Storm's One Game Wonders
Below are my profile of the first four of Storm's one game wonders in alphabetical order. I will add additional players through the week:
Jack Afamasaga: A Keywest Lions junior this bullocking prop / second rower made his first grade debut for Parramatta in 2004. He played 11 games for the Eels in 2004 and 2005. He joined Manly where he played 14 games and scored his only NRL try in 2007 and 2008 including the 2007 Grand Final against the Storm. In 2009 he played 10 games for Cronulla. In 2010 he played for Wynnum Manly in the Queensland Cup. He joined the Storm halfway through the 2011 season after a season with French club Racing Club Lescure Arthes. His only game for the Storm was in Round 26 of 2011 v Roosters when Adam Blair, Sika Manu and Sisa Waqa were suspended following the Brookvale Brawl and Craig Bellamy elected to rest a number of players including Billy Slater, Cameron Smith and Bryan Norrie.
Anthony Bonus: A front rower originally from Bundaberg Brothers. He made his NRL debut with the Illawarra Steelers in 1994. After playing 4 games with the Steelers in 1994 and 1995 he played 7 games with Parramatta. He played his only game for the Storm and his 12th and final NRL game in a 25 – 16 win v Balmain Tigers in Round 13 of 1998.
Dane Chisholm: A versatile and fast back, who can play five eighth, full back, wing or half back. Chisholm was recruited from Mullumbimby Giants and was a key member of the Storm’s 2009 Toyota Cup premiership team including scoring 5 tries v the Rabbitohs in the Qualifying Final. Chisholm played his only game for the Storm in Round 10, 2011 v Raiders as a late replacement for Anthony Quinn who did not make it through the warm up. He had quite a solid game gaining 136 metres but his opposite winger Blake Ferguson chipped the ball over Chisholm’s head and regathered to score the match winning try. At the end of 2011 he played 3 tests in France, which included a hat-trick v Scotland. Chisholm has signed with Wests Tigers for 2012.
Chris Essex: Essex was a lock who played his only game for the Storm from the bench v Brisbane at AAMI Park in Round 16, 2000 at Olympic Park. This was Essex's only NRL game. This was the game where Peter Robinson famously scored a try in the dieing seconds to steal a 16 – 12 win for the Storm.
Jack Afamasaga: A Keywest Lions junior this bullocking prop / second rower made his first grade debut for Parramatta in 2004. He played 11 games for the Eels in 2004 and 2005. He joined Manly where he played 14 games and scored his only NRL try in 2007 and 2008 including the 2007 Grand Final against the Storm. In 2009 he played 10 games for Cronulla. In 2010 he played for Wynnum Manly in the Queensland Cup. He joined the Storm halfway through the 2011 season after a season with French club Racing Club Lescure Arthes. His only game for the Storm was in Round 26 of 2011 v Roosters when Adam Blair, Sika Manu and Sisa Waqa were suspended following the Brookvale Brawl and Craig Bellamy elected to rest a number of players including Billy Slater, Cameron Smith and Bryan Norrie.
Anthony Bonus: A front rower originally from Bundaberg Brothers. He made his NRL debut with the Illawarra Steelers in 1994. After playing 4 games with the Steelers in 1994 and 1995 he played 7 games with Parramatta. He played his only game for the Storm and his 12th and final NRL game in a 25 – 16 win v Balmain Tigers in Round 13 of 1998.
Dane Chisholm: A versatile and fast back, who can play five eighth, full back, wing or half back. Chisholm was recruited from Mullumbimby Giants and was a key member of the Storm’s 2009 Toyota Cup premiership team including scoring 5 tries v the Rabbitohs in the Qualifying Final. Chisholm played his only game for the Storm in Round 10, 2011 v Raiders as a late replacement for Anthony Quinn who did not make it through the warm up. He had quite a solid game gaining 136 metres but his opposite winger Blake Ferguson chipped the ball over Chisholm’s head and regathered to score the match winning try. At the end of 2011 he played 3 tests in France, which included a hat-trick v Scotland. Chisholm has signed with Wests Tigers for 2012.
Chris Essex: Essex was a lock who played his only game for the Storm from the bench v Brisbane at AAMI Park in Round 16, 2000 at Olympic Park. This was Essex's only NRL game. This was the game where Peter Robinson famously scored a try in the dieing seconds to steal a 16 – 12 win for the Storm.
