I think O'loughlin at his best was actually a better all round player than Farrell at his best. I preferred Farrell in his younger years when he was known for his fend and running out wide so i picked him at second row where he played most of his rugby in those days.

Radlinski
Robinson
Carmont
Renouf
Richards
Green
Lam
C Smith
Riddell
Cowie
Furner
Cassidy
Farrell

Pongia
O'Connor
Logan
Hansen

2nd best team. Id love to watch a match between 1st choice team and this one

Radlinski
Dallas
Gleeson
Carmont
Carney
Finch
Tommy
Coley
McIllorum
Fielden
J Tomkins
Hansen
Furner

Flower
Feka
Fletcher
Farrell (Liam)

Thank God you're not coach lol

3rd team

Escare
Charnley
Goulding
Gildart
Manfredi
Green
Johns
Clubb
Riddell
Howard
Cassidy
Bailey
O'Neil

Mossop
SeuSeu
Williams
Naverette

If there was worst team since 2000 then Richie Mathers Karl Pryce, Desi Williams and Liam Botham and the player nicknamed Adrian Lam in drag would win

Who was that guy who Millward signed and he cant play after 6pm?

Worst team

Mathers
Desi Williams
Karl Pryce
David Hodgson
Wes Davies
Willie Peters (C)
Dennis Moron
Francis Stephenson
Mark Smith
Brady Malam
Liam Botham
Tim Jonkers
Player who cant play after 6pm????

Willie Peters wasn't that bad, was he?

No but i cant think of anybody worse after Moron. Ill tell you what, since hes unlucky to be in there he can be captain

Really wanted us to keep him at the time

Thank god your not

No Lauaki in the worst team?

No, he wanted to try his hand in the NRL and he was a failure.

Youve no O'loughlin but youve got Logan. Yeah whatever,

He can be water carrier

I’d have Amos Roberts before Escare. He was incredible up until that injury in 2010.

or Matty Bowen

Peak Hock beats Peak J Tomkins for me.

Hock in his prime was one of the most fearsome back rowers i have ever seen in any era.

Faz to prop just to accommodate SOL alongside Smith

I thought Bowen had his moments, but Amos Roberts was incredible. Albeit only for 6 months.

Harsh on D. Hodgson! I'd have a few there in front of him. Possibly even David Vaealiki for how much of a let down he was, but then again there was that length of the field try against Saints...

I think the second XIII is probably an even more interesting one, given how many shoe-ins are in the best.

Probably wouldn't make too many changes with your teams (maybe swap 2000 Connolly with Carmont) but the competition for the wing spots are frightening.

After Robinson & Richards, you've got Carney, Dallas, Charnley, Roberts, Manfredi and even a fully fit Burgess who don't have much between them. Actually, the fact that basically nobody has said Charnley despite him getting basically a try a game shows how well off we've been for wingers.

Richards by plenty for me, Richards was much better than Dallas because he had so many strings to his bow. He was a far greater aerial threat, could bump players off to score in the corner, hit hard coming out of our 20m, made the high kick to the corner a waste for the opposition, physically dominated his opposite number when defending, plus he can kick a touchline conversion, 50m dropout, drop goal from halfway, cover at full back. The only places where Dallas beats Richards IMO are speed, agility, and getting a quick ptb. He won us penalties as well as he was a high-tackle magnet.

1. Radlinski
2. Charnley
3. Renouf
4. Carmont
5. Richards
6. Barrett
7. S.Tomkins
8. O'Connor
9. Leuluai
10. A.Farrell
11. Hoffman
12. Hock
13. O'Loughlin

14. Bateman
15. Lam
16. C.Smith
17. J.Tomkins

(I never got to see Robinson play so haven't included him). Honourable mentions to Dallas, Connolly, Green, Newton, Furner and L.Farrell

The sun worshipper was Luisi Sione, by the way. Glad someone else remembers him. I was talking about his to some others involved in rugby a couple of months ago and they thought I was making it up

Did he also refuse to play on Sundays