Remember that random player?

If you're talking players with all the ability, but didn't get to play many games, how about Jason Edwards in the early 90's?
 
what's that pong said:
Terence seu seu a kurri junior, played a few games at hooker
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He originally played fullback in SG Ball and was pretty good.
He did his knee and came back the next year for Flegg but had lost all his pace.
The team had a great hooker at Ball level who decided to give the game away and they really needed a hooker, so Terrence put his hand up and went all the way to the grandfinal as a makeshift hooker who was learning on the job.
His father played Union and League well into his 40s and actually played alongside Terrence for Kurri.
He played for a few NRL sides and was playing in the real NRL till about 2 years ago.
 
Defender1 said:
If you're talking players with all the ability, but didn't get to play many games, how about Jason Edwards in the early 90's?
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All the natural ability you could want . Just didn't have the dedication to make the most of it . On a sad note I read he passed away awhile ago
 
The Tupou brothers.
They could have been a great Knights dynasty if things had gone differently.

Anthony was the oldest brother. He was very unfit when in our under 20s and played at 120kg. He used to come off the bench and destroy sides for 20 minutes, often winning us the game. He was poached by the Roosters and they got him super fit and he went on to play for Australia at 100kg. He came back to the Knights to finish his career and you still see him around town looking so fit he could run marathons. He looks less than 80kg now.

Willie Tupou was the second brother. He went to the Roosters with Anthony and played juniors for them. He played reserve grade for the Roosters and I think Saint George before returning to the Knights in the Brian Smith years. He was our best forward in reserve grade and everyone said he was ready to debut for firstgrade when he suffered a major neck injury and had to retire at 23. Knights doctor Halpin said he was lucky to avoid paraplegia.

Jon Tupou was the 3rd brother. He came through the Wests system with players like Mullen, Luke Walsh, Cory Patterson etc and was a super fit but pretty small lock forward. In our 2006 Flegg side that made the grandfinal and won the minor premiership he played full minutes at lock forward in most games and allowed big boys like Kade Snowden, Cory Patterson, Larry Tuafua (Payne Haas's look alike uncle), Tim Natusch and Hanan Laban (current CEO at the Dolphins) to play shorter minutes with higher impact. He played some reserve grade but was too small for firstgrade.

Ben Tupou was the youngest brother. He was one of our best prop forward juniors through the junior grades but a series of injuries meant he never made reserve grade. He was the biggest of the brothers and looked like he could have been the best till injuries stopped him.

I remember going to junior games where Ben was playing and Anthony Tupou, who was playing for Australia at the time, would travel up from Sydney to watch Ben play. All the polynesian juniors and younger kids would flock around Anthony and it really looked like our future was going to be mostly polynesian at that time, but it hasn't worked out for some reason.
 
Billy said:
The Tupou brothers.
They could have been a great Knights dynasty if things had gone differently.

Anthony was the oldest brother. He was very unfit when in our under 20s and played at 120kg. He used to come off the bench and destroy sides for 20 minutes, often winning us the game. He was poached by the Roosters and they got him super fit and he went on to play for Australia at 100kg. He came back to the Knights to finish his career and you still see him around town looking so fit he could run marathons. He looks less than 80kg now.

Willie Tupou was the second brother. He went to the Roosters with Anthony and played juniors for them. He played reserve grade for the Roosters and I think Saint George before returning to the Knights in the Brian Smith years. He was our best forward in reserve grade and everyone said he was ready to debut for firstgrade when he suffered a major neck injury and had to retire at 23. Knights doctor Halpin said he was lucky to avoid paraplegia.

Jon Tupou was the 3rd brother. He came through the Wests system with players like Mullen, Luke Walsh, Cory Patterson etc and was a super fit but pretty small lock forward. In our 2006 Flegg side that made the grandfinal and won the minor premiership he played full minutes at lock forward in most games and allowed big boys like Kade Snowden, Cory Patterson, Larry Tuafua (Payne Haas's look alike uncle), Tim Natusch and Hanan Laban (current CEO at the Dolphins) to play shorter minutes with higher impact. He played some reserve grade but was too small for firstgrade.

Ben Tupou was the youngest brother. He was one of our best prop forward juniors through the junior grades but a series of injuries meant he never made reserve grade. He was the biggest of the brothers and looked like he could have been the best till injuries stopped him.

