
That’s a big call. I’d love Mullen now! For me he’s comfortably our best half since Joey, and was consistently in our top two or three players every season he was with us. His long kicking game was always one of the best in the competition. Deserved more games for NSW as well. Really happy to see him back involved in Old Boy’s Day etc now.
That’s what I mean - I reckon he was extremely talented. Just never hit the heights I think he was capable of or performed consistently. Injuries didn’t help there though either.
He also went through six different coaching regimes in his 11 years of first grade which wouldn’t have helped. If he’d spent his entire career at the Storm he’d probably be talked about as one of the ATGs, I reckon.
I do think he was pretty consistent though!
Defence wins games
Todd Bates
Unfortunately his hamstrings were no good.
Saw him rip one off the bone in a pre season game, took the season to get it right, until next one went….
Grandpa Joe
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
Yeah his shocking hands always come to mind.
Hey just randomly whatever happened to Herman Ese Ese similar player.
started with us, as in a junior or lower grader, a few players come to mind... Russell Richards, Daryl Gordon, Jacob Ling, Scott Briggs and Jared Edwards all should have played first grade for the Knights and Jason Savin, Jeremy Ma'a and Scotty Perrin all had a bit about them too...never got a look-in for one reason or another...
as for imports, well, quite a long list of guys that failed to fire here: Lee Jackson, Russell Richardson, Luke Davico, Mitchell Sargent, Ben Cross, Wes Naiqama, Steve Southern, Rory Kostjasyn, Josh Starling, Jacob Lillyman, Chris Heighington, Slade Griffin, Tautau Moga, Edrick Lee and Trent Hodkinson all struggled with either injury or just not clicking which prevented them from getting it done...
as for imports, well, quite a long list of guys that failed to fire here: Lee Jackson, Russell Richardson, Luke Davico, Mitchell Sargent, Ben Cross, Wes Naiqama, Steve Southern, Rory Kostjasyn, Josh Starling, Jacob Lillyman, Chris Heighington, Slade Griffin, Tautau Moga, Edrick Lee and Trent Hodkinson all struggled with either injury or just not clicking which prevented them from getting it done...
Junior
Dean Carney
Rory kostjasyn is hard by getting named on this list. He got injured by a teammate in pre season, a freak accident and uncommon injury to that sent him into early retirement
Billy
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
Dylan Phythian could have been our Mat Burton if he didn't have knees that snapped for no reason.
He had a massive boot and his ability to kick from 40 or even 50 metres out and find open ground and stop the ball in the ingoal was almost unique. Lot's of guys can do it from close range, but he seemed able to put the ball where he wanted.
His injuries were really odd. At least 2 times I saw him just jogging along, minding his own business, and going down like someone had shot him in the knee.
He had a massive boot and his ability to kick from 40 or even 50 metres out and find open ground and stop the ball in the ingoal was almost unique. Lot's of guys can do it from close range, but he seemed able to put the ball where he wanted.
His injuries were really odd. At least 2 times I saw him just jogging along, minding his own business, and going down like someone had shot him in the knee.
I can’t be alone in thinking heighington did a job for us. He was at the end of his career when he signed with us but always ran and tackled hard in his short stints from the bench. We’ve had a couple of signings like that over the years. Sauso Sue always turned up. At that stage of their careers you wouldn’t want either as your starting prop, but they would give you an honest stint off the bench