Best half back flanker in the past 50 years

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Best half back flanker in the past 50 years

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Let's do this as

- best lock down flanker
- best rebounding flanker


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Some names that come to mind ...

Besanko
Aussie Jones
Peckett

Who else?


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Daryl Griffith


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Trev Barker

Jason Gram was one of our best rebound half backs- a proven finals performer


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Austinnnn Jones. What a gun.


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Barker should have been at half back flank but we needed him everywhere!


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Barker would have been if he'd played there enough, unfortunately he was always needed to fill other holes. Therefore I'm going for Austin Jones.


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Cat Colling?
Jim O'Dea?


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Justin Peckett was certainly one of the most skilful. He was a good runner, could kick both feet and could mark overhead. He was also a good reader of the play. A most underrated player who had 252 games with the Saints. He was second in the B&F twice, including in 1997.


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Does BJ belong in the rebounding flanker category or more of a general utility?


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Post: # 1708852Post Trev from the Bush »

Barks.

Daryl Griffiths should have been one of the Club's greatest ever players but for leaving at the ripe old age of 23. Terrific on a back flank, but a star as a ruck-rover. Made his debut as a full forward aged 17 in 1963, kicked a goal with his first kick in the opening minutes at Windy Hill and was brutally cleaned up by "Bluey" Shelton a few minutes later. His first season lasted all of 5 minutes.

Jimmy O'Dea was a great servant over 13 or 14 seasons, Greening incident and all. A good size and tough as they came.

Aussie absolutely blossomed when he took on the role of a running half back; I was very surprised when he retired. But Trevor Barker, brilliant at full back, became a real star on the back flank.


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Austinn Jones for me -- quite easily. His delivery out of defence was absolutely superb.

Joffa Cunningham next.
I loved Jimmy O'Dea.
And for some reason I rate Brett Voss very highly there too.

Trevor Barker and Robbie Muir were both superlative defenders -- amongst our greatest ever -- but were they half back flankers?
Alex Jesaulenko was an OK player too.


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Best rebounding HBF - B Voss/A Jones
Best lock down - Dempster


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I have Barker as the best HBF, Aussie on the wing, and Darryl Griffiths off fhe bench as a midfielder who could also play HBF.


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George27 wrote:I have Barker as the best HBF, Aussie on the wing, and Darryl Griffiths off fhe bench as a midfielder who could also play HBF.
Re the question from Whiskas re BJ, I have him on the other back flank. I am waiting for BFUSA to invite us to pick our best team of the last 50 years. I go back further than that, but will enjoy the (friendly ) debate when we try to put these champions into a team.


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bergsone wrote:David Grant

Great player and a better than average mark.


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Post: # 1708922Post Drake Huggins »

Aussie on one side. Barks on the other.


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Post: # 1709553Post leighsaintsince66 »

Neil Besanko "Racehorse" was a competent half back.
He was one of the fastest players I have seen at the Saints, along with Aussie Jones 2-3 decades later.

Aussie of course, was also a very fine half back (and wing), with pin-point disposal.


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