South Sydney Rabbitohs greatest count down: No 20 to 11
After four week and more than 1000 votes we are down to the top 20. There are some massive names in numbers 20 to 11 but also some suspiring omissions.
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WE’RE into the business end of our count down with just 20 names left to reveal.
Just to make the top 20 is an achievement in itself given some of the names we have already revealed.
We’ve had club legends such as Bernie Purcell, George Treweek, Issac Luke and Gary Stevens at numbers 29, 25, 23 and 28 respectively. Click on the links above to see our numbers 50 to 21.
You can also see who league journo Phil Buzz Rothfield and former players Craig Coleman and George Piggins picked below.
Craig Coleman picks his greatest Rabbitohs
George Piggins picks his greatest Rabbitohs
Phil Buzz Rothfield picks his greatest Rabbitohs
We had more than 1000 votes from all over the world across the four weeks of the poll. So without further ado let’s see who makes up numbers 20 to 11.
And don’t forget to visit the website on Friday as we reveal the top 10.
So there you have it. Record breaker John Sutton just misses out on the top ten. There are still a few giants of the game yet to come as well as a couple of current players. Do not miss our top 10 count down tomorrow which culminates in us revealing the number one Souths player of all time.
NUMBERS 20 TO 11: PLAYER STATISTICS
20/ PAUL SAIT
1967-79 (165 games, 30 tries)
Rep Honours while at Souths: City Seconds 1970 (1 game), Sydney Colts 1970 (1 game), City Firsts 1971-72 & 1975 (3 games), NSW 1969, 1971 & 1974 (5 games, 2 tries), Australia 1970-73 & 1975 (16 Tests & World Cups, 9 tour games, 4 tries).
19/ MICHAEL CLEARY, AO
1962-70 (139 games, 88 tries, 1 goal)
City Seconds 1962-63 and 1967 (3 games), Sydney 1963 (1 game), City Firsts 1964-65 and 1969 (3 games, 6 tries), NSW 1962-67 and 1969 (11 games, 13 tries), Australia 1962-69 (8 Tests and 19 tour games).
18/ NATHAN MERRITT
2002-03 & 2006-14 (218 games, 146 tries, 34 goals, 1 field goal)
Prime Minister’s XIII 2006 & 2011 (2 games, 2 tries), indigenous All Stars 2010-12 (3 games, 3 tries), City Origin 2011 & 2013 (2 games), NSW 2013 (1 game)
17/ JACK RAYNER
1946-57 (194 games, 58 tries, 9 goals)
City Seconds 1946 (1 game), City Firsts 1947-51 & 1954 (6 games, 5 tries), NSW 1947-54 (16 games, 4 tries), Australia 1948-49 (5 Tests, 21 tour games, 5 tries, 1 goal)
16/ HAROLD HORDER
1912-19 and 1924 (104 games, 102 tries, 77 goals)
Metropolis 1913-15 (4 games, 8 tries, 11 goals), NSW 1915-19 & 1924 (16 games, 22 tries, 7 goals), Australia 1914-19 & 1924 (10 Tests, 10 tries, 8 goals)
15/ BOB GRANT
1966-75 (134 games, 20 tries, 4 field goals)
City Seconds 1970 (1 game, 1 try), City Firsts 1971 (1 game, 1 try), NSW 1971 (1 game, 1 try), Australia 1970-72 (2 Tests)
14/ CRAIG COLEMAN
1980-92 (209 games, 25 tries, 8 goals)
Rep Honours while at Souths: City Firsts 1987 (1 game).
13/ LES DAVIDSON
1984-90 (103 games, 5 tries)
Australian Presidents XIII 1985 (1 try), Country Origin 1987-88 and 1990 (3 games), NSW 1987-88 (5 games, 1 try), Australia 1986-87 (4 Tests, 14 tour games).
12/ JOHN O’NEILL
1965-71 & 1975-76 (150 games, 8 tries)
City Firsts 1970-71 (2 games, 1 try), City Seconds 1969 (1 game), NSW 1967-71 (6 games), Australia 1970-71 (3 Tests & 6 tour games)
11/ JOHN SUTTON
2004-18 (301 games, 58 tries, 7 goals, 1 field goal)
Prime Minister’s XIII 2005 (1 game), City Origin 2008-09 (2 games, 1 try)