Player Addin Fonua-Blake

[wizard of Tauranga]

The legend!

Is he the best prop to ever play for the Warriors?

2023 form has been simply awesome

 

[WahsaurusRex]

Addin Fonua-Blake
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Name	Addin Fonua-Blake
Born	06 November 1995 (Meadowbank, New South Wales)
Height	189cm
Weight	123kg
Position	Prop, Lock, Second Row
Warriors Player Number	#252
Warriors Debut	Round 1 vs. Gold Coast Titans, 13 March 2021
Warriors Career	2021-
Representative	Tonga, New Zealand
Junior Club	Mascot Jets
Previous Club	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
NRL Debut	Round 7 vs. Wests Tigers, 10 August 2016 (Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles)

 

[Christchurch_Warrior]

My favorite player. He sometimes looks nearly disinterested but the impact he has is just immense let alone the numbers he pumps out.

 

[Defence]

First for post contact meters for the year.



Also second for run meters-



Third for decoys



And scored 8 tries- what a player.

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Worth every penny we are giving him.

 

[Kiwi In Tasmania]

I would love to see him bring out his offload. I feel he has a great offload but does not use it enough.

 

[tyrael]

First for post contact meters for the year.

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Also second for run meters-

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Third for decoys

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And scored 8 tries- what a player.

Has any prop scored more?

 

[Defence]

Has any prop scored more?

No- tino closest with 6.

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Would have loved to see the AFB vs Haas duel at Suncorp this week. Oh well, I guess it has to wait till the GF!

 

[Aman 2.0]

How can haas and AFB have such close stats but haas be like 100 points clear on the dally M?

 

[Tookey 2.0]

How can haas and AFB have such close stats but haas be like 100 points clear on the dally M?

Haas also has Walsh and Reynolds to compete with who are great almost every week, and then they have players like Farnsworth, Staggs, Maam and Carrigan who will often jag a man of the match performance when they play exceptionally well every 2-5 games.

So I honestly don't know how Haas has all these points, especially when he isn't doing anything spectacular like making breaks, scoring tries or setting them up, like AFB.

 

[Aman 2.0]

Haas also has Walsh and Reynolds to compete with who are great almost every week, and then they have players like Farnsworth, Staggs, Maam and Carrigan who will often jag a man of the match performance when they play exceptionally well every 2-5 games.

So I honestly don't know how Haas has all these points, especially when he isn't doing anything spectacular like making breaks, scoring tries or setting them up, like AFB.

It’s deffinetly worth digging into deeper because it makes no sense to me whatsoever.

 

[Matiunz]

The legend!

Is he the best prop to ever play for the Warriors?

2023 form has been simply awesome

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Different era but I’d probably still put Price ahead of him. Definitely a contender for an “all-time” squad

 

[sup42]

My favorites were Joe Vagana and Villa the Gorilla.
I just love props who bash people.

But AFB has always been up there, before he joined us he was up there, so he might pip Price for the best prop.

 

[SJ2k]

Was Pricey ever the best prop in the game? Genuine question, I remember being in awe of him but I was too young to know the more meta parts of the game.

AFB is 1a or 1b with Haas this year for sure and has been top 5 for some time. If he gives us another year of this I think you need to give the mantle.

Pricey had mana with the refs, which I won't count towards his prop capabilities but we've never had it since. Would love for us to end up with an origin captain as our captain again.

 

[run_it_str8_again]

Best prop we have now. If we win this week, next week and the week after it will be in big part to him being our best ever prop.

My favs.
Price......big metres, consistent
Vagana.......wow rated him highly
Paleaasina........loved his approach
Tookey.......fun to watch

AFB, different again. But when he is angry he could destroy a whole opposition pack.

 

[ShaunJohnson7]

Was Pricey ever the best prop in the game? Genuine question, I remember being in awe of him but I was too young to know the more meta parts of the game.

AFB is 1a or 1b with Haas this year for sure and has been top 5 for some time. If he gives us another year of this I think you need to give the mantle.

Pricey had mana with the refs, which I won't count towards his prop capabilities but we've never had it since. Would love for us to end up with an origin captain as our captain again.

That 2007 season he had with us he surely had to be considered the best prop going around?

 

[enterthewarrior]

That 2007 season he had with us he surely had to be considered the best prop going around?

Stats wise it was. He averaged 196mpg.

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Was Pricey ever the best prop in the game? Genuine question, I remember being in awe of him but I was too young to know the more meta parts of the game.

AFB is 1a or 1b with Haas this year for sure and has been top 5 for some time. If he gives us another year of this I think you need to give the mantle.

Pricey had mana with the refs, which I won't count towards his prop capabilities but we've never had it since. Would love for us to end up with an origin captain as our captain again.

Price for Dally M prop of the year in 2007 and also Dally M captain the same year. Averaged almost 200m per game. 4 tries that year. Phenominal.

I thoughts AFB had overtaken Price this year but checking back, Price was an absolute machine and Clearly the best prop in the game!

 

[Defence]

Id still have price number 1 (just). afb has probably shaded big joe for the second starting spot now...
My personal fav was sammy rapira.