Both Monaghan's are playing fantastic recently, they'll be pivotal for the rest of this season!

Kevin Ashcroft for me, then Kevin Tamati then Roger O'Mahoney then Monas. Monas role as hooker is much watered down since back then.

Forgot Tamati - another great player, Ashcroft was just before my time. Have you seen that biff between Tamati and Greg dowling in the Aussies v nz test- Tamati was one hard MF. Type it into the 'video sharing site'.

superleague era?

Sorry I didn't see it said SL era. I thought he said since 80s.

Monas then. easy

Kevin Ashcroft was 70's

He was technically if you want to split hairs. but still a coach here as the decade turned and he coached Myself.

He left in 1975. He returned as a coach 1982. Not a happy period when he was coach if I can remember.

Thought it was 1981/1982 we almost won the league too.

1980–81 under Billy Benyon

It was. I remember. He got sacked and I never knew quite why. We should have kept him longer.
I think he went saints and lasted a season there too. Not sure.

Perhaps he opened his mouth. back then the boards had little patience for being told how it is.

Michael Monaghan is streets above any hooker Ive seen at this club and I don't say that lightly because he was a good awful sight as a half back in his first year and wasn't that good last year, but on song better than anyone that Ive seen play hooker in this country. the only thing that's different now is you don't have to kick people - sorry strike for the ball in the scrum anymore.

Apologies if it causes offense but if anyone thinks the role is watered down since stevo played it is just as stupid as him. I don't remember the Tony Waller's or John dalgreens running at big fat forwards and leaving them for dead like Monas did at Paleasina in the 2009 semi.

whats good about the Front row pic in my avatar is Boyd Tamati and Jackson played in those positions in that game so it was an Awesome "real front row". But Kevin Tamati was a prop forward really and he wasn't better than Duane Mann who was an out and hooker.


Boyd Tamati Jackson was a legendary front row and the toughest you will ever see......ever

Morley Monagahan Carvell 2011 was better.

Watered down is nonsense! Hooking role is far far more important than its ever been! Monas first Duane Mann second and to beat Duane Mann takes a LOT of beating

Wire fans wont be particularly surprised to See Steve Roach swinging punches at Tamati's Head while Wayne Pearce his holding Tamati in a bear hug pulling him away from the fight.

Pearce is doing nothing wrong, anyone that's been in a blue knows that's what you do, you stop the opposition from fighting rather than your own man. but hitting a bloke who had both arms wrapped up is exactly what Roach was all about.

oh and Kurt Sorensen Stayed down "injured" in back play why the entire brawl happened which wont suprise some people either.

Random fact about that Dowling v Tamati brawl. One of the spectators just behind the fence where they were fighting was a young Mark Taylor, later to be Australia cricket captain in the 1990s. He got blood spattered on his shirt from the brawl.