Last great Centre Half Back

[Roachy8]

This was touched on in another thread...
With Polak perhaps looking the goods to be an ace CHB for a number of years can I pose the question... who was the last gun CHB for the Tigers?
Do we need to go all the way back to the Ghost?

 

[Goldust]

If the criteria is "great", Jimmy Jess is indeed the man.

Have an inkling Trevor Poole in the mid 80s played some CHB and fared quite well.

While Stuart Wigney looked the goods in 1995, accounting for some big names including Carey, but broke his foot mid-year and never really recovered. Was a big loss in the second half of the season that year, along with Richo. Returned for the finals, but clearly not fit at the time.

But easily the Ghost as our last great!

Seen all sorts of shockers line up there over the past 20 odd years. Players of the ilk of Des Ryan, the late Richard Nixon, Terry Keays, Mark Stockdale, Andy Goodwin and Daryl Cowie, who make the average Paul Bulluss look like an All-Australian.

 

[kainokaino]

This was touched on in another thread...
With Polak perhaps looking the goods to be an ace CHB for a number of years can I pose the question... who was the last gun CHB for the Tigers?
Do we need to go all the way back to the Ghost?

ray hall

but i gotta say andrew kellaway should get a mention

all australian, and probably the most courageous player to put on a richmond jumper in the last 10 years

 

[reliable source]

While Stuart Wigney looked the goods in 1995, accounting for some big names including Carey, but broke his foot mid-year and never really recovered. Was a big loss in the second half of the season that year, along with Richo. Returned for the finals, but clearly not fit at the time.

Don't remind me of that fateful day in Sydney.
Sydney supporters were cheering around me when Richo went down.

Maxfield looked good that day.

 

[bigpapagman]

i think this is a pretty obvious question. paul bulluss. enough said.

 

[I Rock]

Didn't Joel Bowden get AA CHB a year or two ago.

 

[kainokaino]

Didn't Joel Bowden get AA CHB a year or two ago.

yeah bowden hasnt really held down the position long enough though

he used to play half foward

then on the wing

then center half back for a couple of years (when he got AA selection)

but this year if youve noticed hes sort of gone to a loose attacking backmen

who usually picks up the oppositions 3rd best foward so he can zone off and create play

 

[Roachy8]

Didn't Joel Bowden get AA CHB a year or two ago.

Hi did which I guess raises the question of how imprtant traditional Key position players are nowadays. If you looked at Joel cold you wouldn't pick him as an AA CHB in a million years!
Incidentally, when did The Ghost retire? He didn't play in 1980 did he because I think our CHB was Stephen Mount wasn't it? I seem to recall watching the team turn up for the post Grand Final party & Mounty had a chick on each arm... A bit of a legend I hear.

 

[I Rock]

yeah bowden hasnt really held down the position long enough though

he used to play half foward

then on the wing

then center half back for a couple of years (when he got AA selection)

but this year if youve noticed hes sort of gone to a loose attacking backmen

who usually picks up the oppositions 3rd best foward so he can zone off and create play

Yea I got all that, I was just mentioning that out of all the guys mentioned nobody mentioned Bowden who got a AA call up for that position.

I also find it funny that not many Tiger supporters (myself included) would consider Bowden as a true CHB, Rather an attacking HBF.

 

[NQTIGER]

Robbie McGhie
Enuf said

 

[Roachy8]

Robbie McGhie
Enuf said

Gee I'd love to him him down back at the moment... talk about someone to look out for our kids!

 

[peejay]

i think this is a pretty obvious question. paul bulluss. enough said.

No he said great.

Bulluss was serviceable and good at times (few and far between).

The Ghost gets my vote.

 

[lookkg386]

did Merv Keane play CHB?.

 

[Goldust]

did Merv Keane play CHB?.

Back flank!

 

[polakthetiger]

Gordon Strang or the Ghost...hard call as I never saw Strang play, but both champions. Although it could be argued Strang played initially as a CHF.

 

[Goldust]

Hi did which I guess raises the question of how imprtant traditional Key position players are nowadays. If you looked at Joel cold you wouldn't pick him as an AA CHB in a million years!
Incidentally, when did The Ghost retire? He didn't play in 1980 did he because I think our CHB was Stephen Mount wasn't it? I seem to recall watching the team turn up for the post Grand Final party & Mounty had a chick on each arm... A bit of a legend I hear.

Yep Stephen Mount played CHB that day.

The Ghost played up forward.

What a forward line we had. Roach, Cloke, Jess, Bartlett and Wiley. Had it all....great marking talls, a potent full forward, great crumbers....ahhh....what the f*** went wrong!!!!!!!

The Ghost retired in 1988....I went to the Testimonial Dinner. Big night!!!! Let's say I missed university for the next three days!!!

 

[lookkg386]

Back flank!

OK, well as a half flank he's better than any KP backmen weve had since.

 

[Goldust]

OK, well as a half flank he's better than any KP backmen weve had since.

Undoubtedly!

 

[bigpapagman]

pretty sure its fairly obvious that Paul Bulluss was said in jest. other than that, the Ghost. Interesting to note that Strangy dobbed 14 one day against north, not bad for a backman!!

 

[lids2004roar]

Apparently we had the best CHB in the competition just last year.

Give Joel a bit more credit guys, he stopped the monster forwards while getting 30 possies and was only beaten about twice (against Melbourne Robbo killed him).