Re: Worst overseas signings : Sat Oct 14, 2023 8:32 pm  

Dunkirk Spirit wrote:

One I’ll never forget is Brent Todd

Yet was a kiwi test player around the time , which is bizarre

Re: Worst overseas signings : Sat Oct 14, 2023 8:43 pm  

Chris Mortimer, came with a huge reputation and was useless

Re: Worst overseas signings : Sat Oct 14, 2023 9:00 pm  

charlie wrote:

I was just thinking Whitaker, I remember as a kid people saying he was poor.

What about Glenn Tomlinson?

Tomlinson was unlucky with badly broken leg and never hit his true potential. Where as Whitaker was just dreadful.

Re: Worst overseas signings : Sat Oct 14, 2023 10:07 pm  

trinfan71 wrote:

Tomlinson was unlucky with badly broken leg and never hit his true potential. Where as Whitaker was just dreadful.

Tomlinson took a lot of flak but set up plenty of scores for others during that 1st season. I think they call them assists these days.

Re: Worst overseas signings : Sat Oct 14, 2023 10:13 pm  

FIL wrote:

Okay, cheers guys....this is the 17 that I've got so far, which is purely subjective of courseg and apologies for those that I couldn't fit in...do people generally agree with it or are there any more that we have missed ??

1) Matt Seers
2) Jorge Taufua
3) Vince Mellor
4) Peter Benson
5) Matt Peterson
6) Julian O'Neill
7) Aaron Whittaker
8 ) Jarrod Hickey
9) Harry Siejka
10) Clinton O'Brien
11) Steve Southern
12) Anthony Tupou
13) Kevin Proctor
14) Jeremy Smith
15) Robert Piva
16) Ronnie Trautmann
17) Brent Todd

Did Siejka actually play at 9 or was he scrum half ??

Scrum half. Personally i’d rate him below Whittaker just. Tomlinson i thought wasn’t great either. Talipeau was a hooker wasn’t he? He’s a call for nine.

Lets not forget Charlie Leaeno either. Most pointless signing we’ve made.

Re: Worst overseas signings : Sat Oct 14, 2023 10:24 pm  

I disagree Leaeno being the most pointless, surely that goes to Proctor?

Re: Worst overseas signings : Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:34 am  

Gotta throw Ali Lau into the mix here!

Re: Worst overseas signings : Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:43 am  

For me it has to be Proctor.

It would be unfair for me to say Hickey, as I wasnt in the country during the season he was here.

Also Hickey only played a few games, whereas weve been lumbered with Proctor for the whole season

Re: Worst overseas signings : Sun Oct 15, 2023 10:00 am  

I thought Isaac John was rubbish for us as well.

Re: Worst overseas signings : Sun Oct 15, 2023 10:22 am  

Adam_Harrison9 wrote:

I thought Isaac John was rubbish for us as well.

Flopped after a bit of hype from his reserve grade run with the warriors.

Don’t think it was a true reflection of how good he was, he went on to play at a much better level that SL and competently as well.