General Xmas fun - Warriors best lock

[wizard of Tauranga]

Who has been the Warriors best ever lock?

For the competitions sake players are available in their most played Warriors position, therefore Mannering is classed as a second rower (182 games second row vs 85 at Lock).

Discuss!

Current legends team:

8 - Steve PRICE
10 - Addin FONUA-BLAKE

 

[Tragic]

No competition - Tohu when fit was the best by a mile.

 

[Teets]

No competition - Tohu when fit was the best by a mile.

Agree, had the workrate and toughness of the Luck, Mannering types, but with a bigger body and much better ball skills.

Shame his peak seasons coincided with the wretched Covid era.

 

[JustLikeStartingOver]

Pandemic Tohu was one of the best players we've ever had

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Where will Erin end up?

 

[BabylonPink]

Tofu Yarris by far.
2023 amazing season.

 

[Matiunz]

This one is a tough one.
Kevin Campion changed our mentality from victims to bullys, our whole pack was feared under him and he led that.

Erin Clarke had a breakout year but it’s too soon to put him in that category, if he continues this form he’ll be in the conversation.

Luck was in the tacklebot era, defensively outstanding but not so much on the other side of the ball-was what that Team needed though.

Tohu possibly tarnished by his body letting him down and his silent leadership style wasn’t my favourite.

I’ll probably go with Campion who I felt helped spark our best ever team

 

[Tookey 2.0]

Statistically you have to go Clark.
1 year with us, 1 Daly M lock of the year.

He's batting 100.

 

[Defence]

Campion was a game changer but tohu was elite.

 

[Worried2Death]

Campion was a game changer but tohu was elite.

Campo did more for our mana but Tohu had the best skills in the position.

 

[Mr. Brownstone]

Feleti Mateo had easily the highest ceiling of any of them. Just unfortunately prob didn’t quite have the work ethic.

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Feleti Mateo had easily the highest ceiling of any of them. Just unfortunately prob didn’t quite have the work ethic.

Rocks and diamonds player

 

[Cces]

Tohu's body of work by a landslide. Campion's 2 seasons were probably more influential though. In the same vein as Mateo, Sione Faumuina is worth a mention. Only 32 games in the position for the club but his 59% win rate is probably the best of the lot and even more impressive that most of those games were in teams that missed out on the playoffs