Junction Oval wrote:It's a bit difficult Mr Magic, to compare players from different eras.
In his day, Neil Roberts was one of the first of what I would call "athletes."
A fantastic player in a piss-weak team !
As you would expect, players of that era could not live with the fitness or kicking skills of today's players.
I agree, maybe it's impossible to compare players from eras 50 years apart.
Nonetheless, I feel of those who played CHB for the Saints since I started watching, Chips would be the best.
Better than Synman who I considered to have been the best I'd seen prior to Chips, Elphinstone, Morris, Reynolds, Robert Elliott.
Given that the game is played entirely differently toady, I would find it difficult to say he's a better defender than the following Full Backs we had:-
Howell, Neale, Murray, Frawley, Hudghton