General Greatest Ever Prelim Final side

A change from the greatest ever Warriors team. Pick your greatest team from Warriors who have been in a prelim final (including this years squad). It is pretty close to a greatest ever Warriors team but their a few greats who never made it to a prelim. To make it challenging you can't pick a starting player in a position that they didn't start a prelim final in ie no Johnson at 6. But you can put a starting player on your bench. Will post mine soon.

Here are the squads to choose from (I haven't listed this years as I think everyone knows it)

2002

Ivan CLEARY
Justin MURPHY
John CARLAW
Clinton TOOPI
Francis MELI
Motu TONY
Stacey JONES (c)
Jerry SEUSEU
PJ MARSH
Mark TOOKEY
Ali LAUITI'ITI
Awen GUTTENBEIL
Kevin CAMPION

Lance HOHAIA
Wairangi KOOPU
Logan SWANN
Richard Villasanti

2003
1 Brent WEBB
2 Henry FA'AFILI
3 Vinnie ANDERSON
4 Clinton TOOPI
5 Francis MELI
6 Thomas LEULUAI
7 Stacey JONES
8 Jerry SEUSEU
9 Monty BETHAM (c)
10 Richard VILLASANTI
11 Logan SWANN
12 Awen GUTTENBEIL
13 Sione FAUMUINA

Motu TONY
Ali LAUITI'ITI
Wairangi KOOPU
Iafeta PALEA'AESINA

2011
1 Kevin LOCKE
2 Bill TUPOU
3 Lewis BROWN
4 Krisnan INU
5 Manu VATUVEI
6 James MALONEY
7 Shaun JOHNSON
15 Russell PACKER
14 Lance HOHAIA
10 Jacob LILLYMAN
17 Elijah TAYLOR
12 Simon MANNERING (c)
13 Micheal LUCK

Sam RAPIRA
Aaron HEREMAIA
Feleti MATEO
Ben MATULINO
 
A change from the greatest ever Warriors team. Pick your greatest team from Warriors who have been in a prelim final (including this years squad). It is pretty close to a greatest ever Warriors team but their a few greats who never made it to a prelim. To make it challenging you can't pick a starting player in a position that they didn't start a prelim final in ie no Johnson at 6. But you can put a starting player on your bench. Will post mine soon.

Here are the squads to choose from (I haven't listed this years as I think everyone knows it)

2002

Ivan CLEARY
Justin MURPHY
John CARLAW
Clinton TOOPI
Francis MELI
Motu TONY
Stacey JONES (c)
Jerry SEUSEU
PJ MARSH
Mark TOOKEY
Ali LAUITI'ITI
Awen GUTTENBEIL
Kevin CAMPION

Lance HOHAIA
Wairangi KOOPU
Logan SWANN
Richard Villasanti

2003
1 Brent WEBB
2 Henry FA'AFILI
3 Vinnie ANDERSON
4 Clinton TOOPI
5 Francis MELI
6 Thomas LEULUAI
7 Stacey JONES
8 Jerry SEUSEU
9 Monty BETHAM (c)
10 Richard VILLASANTI
11 Logan SWANN
12 Awen GUTTENBEIL
13 Sione FAUMUINA

Motu TONY
Ali LAUITI'ITI
Wairangi KOOPU
Iafeta PALEA'AESINA

2011
1 Kevin LOCKE
2 Bill TUPOU
3 Lewis BROWN
4 Krisnan INU
5 Manu VATUVEI
6 James MALONEY
7 Shaun JOHNSON
15 Russell PACKER
14 Lance HOHAIA
10 Jacob LILLYMAN
17 Elijah TAYLOR
12 Simon MANNERING (c)
13 Micheal LUCK

Sam RAPIRA
Aaron HEREMAIA
Feleti MATEO
Ben MATULINO
We have had some awesome fullbacks over the years. Has it been our strongest position?
 
