ex rooster Rory Kostjasyn coming off bench for storm this weekend

[Guest]

Was interesting to find this... he didn't get much of a go here at the easts did he...will be interesting to see how he goes.

[Guest]

He has played for them last week. I'm pretty sure he featured on their bench before this too including WCC.

Goes alright.

[Rooster_6]

He was a local junior wasn't he?

[Guest]

He was a local junior wasn't he?

I thought he was originally from Penrith, but could be wrong.

[theGman]

He was a local junior wasn't he?

NSW Central Coast kid.

[TheLoneRooster]

Hep Cahill is another playing for the storm that could almost be considered and ex-Rooster.

[Guest]

They are both bit players in a very good (and untenably expensive) squad.

In the first half of this decade we carried some serious nuffies in our squad as well.

[Guest]

We had hard-working players on low pay e.g. Todd Byrne, Simon Bonetti, Peter Cusack, Stuart Webb, Ned Catic, Luke Phillips, Chad Robinson, Todd Payten, all carefully situated around a superstar core and a dominant backrow.

Our backrow over those years was very very strong. First Fletcher/Fitzgibbon/Ricketson, and then Tupou/Fitzgibbon/Ricketson. With guys like Crocker, Flannery, Robinson all pushing for starting spots too.

[Rooster_6]

Hep Cahill is another playing for the storm that could almost be considered and ex-Rooster.

Or a soon to be Rooster if what I heard is correct....

[Guest]

We had hard-working players on low pay e.g. Todd Byrne, Simon Bonetti, Peter Cusack, Stuart Webb, Ned Catic, Luke Phillips, Chad Robinson, Todd Payten, all carefully situated around a superstar core and a dominant backrow.

Our backrow over those years was very very strong. First Fletcher/Fitzgibbon/Ricketson, and then Tupou/Fitzgibbon/Ricketson. With guys like Crocker, Flannery, Robinson all pushing for starting spots too.

Although not the most talented footballer, Luke Phillips' bravery put him well above the status of 'hard working player'.

I wouldn't say the names of Todd Byrne and Ned Catic in the same breath!

[Guest]

Luke Phillips was incredibly talented. A bunch of games between 2000 and 2002 where our playmakers were out he took over the team and showed real briliiance, kicking and passing. Check out the 2002 season highlights or the Decade of Excellence DVD to see some of his brilliance.

The thing with Phillips is that he was such a great team player that he was able to play the role that worked best within the team.

He also saved a certain try moments before halftime in the 2002 Grand Final that may have changed the course of the game.

One of the very finest chooks in the last 25 years. They don't call him Diamond for nothing.

[Guest]

Luke Phillips was incredibly talented. A bunch of games between 2000 and 2002 where our playmakers were out he took over the team and showed real briliiance, kicking and passing. Check out the 2002 season highlights or the Decade of Excellence DVD to see some of his brilliance.

The thing with Phillips is that he was such a great team player that he was able to play the role that worked best within the team.

He also saved a certain try moments before halftime in the 2002 Grand Final that may have changed the course of the game.

One of the very finest chooks in the last 25 years. They don't call him Diamond for nothing.

So many players have played crap for the Roosters and went on to have great careers at other clubs. Luke Phillips was certainly an exception in this regard.

When he was playing for Manly, I though he was solid at best. So glad to be proven wrong on this one!

[Guest]

Phillips was definitely a diamond.

I see the same thing happening to Shillington, as what happened to Cusack. Solid, hard-working performer with us, goes to another club, becomes their pack leader and a tower of strength.

If Shack didn't get injured, I could have seen the same thing happening to, HOWEVER I think losing Shack is alright if we get Hargreaves.