Note Hodgson and Johnson played at 4 points a try.

Whitehead played 2 points for a drop goal until 73.

Hodgsons defence was like a revolving door

Fullbacks as in playing the position not including kicking
in front of Hodgeson I would put in no order
Whitehead
Hesford
Johnson
Lyon
Ford
Davies
then Hodgeson who's defence was aweful imo

Billy Aspinall?
Keith Affleck ?
Lee Penny?
Chris Eckersley?
Derek Finnigan ?

Davies played the majority of his games for us at Centre - certainly in 93-94. If you're saying David Lyon was a better full-back that Brett Hodgson then your credibilty is up for some serious questioing. Lyon was ok at best, and didn't look spectacular when he went playing for Saints either.


Hodgson is far an way the best full-back i've seen playing in the P&B in my time watching - one who would win you games, and did so on a regular basis.

Brett Hodgson turnstyle in Defence Oh my giddy loving god......!!!!
you could find a hundred clips of Billy Slater being goosed one on one while hes the last line of defence ....
even more of Sam Tomkins. you cant judge a full back on that

Is it the same Brett Hodgson who was key to us having the best attack and Defence in the league in 2011

I'd think about putting Hodgson into my best ever top 3 Aussie players we've ever had....

this kind of thinking doesnt bode well for any tries scored down Kevin Penny's wing next season ...all his fault again i'm afraid........

maybe the club could put little tips on the general understanding of Rugby League on bottom of the pint pots so more people would have a fecking clue what they are on about..........

I liked Lyon and Penny but couldn't put them above Hodgson.
Davies could play anywhere in the backs (and one of my fav players) but didn't play much as fullback for us so didn't include him.

Still, nice to dismantle the reputation of another ex-player and continue the theme of "He wasn't really that good was he?" that started before Briers tears were dry on his GF shirt.

I well remember standing on the fletcher end during Phil Blake's first stint (22 tries in 19 games), watching in astonishment as Blake took the ball chipped the defence, regathered, sidestepped the FB, lost a boot and outpaced the cover to score for what was a fairly regulation try for him. As the wires faithful went crazy, some guy next to me harrumphed and said "all he can do is score tries, can't tackle to save his life."

Beginning to think said person is alive and well on this forum.

This. I'm willing to bet that there are a few people who've said exactly that on this thread, who until two months ago wouldn't have said a word against Brett Hodgson. As for comparing him with players from yesteryear, there isn't any point. Hodgson is (or was) a completely different type of player from all the others, so how can they be compared? For example, both he and Derek Whitehead were fine goal kickers and both won the Lance Todd Trophy, but how else can you compare them?
Hodgson was a fine signing (one that I disagreed with at the time, but I was wrong), and did well for us, but time was starting to catch up and he took one knock too many. Good luck to him for whatever he does in the future.

I could write a book with some of the pearls of wisdom I have heard in the south stand this year!

You missed out Gary Hulse. Didn't he play full back for a game or so. Surely he's ahead of Hodgson in your view.

Can you move onto props next please? Start with our worst ever - Morley and Carvell - and work up the list to the likes of Teitzel and Fogerty etc.

Go on, you know you want to!

No way. And not even a mention of Mathers or Reardon!

Don't start him off, it'll be centres next.

That's his all time favourite subject. Don't think he needs any encouragement from me.....

I wasn't old enough to see some of those players on PADDERS list, but I assume from that you mean they were crap?