So many ways you could go and depends what era the games played in (this year is a completely different style to all the other years):

1 - Brett Webb (2003)
2 - Dallin Watene-Zelezniak (2023)
3 - Jerome Ropati (2008)
4 - Clinton Toopi (2002)
5 - Manu Vatuvei (2011)
6 - James Maloney (2011)
7 - Shaun Johnson (2023) beats out Jones!
8 - Addin Fonua-Blake (2023)
9 - Wayde Egan (2023)
10 - Steve Price (2008)
11 - Ali Lauitiiti (2002)
12 - Simon Mannering (2011)
13 - Kevin Campion (2002)

14 - Lance Hohaia (2002)
15 - Dylan Walker (2023)
16 - Ben Matilino (2011)
17 - Iafeka Paleaasina (2003)

4 from 2002
2 from 2003
2 from 2008
4 from 2011
5 from 2023
 
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So many ways you could go and depends what era the games played in (this year is a completely different style to all the other years):

1 - Brett Webb (2003)
2 - Dallin Watene-Zelezniak (2023)
3 - Jerome Ropati (2008)
4 - Clinton Toopi (2002)
5 - Manu Vatuvei (2011)
6 - James Maloney (2011)
7 - Shaun Johnson (2023) beats out Jones!
8 - Addin Fonua-Blake (2023)
9 - Wayde Egan (2023)
10 - Steve Price (2008)
11 - Ali Lauitiiti (2002)
12 - Simon Mannering (2011)
13 - Kevin Campion (2002)

14 - Lance Hohaia (2002)
15 - Dylan Walker (2023)
16 - Ben Matilino (2011)
17 - Iafeka Paleaasina (2003)

4 from 2002
2 from 2003
2 from 2008
4 from 2011
5 from 2023
Pretty good side. I have the same starting 13 except Harris over Campion. Plus I can't split the FBs

Haven't settled on a bench yet
 
Haven't settled on a bench yet
The bench could go so many different ways.

Are you having 4 props? Or using modern hybrid second rowers?

Is the game plan power based or fast endurance based?

Which era this team plays would determine the bench.

Just read you can put a starting player on your bench as well so my bench could have some big improvement!
 
2008 to make it easier…

McKinnon
Kirk
Tate
Ropati
Vatuvei
Witt
Fein

Wiki
Henderson
Price
Mannering
Matulino
Luck

Hohaia
Tuimavave
Rapira
Swann
 
I’d go-

McKinnon
Dwz
Toopi
Tate
Vatuvei
Maloney
Johnson

Price
Marsh
Afb
Lauiti’iti
Mannering
Harris

Hohaia
Seuseu
Matulino
Campion

Very hard to leave jones and rapira out and I reserve the right to change this up in 2 weeks time (Egan and cnk are making a strong case).
 
I’d go-

McKinnon
Dwz
Toopi
Tate
Vatuvei
Maloney
Johnson

Price
Marsh
Afb
Lauiti’iti
Mannering
Harris

Hohaia
Seuseu
Matulino
Campion

Very hard to leave jones and rapira out and I reserve the right to change this up in 2 weeks time
Wouldn't be too hard to leave manu out but in hindsight if his hands were a bit better he'd be more of a goat.
 
1 CNK 2023
2 DWZ 2023
3 Ropati 2008
4 Toopi 2002
5 Meli 2003
6 Jones 2002
7 Johnson 2023
8 AFB 2023
9 Egan 2023
10 Price 2008
11 Lauitiiti 2002
12 Mannering 2008
13 Harris 2023

14 Walker 2023
15 Seuseu 2002
16 Matulino 2011
17 Niukore 2023
Great team but the rules prevent picking Johnson and Jones as they are both 7’s.

It’s basically a sneaky way of posing the question if peak Johnson had passed peak Jones as the greatest player for the Warriors?
 
Great team but the rules prevent picking Johnson and Jones as they are both 7’s.

It’s basically a sneaky way of posing the question if peak Johnson had passed peak Jones as the greatest player for the Warriors?
Missed that! Mind went straight to selection mode! Adjusted accordingly :)
 
I’ll go by my favourites

1. CNK (Nicest player I’ve ever met!)
2. Meli
3. Toopi
4. Ropati (didn’t like the Warriors version of Tate)
5. Vatuvei
6. Witt
7. Johnson (2023 version and favourite warrior of all time)
8. AFB
9. PJ
10. Price
11. Lauitiiti
12. Mannering
13. Harris
14. Walker (Because he’s a Dylan)
15. Curran
16. Seuseu
17. Paleaasina
 
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