Neither "Shankleton" or Shane Shackleton were part of the Roosters 2002 GF winning lineup:
FB Luke Phillips
WG Brett Mullins
CE Shannon Hegarty
CE Justin Hodges
WG Anthony Minichiello
FE Brad Fittler (C)
HB Craig Wing
PR Jason Cayless
HK Simon Bonetti
PR Peter Cusack
SR Adrian Morley
SR Craig Fitzgibbon
LK Luke Ricketson
Bench Chris Flannery
Bench Bryan Fletcher
Bench Michael Crocker
Bench Andrew Lomu
I can see it, next year other league fans can yell out to hindy when Luke Philps is reffing;
"Hey Hindy! even the ref knows what its like to win a grand final"
"Many factors you got to consider. You are only looking at an age pool of players under 21. when you are filling 14 jersey Flegg teams (doesn't include the qld version of the comp too) there is not enough talent in that age pool to have high quality…"
"I saw him for NSW Funa-Iuta and found his movement lacked and wasn't agile enough for the edge, missed a couple of tackles against more speedy runners. I can see him as a middle.
Talagi I think you're right about that he could just stay in Flegg…"
"Funa Luta was probably our best player. He is developing really well. Works his ass off today in defence which is something many others didn't do today. But I will maintain this again, he will be a better middle than edge from what I have seen. Just…"
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FB Luke Phillips
WG Brett Mullins
CE Shannon Hegarty
CE Justin Hodges
WG Anthony Minichiello
FE Brad Fittler (C)
HB Craig Wing
PR Jason Cayless
HK Simon Bonetti
PR Peter Cusack
SR Adrian Morley
SR Craig Fitzgibbon
LK Luke Ricketson
Bench Chris Flannery
Bench Bryan Fletcher
Bench Michael Crocker
Bench Andrew Lomu
"Hey Hindy! even the ref knows what its like to win a grand final"