The Class of 2008 - 10 years on - Pass or Fail

[Scorchie]

JYY, legend

Rest, have choked more than St George did last week

 

[Rico]

A huge fail. Yow Yeh was comfortably the best of the lot and his career was cruely cut short. Hoffman is trash, Glenn is journeyman level, Kahu is an out of form injury magnet, Hunt is Hunt, McC is bog average and McGuire seems like he doesn't give a shit anymore.

Journeyman level for glenn is bloody harsh.

Also do you blokes cut and paste each other’s terms? Where the hell did ‘bog average’ come from? Reckon 5 at least must be throwing that around

 

[Jason Simmons]

Fail. Over-hyped and called ‘stars’ because they play for the Broncos, not because of what they have DONE for the Broncos...

 

[Allo]

Journeyman level for glenn is bloody harsh.

Also do you blokes cut and paste each other’s terms? Where the hell did ‘bog average’ come from? Reckon 5 at least must be throwing that around

This year, combined with the ever-improving Cook and Seggers being back has highlighted how far Macca still has to go to be a blue chip hooker. He’s still by-and-large the same player he was a decade ago. Granted he’s had a fair bit of injury trouble the last couple of years, so I don’t think he’s really been 100% for majority of that time, but he really needs a career year next year

 

[Kimlo]

Hard fail.

 

[Broncs_Fan]

The class isn't that bad. Many have gone on to become good first graders.

 

[Alec]

None have been amazing, but there are definitely some solid to good players there.

 

[Sproj]

JYY would have been the best of the lot, he would have been an all-time great but there are still some others who haven't been that bad, some even really good.

Not a great team but not horrible either...as long as you don't want to be winning any premierships:

1. Dugan
2. Hoffman
3. Croker (GK)
4. Carney
5. Vidot
6. McCullough
7. Hunt
8. McGuire
9. Waddell
10. Dodds
11. Glenn (c)
12. Lui
13. Fensom

Just don't try and add a bench.

What ever happened to J.Kahu the former? He seemed really talented and just disappeared.

 

[Allo]

What ever happened to J.Kahu the former? He seemed really talented and just disappeared.

If I remember right the last time he was brought up he went back to NZ. Homesickness or just wasn’t feeling it maybe? Something along those lines. Assuming he then probably played rugby somewhere at some point

 

[scgg]

Went to school with Troydon, he was a gun, not sure why he never kicked on to the NRL.

He was a beast and i reckon he may have the been the best forward out of all of them. He was about to play nrl before glenn and moose but got injured and never really came back after that.

 

[Big Pete]

Easy Pass.

Of all 16 clubs, the Brisbane Broncos have the most NRL representation from that 88-90 class. Considering the average NRL career lasts 3 years that's a wonderful achievement from the club.

Keep in mind, not much was expected from this Broncos squad. The Broncos were one of the few teams who made it clear from the inception of NYC that they weren't going to play their best and brightest. That meant players like Dave Taylor, Joel Moon & Rodney Davies didn't see a second of NYC football. Even a player like Troyden Watene-Edwards was initially prevented from playing NYC until his form (and lack there of) merited it. FWIW, the Cowboys poached him, Jared Kahu, Will Tupou and Tariq Sims from the Broncos.

The GF side wasn't a true reflection of the talent coming through the club either. It's missing names like Matt Gillett, Tariq Sims and Gerard Beale who went onto do bigger and better things.

 

[lynx000]

Easy Pass.

Of all 16 clubs, the Brisbane Broncos have the most NRL representation from that 88-90 class. Considering the average NRL career lasts 3 years that's a wonderful achievement from the club.

Keep in mind, not much was expected from this Broncos squad. The Broncos were one of the few teams who made it clear from the inception of NYC that they weren't going to play their best and brightest. That meant players like Dave Taylor, Joel Moon & Rodney Davies didn't see a second of NYC football. Even a player like Troyden Watene-Edwards was initially prevented from playing NYC until his form (and lack there of) merited it. FWIW, the Cowboys poached him, Jared Kahu, Will Tupou and Tariq Sims from the Broncos.

The GF side wasn't a true reflection of the talent coming through the club either. It's missing names like Matt Gillett, Tariq Sims and Gerard Beale who went onto do bigger and better things.

He is back, welcome back BP.