I remember going to junior games where Ben was playing and Anthony Tupou, who was playing for Australia at the time, would travel up from Sydney to watch Ben play. All the polynesian juniors and younger kids would flock around Anthony and it really looked like our future was going to be mostly polynesian at that time, but it hasn't worked out for some reason.
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I always thought the Liki Liki bros could’ve been something special but they both kind of lacked the defensive game. Toka could’ve been a handy impact prop he was 18th man a few times under Bennett.
 
Billy said:
The Tupou brothers.
They could have been a great Knights dynasty if things had gone differently.

Anthony was the oldest brother. He was very unfit when in our under 20s and played at 120kg. He used to come off the bench and destroy sides for 20 minutes, often winning us the game. He was poached by the Roosters and they got him super fit and he went on to play for Australia at 100kg. He came back to the Knights to finish his career and you still see him around town looking so fit he could run marathons. He looks less than 80kg now.

Willie Tupou was the second brother. He went to the Roosters with Anthony and played juniors for them. He played reserve grade for the Roosters and I think Saint George before returning to the Knights in the Brian Smith years. He was our best forward in reserve grade and everyone said he was ready to debut for firstgrade when he suffered a major neck injury and had to retire at 23. Knights doctor Halpin said he was lucky to avoid paraplegia.

Jon Tupou was the 3rd brother. He came through the Wests system with players like Mullen, Luke Walsh, Cory Patterson etc and was a super fit but pretty small lock forward. In our 2006 Flegg side that made the grandfinal and won the minor premiership he played full minutes at lock forward in most games and allowed big boys like Kade Snowden, Cory Patterson, Larry Tuafua (Payne Haas's look alike uncle), Tim Natusch and Hanan Laban (current CEO at the Dolphins) to play shorter minutes with higher impact. He played some reserve grade but was too small for firstgrade.

Ben Tupou was the youngest brother. He was one of our best prop forward juniors through the junior grades but a series of injuries meant he never made reserve grade. He was the biggest of the brothers and looked like he could have been the best till injuries stopped him.

I remember going to junior games where Ben was playing and Anthony Tupou, who was playing for Australia at the time, would travel up from Sydney to watch Ben play. All the polynesian juniors and younger kids would flock around Anthony and it really looked like our future was going to be mostly polynesian at that time, but it hasn't worked out for some reason.
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I believe there was abit more to the B Tupou thing than injuries but definitely an incredibly talented family.
 
Brad tighe said:
I always thought the Liki Liki bros could’ve been something special but they both kind of lacked the defensive game. Toka could’ve been a handy impact prop he was 18th man a few times under Bennett.
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Neither of them had a big enough motor.
The one who played centre did some of the best barnstorming runs you'll ever see, but only 2 or 3 times a game. He spent the rest of the game trying to catch his breath.
 
Jeff Doyle.

I used to collect football cards as a young child, even had the album to put them in. One night, I was laying in bed recounting them all, one by one, in order - until I got to Jeff Doyle, whose name eluded me for what seemed like hours, so much so that I got out of bed, got out the card album and checked his name.

For some strange reason, I have never been able to forget his name since.
 
Battler said:
Jeff Doyle.

I used to collect football cards as a young child, even had the album to put them in. One night, I was laying in bed recounting them all, one by one, in order - until I got to Jeff Doyle, whose name eluded me for what seemed like hours, so much so that I got out of bed, got out the card album and checked his name.

For some strange reason, I have never been able to forget his name since.
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He was very good for us in the early years, one of the few who could regularly break the line. Unfortunately, wasn't quick, but had good size for a centre.
 
Owey said:
He was very good for us in the early years, one of the few who could regularly break the line. Unfortunately, wasn't quick, but had good size for a centre.
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I'm too young to really remember him, yet I'll never forget him 😶
 
Ryan Stig popped up in the club training session video that was released. He's a bloke I haven't seen in a while. He joined in on an after school game of touch footy that was just me and a few mates one afternoon at Kentish oval, champion of a guy.
 
Mad Dogs brother Luke McDougall. Unsure how many first grade games he played, but he was on reportedly big money in Brian Smiths time and spent most of the time injured. Another recruiting coup by the Knights.
 
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