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| For me it has to be TKL. Quality step and offload to his winger in attack, and brutal in defence. One of my favourite memories was in the semi final at widnes against Wigan. Brett Dallas was returning a deep kick downfield and pulled up with a hamstring pull, he waved his hand and then went down to submit for the tackle. A lot of players would have just laid his hand on him to complete the tackle, but Toa smashed him with elbows knees and everything. A bit uncalled for but I liked it
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| I also think some fans are too bitter towards Gleeson. Personally, I thought that when we played well, Gleeson was integral to the performance. The collective up's and down's of the team, especially in 07 and 08 sometimes made it appear that he wasn't interested. However, to judge him only in those shathouse performances would be a little unfair, as the team as a whole never looked interested either.
Matt King has proved his worth. He's not always stand out, but when he is, jesus mary and Joseph! The semi final against Wigan last year demonstrated the reasons why I am very pleased to have him in our ranks. He's obviously more of a Senior mould, and equally as devastating in full flow. He's a completely different centre to Gleeson and certainly Toa. But he's as good as they get in terms of power and size.
Onto Toa, and in his prime, he was probably better than both in my opinion. My only wish is that he'd been part of our current team because he had that unreal footwork ability and pace off the mark. I will always remember the try he scored against St Helens in our home defeat of 1996. The way he hit Bennett's pass at 100mph and his sidestep around Prescott is one of the most natural and pleasurable tries I can recall.
To conclude, I'll put Toa and Gleeson first but only marginally. But if King sticks around for a couple more years, I'll possibly have altered my view come that time....
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| Everyone appears to have forgotten that TKL could not tackle to save his life. He was explosive ball in hand, but defensively shocking. Not a good enough all rounder for me. Certainly not NZ test material.
Gleeson was a very good defender and an outstanding attacker, but always appeared to believe he was too good for us and I never like that about him. I remember his first year with us very favourably however, and he would be at the top of my 3 for overall talent. Application in the latter stages however left much to be desired though.
King.. What an odd turnaround. He was frankly awful in his first year, though Kevin Penny didnt help being his wing-man. The last two years for me however have proved what a player he is. Not blessed with speed or a step like MG or TKL, but through hieght, brute strength, and excellent vision makes him a class act. Would love to see a bit more aggression from him - bit more of an animal.
1. King
2. Gleeson
3. TKL
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| Matt King, started showing the form which made him a starting centre for Oz. I loved Toa's sidestep and Gleeson formed that incredible centre-wing pairing with Fa'afili, but for me the fact whenever you give Kingy the ball you feel anything can happen- It's Matt King for Me
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| Toa Kohe Love (in his first period at the club) was comfortably better than the other two. He even finished as SL top try scorer in a team that underperformed.
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