SURVIVOR POLL III: Top ten greatest ever Raiders

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Which three players should be voted off the island?

Gary Belcher
1
1%
Brad Clyde
1
1%
Jason Croker
7
7%
Laurie Daley
1
1%
John Ferguson
8
8%
David Furner
16
15%
Glenn Lazarus
12
12%
Mal Meninga
1
1%
Brett Mullins
12
12%
Josh Papalii
1
1%
Jordan Rapana
22
21%
Ricky Stuart
0
No votes
Steve Walters
0
No votes
Jack Wighton
21
20%
Ruben Wiki
1
1%
 
Total votes: 104

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SURVIVOR POLL III: Top ten greatest ever Raiders

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SURVIVOR POLL III: Top ten greatest ever Raiders

Back in 2007, the members of The Greenhouse voted on their top ten greatest ever Canberra Raiders. It was a survivor-style poll... and this was the top ten back then:

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Now, after 40 seasons of The Green Machine, we're going to vote again... and we'll see how the list might change. Will players from the modern era of the club be able to force their way in? The starting point will be the top 30 players selected in our poll for the 40 Year Dream Team.

In the first poll, we voted 10 players off the island... and in the second we voted off five. Noa Nadruku, Dean Lance, Jarrod Croker, Josh Hodgson and Ken Nagas are latest players to leave. In this poll, a twist. Instead of voting off players one by one from here, your choice is going to become immediately more difficult. We will vote three players off the island in poll three.

The records of all the players with the club can be found here.

You have THREE votes in this poll. You may change your vote, but we'll declare the poll after this time next week. Remember, you are voting players OFF the island.
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This is getting really difficult. I voted Rapana and Wighton last time, so two of my choices already were settled. The third is between Furner and Mullins, and at the moment I’ve gone with Furner.
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Belcher, Wighton and Furner... it's time to leave
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Belcher, Furner, Lazarus - 3 of my absolute favourite players, Badge vs Rapana tough call

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Post by dubby »

Mullins, Furner, Lazarus
The spiral of silence refers to the idea that when people fail to speak, the price of speaking rises. As the price to speak rises, still fewer speak out, which further causes the price to rise, so that fewer people yet will speak out, until a whole culture or nation is silenced. This is what happened in Germany.

If you do not speak, you are not being neutral, but are contributing to the success of the thing you refuse to name and condemn.
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Post by hrundi89 »

Mullins, Rapana, Wighton
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Post by Roger Kenworthy »

Wighton Rapa Lazzo.

Lazzo one of those very tough calls - if you take him at his prime in green he cruises in. This type of ranking I think it's more career in green than peak though. If it was an anniversary team I'd be looking more at the peak.
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Post by Seiffert82 »

Tough one.

Meninga, Stuart, Daley, Clyde, Wiki and Walters are no-brainers IMO, which only leaves 4 spots.

Chicka, Mullins and Furner get voted out for mine.

Rapana has been a better winger for us than Chicka, Badge was clearly better than Mullins over the course of his career, and as good as Furner was, there have been a number of forwards that have honestly been better.

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15 players left on the list and 3 to be removed. All are highly valued by Raider fans. The core of the Premiership run was Mal, Sticky, Badge, Daley, Clyde, Boxhead. They are must stays imo. Wiki, Furner, Mullins were good at the back end of the run. Lazo is an all time great for 3 Clubs. Some fine players will be removed from the list.
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Post by BadnMean »

Yeah it's getting to the point i don't like voting anybody out.

I went for Mullins (burned very bright but relatively brief) and found myself having to vote for Toots Snr out too, despite being one of my favourite Raiders of all time, getting harder and harder to justify him in that company.

I gave a vote for Jack too. Which is simply reflective of him being halfway through his career, with hopefully some more real highlights to come.
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Post by Wiki Special »

I voted off Ferguson, Mullins and Rapana. Very hard choice.
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went Rapana, Wighton and then had to think hard about the third..... went with Lazo - he was only at the Raiders for 3-4 years.
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Post by The Nickman »

RedRaider wrote: June 11, 2022, 5:09 pm 15 players left on the list and 3 to be removed. All are highly valued by Raider fans. The core of the Premiership run was Mal, Sticky, Badge, Daley, Clyde, Boxhead. They are must stays imo. Wiki, Furner, Mullins were good at the back end of the run. Lazo is an all time great for 3 Clubs. Some fine players will be removed from the list.
Badge wasn't there for 94... that was all Mullins.
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Poll declared. Jordan Rapana, Jack Wighton and David Furner have been voted off the island.
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