How about that English player in 2002 that I think from memory was only ever in the named side once and spent the whole 80 minutes on the bench in the final round game against the Raiders? Hmm, trying to remember his name but it just won't come to me.
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That player would be Keith Mason, he played four games for the Storm in 2002-03 before going back to the UK.
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It's funny you mention Chris Essex and Anthony Bonus, if you look on the Rugby League Project website, they are the only two Storm players that do not have a date of birth listed (although some of the other date of births for other players are innaccurate). If anyone has that info, it would be greatly appeciated.
Please find below one game wonders five through eight:
Josh Graham: The Storm recruited this Old Bar Pirates junior from the Queensland Reds Super Rugby team. Graham made his only appearance for the Storm at centre as a replacement for NSW Origin winger Matt King prior to Origin 1, 2005. He played against the Bulldogs in Round 11 and scored a late consolation try in a 26 to 16 Bulldogs win. He was likely to have replaced King in the match prior to Origin 2 but was injured. He left the Storm at the end of 2005 and spent 2006 at Super Rugby’s Western Force. From 2007 until 2010 he played 50 games with the Gold Coast Titans at centre, lock or from the bench.
Sinbad Kali: A Wyong Roos junior, this prop played his only game for the Storm in Round 16, 2008 v the Eels at Parramatta Stadium. In this game the Storm played without 10 players who had been picked for State of Origin the following Wednesday. Kali was one of two Storm players who appeared to be unfairly penalised for contact with an opposition kicker when Brett Finch (now a loved character at the Storm) took a couple of dives. The Eels won the game 24 to 22, but amazingly the Storm went close to stealing the game when Brett Anderson almost got on the end of a Cooper Cronk kick to the corner. Kali played with the Central Coast Centurions in the NSW Cup in 2011.
Brooke Martin: Played his first rugby league with the Christian Outreach College. Martin played with the Easts Tigers in the Queensland Cup in 2000, where he was the league’s equal leading try scorer for the season with 22 tries. During the 2000 season, Martin was called up to the Storm team to play against Parramatta on a Friday night at Parramatta Stadium in Round 14 in a game where Storm were missing their Origin players. This is somewhat ironic considering Easts Tigers were not the Storm’s feeder club at the time but are now one of the Storm’s feeder clubs. Martin was part of the Storm’s first grade squad for 2001 but did not play another game.
Dane Morgan: A prop or second rower who played 5 games with North Sydney in 1999. Morgan played his only match for the Storm in the same match v Parramatta in 2000 that Brooke Martin played his only match. Shortly after this match the Storm virtually swapped Morgan to Wests Tigers for Brenton Pomery with Morgan being released and signing with the Wests Tigers around the same time Pomery was released from the Tigers and signed with the Storm. Just six weeks after his one and only match with the Storm, Morgan played his one and only match for the Wests Tigers against the Broncos. Earlier in 2000, Morgan also played in and scored a try in the Storm's World Club Challenge thumping of St Helens.
Josh Graham: The Storm recruited this Old Bar Pirates junior from the Queensland Reds Super Rugby team. Graham made his only appearance for the Storm at centre as a replacement for NSW Origin winger Matt King prior to Origin 1, 2005. He played against the Bulldogs in Round 11 and scored a late consolation try in a 26 to 16 Bulldogs win. He was likely to have replaced King in the match prior to Origin 2 but was injured. He left the Storm at the end of 2005 and spent 2006 at Super Rugby’s Western Force. From 2007 until 2010 he played 50 games with the Gold Coast Titans at centre, lock or from the bench.
Sinbad Kali: A Wyong Roos junior, this prop played his only game for the Storm in Round 16, 2008 v the Eels at Parramatta Stadium. In this game the Storm played without 10 players who had been picked for State of Origin the following Wednesday. Kali was one of two Storm players who appeared to be unfairly penalised for contact with an opposition kicker when Brett Finch (now a loved character at the Storm) took a couple of dives. The Eels won the game 24 to 22, but amazingly the Storm went close to stealing the game when Brett Anderson almost got on the end of a Cooper Cronk kick to the corner. Kali played with the Central Coast Centurions in the NSW Cup in 2011.
Brooke Martin: Played his first rugby league with the Christian Outreach College. Martin played with the Easts Tigers in the Queensland Cup in 2000, where he was the league’s equal leading try scorer for the season with 22 tries. During the 2000 season, Martin was called up to the Storm team to play against Parramatta on a Friday night at Parramatta Stadium in Round 14 in a game where Storm were missing their Origin players. This is somewhat ironic considering Easts Tigers were not the Storm’s feeder club at the time but are now one of the Storm’s feeder clubs. Martin was part of the Storm’s first grade squad for 2001 but did not play another game.
