Competitions Best ever Crows players - FINAL - A. McLeod vs M. Ricciuto - Mea Culpa for ruining our season with the delay :(

Who was the better player?

  • Andrew McLeod

  • Mark Ricciuto


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Very hard to pick. Modra a superstar. Rehn the heart and soul. One takes Full Forward in the best ever Crows team, the other takes 1st Ruck. One would take spectacular marks up forward, the other was one of the best marks and judges playing a kick behind play. Both suffered the dreaded ACL. Rehn was able to come back and add something for the Crows after his two. Unfortunately Modra's spelled the end of his career at the Crows.

I don't think we win premierships without Rehn. Sadly, history saw us win one without Modra. My vote goes to Rehn.
Rehn’s 3rd ACL when he slipped on plastic disc being used for centres bounces effectively ended his Crows career. I think this was in a 1999 pre-season game. No games in 1999 and not much chop in 2000.

That 1999 season was painful when we rucked with spuds Lucas Herbert and Matthew Golding, particularly when Pitman was injured. Trent Ormond-Allen played one fine game in ruck against Spider Everett though.
 

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QF4 - M. Ricciuto vs N. Smart
Mark Ricciuto
312 games
292 goals
All-Australian 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 (captain 2004, 2005).
Best and Fairest 1998, 2003, 2004
Premiership player 1998
Brownlow medal 2003
Showdown medal 2000, 2004, 2005
3rd B&F 1994, 1997, 2000
5th B&F 1999
Leading goalkicker 2006
Rising star nominee 1993

Vs

Nigel Smart
278 games
116 goals
All-Australian 1991, 1993, 1998
Premiership player 1997, 1998
2nd B&F 1996, 1998
3rd B&F 1991, 1999
4th B&F 1995
 
Rehn’s 3rd ACL when he slipped on plastic disc being used for centres bounces effectively ended his Crows career. I think this was in a 1999 pre-season game. No games in 1999 and not much chop in 2000.

That 1999 season was painful when we rucked with spuds Lucas Herbert and Matthew Golding, particularly when Pitman was injured. Trent Ormond-Allen played one fine game in ruck against Spider Everett though.
I completely forgot Rehn did another ACL after the premierships. That adds more weight to his value, when available.
 
Semi final Draw
Semi Final 1 McLeod vs Modra
SEMI FINAL 1

Andrew McLeod
All-Australian 1998, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007(c)
Best and Fairest 1997, 2001, 2007
AFL MVP 2001
2 time premiership player
Norm Smith Medal 1997, 1998
preseason premiership 2003
Michael Tuck medal 2003
Showdown medallist 2007
Rising star nominee 1995
2nd B&F 1999, 2000
3rd B&F 1998, 2003
4th B&F 2004, 2005, 2006

Vs

Anthony Modra
118 games
440 goals
All-Australian 1993, 1997
Coleman medal 1997
Leading goalkicker 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
3rd B&F 1993
 

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