The All-Airport XV.

[Teh Other Dave]

HM Berrick Barnes, king of the f***ing midfield up-and-under. It's no accident Qld won the comp after he went from Eagle Farm to Mascot.

Oh, and just another bump for #WillSkelton. That's how the internet works, isn't it?

 

[Dismal Pillock]

Not sure about Barnes. He seemed very well performed to me. Do we have a voucher?

How about Wendell Sailor?

I dunno about Wendy. He seemed fairly terrifyingly impressive at times to me.

MAKE YOUR CASE TEX

SHOW YOUR WORKING

 

[brokendown]

I know i'm going back a bit,but Kit Fawcett at 14,surely?

 

[Teh Other Dave]

Was Henjak ever really touted as the next big thing? The naughties did produce a shit load of overhyped talent. Anyway, on the topic of naughty, he's forever immortalised in DP's crim XV/90s Brisbane private school thread.

 

[Teh Other Dave]

Not sure about Barnes. He seemed very well performed to me. Do we have a voucher?

He did have an outstanding game against Wales. In a meaningless 3rd v 4th playoff at the 2011 RWC.

 

[Tex]

The Big Dell case is made on a comparison of the utter cock strutting alpha dominance of his NRL years:

Broncos, 196 games, 122 tries​

Maroons, 14 games, 1 try​

Kangaroos, 16 games, 17 tries​

St George, 33 games 17 tries.​

To the relative desert of his time in Australian union:

Reds, 47 games, 12 tries​

Tahs, 8 games 4 tries​

Wallabies, 37 games, 13 tries.​

Looked great in a tight t-shirt tho.

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

Mark Chisolm is an all-time 'looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane' contender.

Hell yes. Chizzz looked like an absolute wrecking ball of muscled glory, but played well below his weight for mine. Just like Sitaleki Timani.

 

[Rob42]

I'd suggest Luke Burgess for 9. Big bloke for a scrum half, well-proportioned, more a "half-forward" than a half-back. Unfortunately, passing skills often more like a front-row forward too.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

The Big Dell case is made on a comparison of the utter cock strutting alpha dominance of his NRL years:

Broncos, 196 games, 122 tries​

Maroons, 14 games, 1 try​

Kangaroos, 16 games, 17 tries​

St George, 33 games 17 tries.​

To the relative desert of his time in Australian union:

Reds, 47 games, 12 tries​

Tahs, 8 games 4 tries​

Wallabies, 37 games, 13 tries.​

Looked great in a tight t-shirt tho.

I hear ya Tex but me not knowing anything about that idiotic paint-by-numbers tonka toy of a sport dont help. They could be giving away tries like Cyclo gives away boiled sweeties to the sprogs at the bus stop for all I know.

Wallabies, 37 games, 13 tries.

This is a pretty good return chief

 

[Drew]

In my opinion Luke Burgess always had that bit of leeway in his game considering he was in the Fifths at Joeys and was kind of goofy in a “I’m stoked to be here” Sort of way. Whereas Henjak had the look at me haircut and the pedigree of his uncle winning the commonwealth bank cup (league schoolboy knockout). Also brought the whole leaguie fight your teammates on the turps thing to the table.
Looking at five eighths? Sam Norton Knight?

 

[lincoln]

Matt Dunning at 1 (before he went low-carb)

 

[Tomikin]

Caderyn Neville picked sole for the fact he was 202 cms and 130 kgs of looks.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

Matt Dunning at 1 (before he went low-carb)

Begs the question; where does Al Baxter figure in all of this?

 

[Drew]

always loved how he puffed his chest out and set a pillar at the rucks.

 

[brokendown]

No idea here. What was his expectation/crap ratio?

he correctly predicted(for him) on that tour there would be more scoring off the paddock,than on it

 

[Rebels3]

Begs the question; where does Al Baxter figure in all of this?

Baxter he’d have killer calves considering he spent a career on rollerskates.

Butch James at 10?

Alex Cuthbert on the wing?

Controversial but I have always thought Etzebeth gets more praise than his actually game quality. Mostert, Snyman, De Jagr all better players in my book yet constantly play second fiddle.

 

[Drew]

Ryan McGoldrick our wide somewhere. Crossed over from league with a bit of fanfare, didn’t achieve much. Went back to league, ended up in the UK, collecting tats and apparently using the spare room as a strip club. Always liked Jannie de Beer from the Springboks, wasn’t too athletic, but kicked 7(?) field goals to knock England out of a World Cup. But that probably goes against the concept of looks like they will be impressive but aren’t.

 

[Dan54]

I know i'm going back a bit,but Kit Fawcett at 14,surely?

Was going to mention Fawcett too brokendown, but thought he was too far back, same as Farrell at 15, though to be fair Farrell didn't look a great player in the flesh anyway!

 

[Dan54]

No idea here. What was his expectation/crap ratio?

Probably to be fair like farrell there wasn't a lot of expectation from Fawcett, so perhaps he shouldn't make the team.

 

[Dan54]

As an aside for the complete opposite, Cowboy Shaw when you saw him in civvies in shopping centre/Airport etc , looked like an innocent little boy, was the exact opposite on the field!