Half back flankers hey?? Literally the position you put the weakest under 9 kids on the field.
when you read old all australian teams there is usually one or two players who you have forgotton and guess which position they are named? You got it ... its half back flank.
its the position you put a mid when he is struggling with taggers. For some mids this is a temporary problem (ala nathan buckley) while for others it was a problem they could never rectify resulting in a permanent change (ala Luke hodge).
now who are best best 6 half back flankers from your team that you have ever seen in order? And you cant put players who didnt at least play most of a season on them. so no, you cant put gary ablett snr, james hird or nicky winmar on there. But guess what hawkers. You can put luke hodge.
here is my list:
1. tom stewart
2. corey enright
3. ken hinkley
4. darren milburn.
5. mick mansfield
6. Leigh colbert.
just missing: brendan sanderson, andrew mackie and p.brown.
Now to me this sounds like an awesome top 6 half back flank list. i would normally be pretty confident this is the best top 6 half back flankers from one club ever!!! However, I can hardly remember any half back flankers from other teams because well .... they played on the half back flank.
so lets dredge up the names of all those forgotton back flankers (and talented mids who couldnt shake a tag) and see which club has the most awesome half back list of all time?
ps. Admission: Seeds was a half back flanker for most of his playing days. So no judgement. Im one of you.
when you read old all australian teams there is usually one or two players who you have forgotton and guess which position they are named? You got it ... its half back flank.
its the position you put a mid when he is struggling with taggers. For some mids this is a temporary problem (ala nathan buckley) while for others it was a problem they could never rectify resulting in a permanent change (ala Luke hodge).
now who are best best 6 half back flankers from your team that you have ever seen in order? And you cant put players who didnt at least play most of a season on them. so no, you cant put gary ablett snr, james hird or nicky winmar on there. But guess what hawkers. You can put luke hodge.
here is my list:
1. tom stewart
2. corey enright
3. ken hinkley
4. darren milburn.
5. mick mansfield
6. Leigh colbert.
just missing: brendan sanderson, andrew mackie and p.brown.
Now to me this sounds like an awesome top 6 half back flank list. i would normally be pretty confident this is the best top 6 half back flankers from one club ever!!! However, I can hardly remember any half back flankers from other teams because well .... they played on the half back flank.
so lets dredge up the names of all those forgotton back flankers (and talented mids who couldnt shake a tag) and see which club has the most awesome half back list of all time?
ps. Admission: Seeds was a half back flanker for most of his playing days. So no judgement. Im one of you.