Dane Morgan: A prop or second rower who played 5 games with North Sydney in 1999. Morgan played his only match for the Storm in the same match v Parramatta in 2000 that Brooke Martin played his only match. Shortly after this match the Storm virtually swapped Morgan to Wests Tigers for Brenton Pomery with Morgan being released and signing with the Wests Tigers around the same time Pomery was released from the Tigers and signed with the Storm. Just six weeks after his one and only match with the Storm, Morgan played his one and only match for the Wests Tigers against the Broncos. Earlier in 2000, Morgan also played in and scored a try in the Storm's World Club Challenge thumping of St Helens.
I don't think it was him, I'm pretty sure we had two English recruits in 2002 and the Canberra game was the first and only time this player was picked in the NRL side and the poor bugger spent the entire 80 minutes on the bench. Great decision by Muppet, why pick a player if he isn't going to play.mattstormy wrote:That player would be Keith Mason, he played four games for the Storm in 2002-03 before going back to the UK.
Okay, after a bit of searching around I got it wrong. The player I was thinking of was neither an English recruit (the 2nd one in 2002 was Ian Sibbit) nor was he a one game wonder.
What I did get right was he spent 80 minutes on the bench in the final 2002 round game against the Raiders. It was Michael Russo.
http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/seaso ... mmary.html
What I did get right was he spent 80 minutes on the bench in the final 2002 round game against the Raiders. It was Michael Russo.
http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/seaso ... mmary.html
Here are the Storm's final four one game wonders:
Smith Samau: Samau can play centre, wing or five eighth. He played his only game for the Storm against Manly Warringah Sea Eagles at Brookvale in Round 11 2006 form the bench. Manly easily won this match 34 to 12. At the end of 2006, he along with Daniel Isaac were effectively traded to the Gold Coast Titans so Steve Turner could back out of a deal he had agreed to with the Titans and stay at the Storm. In 2007 and 2008, Samau played 10 games and scored 1 try for the Titans. He played in the Queensland Cup for the Ipswich Jets when not required by the Titans. In mid-2009, Samau signed with the Sydney Roosters, but he didn’t add to his first grade tally spending the remainder of the season with the Newtown Jets in the NSW Cup. At the start of 2010 Samau returned to Ipswich where he has played the last two seasons. Samau has also played 3 tests for Samoa.
Ryan Shortland: Shortland was born in Masterton, NZ but grew up in Australia. He played junior rugby league at the Coogee Wombats and Port Macquarie Sharks. Shortland’s only appearance for the Storm came off the bench against Canberra at Bruce Stadium in Round 2 2007. Shortland joined the NZ Warriors in 2008 where he played 5 games and scored 3 tries including a double on his Warriors debut v Newcastle. At the end of 2008, the Warriors did not renew Shortland’s contract and Shortland switched to rugby union. He joined premier grade rugby union team Taieri in 2009 and played for Otago in the National Provincial Championships in 2009 and 2010 and was named part of the Highlanders wider training group for the 2010 season. He is currently playing rugby union for the Newcastle Falcons in the English Premiership.
Nathan Sologinkin: Sologinkin is a second rower who played all but two of his 32 NRL games from the bench. In 1997, Sologinkin commenced his ARL/NRL career with the South Queensland Crushers playing 10 games and scoring one try. In 1998 and 1999 he played 13 games for the Canberra Raiders. Then Sologinkin played a total of 8 games for the Bulldogs in 2000 and 2002. Whilst Sologinkin was playing for the Norths Devils he was drafted onto the bench of a Storm team missing Robbie Kearns through Origin commitments in round 13, 2003 v South Sydney at the Sydney Football Stadium. The Rabbitohs convincingly won the match 41 to 14. Sologinkin is currently running the Fresh Extremes Fruit Market in Brisbane with his former Canberra teammate, Knights, Manly and NSW player Ben Kennedy.
