Greatest Rabbitohs player vote results: Numbers 30 to 21
AFTER four weeks and more than a thousand votes from you the public, we’re ready to reveal your greatest Rabbitohs of all time. Today we bring you numbers 30 to 21.
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TODAY we bring you numbers 30 to 21 in our greatest Rabbitoh of all time poll.
We received more than 1000 votes from all over the world across the four weeks of the poll.
Debate raged in pubs, workplaces and on the footy field.
Yesterday we published numbers 50 to 31 (click on the link above to see them) and today we bring you the next ten.
There are a few surprises in there including some names you may have expected to see a little higher up the list.
Tomorrow we will reveal numbers 20 to 11 on the website.
Then on Friday we will count down the top 10 culminating in the player you voted the greatest Rabbitoh of all time.
Don’t forget to see who journo legend Phil Buzz Rothfield and former players George Piggins and Craig Coleman chose in their top tens by clicking on the links below.
PHIL BUZZ ROTHFIELD PICKS HIS GREATEST RABBITOHS
GEORGE PIGGINS PICKS HIS GREATEST RABBITOHS
CRAIG COLEMAN PICKS HIS GREATEST RABBITOHS
So there you have it, your numbers 30 to 21. However, there are still some huge names yet to be revealed. How will current players Sam Burgess, Greg Inglis and John Sutton rank against the likes of George Piggins, Ron Coote and John Sattler? Will Churchill come higher than McCarthy and where will fans favourite Mario Fenech place? Go to the website tomorrow to see numbers 20 to 11. Then on Friday we will count down the top ten.
Numbers 30 to 21: Player statistics
30/ ELWYN WALTERS
1966-73 (128 games, 17 tries)
City Firsts 1969-70 & 1972-73 (4 games, 1 try), NSW 1969-70 & 1972-73 (10 games, 2 tries), Australia 1969-70 & 1972-73 (19 Tests & World Cup games, 19 tour games, 4 tries)
29/ BERNIE PURCELL
1949-52 & 1954-60 (173 games, 36 tries, 509 goals)
City Seconds 1949-50 & 1952 (3 games, 1 goal), City 1952 (1 game, 1 try, 1 goal), City Firsts 1956 (1 game), Sydney 1951 (1 game), NSW 1951 & 1956 (4 games, 1 try, 3 goals), Australia 1950 & 1956-57 (1 Test, 7 tour games, 12 goals)
28/ GARY STEVENS
1965-76 (162 games, 11 tries)
Sydney Colts 1970 (1 game), City Firsts 1972 & 1974-75 (3 games, 1 try), NSW 1972 & 1974-75 (6 games), NSW Colts 1972 (1 game), Australia 1972-75 (5 Tests, 15 tour games, 2 tries)
27/ BENNY WEARING
1920-33 (172 games, 144 tries, 202 goals)
Metropolis 1927 (1 game, 2 tries), City Firsts 1928 & 1930 (2 games, 2 tries, 7 goals), City Seconds 1929 (1 game, 1 try, 2 goals), Combined City 1929 (1 game, 1 try, 2 goals), NSW 1923-28 (22 games, 10 tries, 13 goals), NSW Seconds 1922 (1 game, 1 try), Australia 1928 (1 Test).
26/ JIM LISLE
1962-69 (100 games, 7 tries)
City Firsts 1964-65 (2 games), NSW 1962-65 (10 games, 1 try), Australia 1962-65 (6 Tests & 10 tour games, 2 tries)
25/ GEORGE TREWEEK
1925-34 (119 games, 39 tries)
Metropolis 1927 & 1930 (2 games), City Firsts 1928-33 (6 games, 1 try), NSW 1927-31 & 1933 (22 games, 12 tries), Kangaroos 1930 (1 game, 1 try), Australia 1928-30 (7 Tests, 18 tour games, 6 tries)
24/ RAY BRANIGHAN
1967-71 (55 games, 26 tries, 31 goals)
City Firsts 1970-71 (2 games), NSW 1970-71 (3 games), Australia 1970-71 (5 Tests & World Cup games, 1 try).
23/ ISSAC LUKE
2007-15 (189 games, 36 tries, 134 goals)
New Zealand (41 Tests & World Cups, 5 tries, 19 goals)
22/ DENIS DONOGHUE
1947-57 (166 games, 29 tries, 4 goals)
City Firsts 1951 (1 game), Sydney 1951 (1 game), NSW 1950-54 (7 games, 1 try), Australia 1951 (2 Tests)
21/ TERRY FAHEY
1976-80 (87 games, 47 tries, 29 goals)
City Firsts 1976 & 1978 (2 games, 4 tries), Sydney 1976 (5 tour games, 2 tries), City Seconds 1977 and 1979 (2 games, 1 try), NSW 1976-80 (8 games, 4 tries), Australia 1975, 1977-79 (5 Tests and World Cups, 3 tries).