Lockett 🆚 Dunstall

[Sainternist]

The very first time the two legendary full forwards played against each other was in a pre-season game back in 1985 between St.Kilda and Queensland.

Enjoy, fellow Sainters!

[robbie muir]

Both Great Full Forwards but I believe Plugger was the better comfortably.

If you look at the players delivering the ball to Dunstall you had Judge, Platten , Buckenara, Eade, Wallace , Hall etc.

We didn’t have those sort of players.

In addition in Plugger’s first six years at the club we won the wooden spoon five times ( 1983, 1984, 1985 , 1986 , 1988).

In a better team and with a little luck re injuries and suspensions , Plugger might have got close to 2,000 goals.

Greatest Saint of all time.

[samoht]

In a better team and with a little luck re injuries and suspensions , Plugger might have got close to 2,000 goals.

Not necessarily, he might have kicked less goals, too (in a better team)? ... I mean the goals might have been shared with other great players?

[B.M]

Dunstall and Lockett swapped (and plugger barracked for the hawks)

No doubt in my mind

Plugger would’ve kicked 1800+
Dunstall about 1000

[samoht]

As an example off the top of my head ...
The year Dunstall kicked 95, I think Brereton kicked about 65, Curren kicked 45 odd goals, Buckenera kicked 50 goals or so ... there were just too many goal-kickers and options.

That's 95 to Dunstall and 160 to 3 other options.

I wonder what % of ball that was delivered into the F50 went to Lockett?

They were both great players ...

[Vortex]

Best footy days watching Plugger play, especially at Linton Street. But here is something to ponder, Dunstall would probably get a game in the modern era, absolutely he didn't kick as many goals as Plugger, but he was clearly in a team that had more avenues to goal, Plugger not so much.

Both pure entertainment of the best kind when it comes to Australian Rules.

[B.M]

If plugger got the delivery of the best team - possibly ever?!

Instead of (at times) the worst team ever

I’m sure he would’ve benefited greatly

Having a fwd line of

Brereton Hall Buckanara and Co

Might also have meant he couldn’t be double or triple teamed constantly

I know they had more goal kickers but they also kicked a lot more goals total.

[The Fireman]

its the old chestnut that has been done to death.
Both amazing but if you were selecting a team for one game....who would you choose ?



ask anyone... %90 would say Lockett

[Crossy66]

Hands down plugger by some margin. I think what gets forgotten is that back in the 80's, only two or 3 games were televised each week, and as the Saints were not a top team, we weren't televised as much. Most non Saints fans just didn't get to see as much of Pluggers games in the Moorabbin days.

[Teflon]

There’s only 1 Tony Lockett

[Sainternist]

Imagine if Plugger played in the same formidable Hawthorn team Dunstall played for. He would have probably ended up with 2,000 career goals.

Lockett was the better full forward, by a long shot. But Dunstall is the second best full forward I’ve seen in my lifetime and there have been some good ones.