John Wilshere: Wilshere made his debut for the Western Reds in 1997 where he played 4 games and scored 1 try. His only game for the Storm came against the Adelaide Rams at Olympic Park in Round 14, 1998, where Wilshere kicked 3 goals. The Storm won the match 24 to 4. The Rams team included future Storm 100-gamer and assistant coach David Kidwell. In 1998, Wilshere scored 274 points for the Norths Devils which is still a Queensland Cup record for most points in a season by an individual. The Devils won the Queensland Cup in 1998. His 538 career points for the Devils is still a club record, 20 points ahead of another former Storm player Marty Turner. Wilshere also spent some time at the Easts Tigers where he scored 358 points. His total of 896 points is 6th on the all time Queensland Cup scorers list. In 2003, Wilshere played 10 games and scored 3 tries for St George Illawarra. In 2005 he moved to England where spent a season at Warrington and then a season at Leigh but he found a true home at the Salford City Reds where he played for four seasons and was their regular goal kicker. Wilshere was also a regular in the Papua New Guinea team.
Smith Samau: Samau can play centre, wing or five eighth. He played his only game for the Storm against Manly Warringah Sea Eagles at Brookvale in Round 11 2006 form the bench. Manly easily won this match 34 to 12. At the end of 2006, he along with Daniel Isaac were effectively traded to the Gold Coast Titans so Steve Turner could back out of a deal he had agreed to with the Titans and stay at the Storm. In 2007 and 2008, Samau played 10 games and scored 1 try for the Titans. He played in the Queensland Cup for the Ipswich Jets when not required by the Titans. In mid-2009, Samau signed with the Sydney Roosters, but he didn’t add to his first grade tally spending the remainder of the season with the Newtown Jets in the NSW Cup. At the start of 2010 Samau returned to Ipswich where he has played the last two seasons. Samau has also played 3 tests for Samoa.
Ryan Shortland: Shortland was born in Masterton, NZ but grew up in Australia. He played junior rugby league at the Coogee Wombats and Port Macquarie Sharks. Shortland’s only appearance for the Storm came off the bench against Canberra at Bruce Stadium in Round 2 2007. Shortland joined the NZ Warriors in 2008 where he played 5 games and scored 3 tries including a double on his Warriors debut v Newcastle. At the end of 2008, the Warriors did not renew Shortland’s contract and Shortland switched to rugby union. He joined premier grade rugby union team Taieri in 2009 and played for Otago in the National Provincial Championships in 2009 and 2010 and was named part of the Highlanders wider training group for the 2010 season. He is currently playing rugby union for the Newcastle Falcons in the English Premiership.
Nathan Sologinkin: Sologinkin is a second rower who played all but two of his 32 NRL games from the bench. In 1997, Sologinkin commenced his ARL/NRL career with the South Queensland Crushers playing 10 games and scoring one try. In 1998 and 1999 he played 13 games for the Canberra Raiders. Then Sologinkin played a total of 8 games for the Bulldogs in 2000 and 2002. Whilst Sologinkin was playing for the Norths Devils he was drafted onto the bench of a Storm team missing Robbie Kearns through Origin commitments in round 13, 2003 v South Sydney at the Sydney Football Stadium. The Rabbitohs convincingly won the match 41 to 14. Sologinkin is currently running the Fresh Extremes Fruit Market in Brisbane with his former Canberra teammate, Knights, Manly and NSW player Ben Kennedy.
John Wilshere: Wilshere made his debut for the Western Reds in 1997 where he played 4 games and scored 1 try. His only game for the Storm came against the Adelaide Rams at Olympic Park in Round 14, 1998, where Wilshere kicked 3 goals. The Storm won the match 24 to 4. The Rams team included future Storm 100-gamer and assistant coach David Kidwell. In 1998, Wilshere scored 274 points for the Norths Devils which is still a Queensland Cup record for most points in a season by an individual. The Devils won the Queensland Cup in 1998. His 538 career points for the Devils is still a club record, 20 points ahead of another former Storm player Marty Turner. Wilshere also spent some time at the Easts Tigers where he scored 358 points. His total of 896 points is 6th on the all time Queensland Cup scorers list. In 2003, Wilshere played 10 games and scored 3 tries for St George Illawarra. In 2005 he moved to England where spent a season at Warrington and then a season at Leigh but he found a true home at the Salford City Reds where he played for four seasons and was their regular goal kicker. Wilshere was also a regular in the Papua New Guinea team.
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I think the winner out of deal to keep Steve Turner was definitely the Storm. After the 2006 Grand Final, Turner would end up playing in three more grand finals and winning two, while Samau didn't get many opportunites in his brief career at the Titans and Daniel Isaac didn't even play a game for them.