Parramatta great Nathan Hindmarsh has named his all-time Eels side onย Fox Sports.
Hindmarsh long deliberated over who to put in the line-up and went back and fourth with several decisions.
He believes the most contentious call was naming Brett Hodgson at fullback over Jarryd Hayne, who he put on the bench.
โA lot of people are going to argue about this one but I played with โHodgo.โ
โI put him right up there with Billy Slater, I reckon the things that Billy did, โHodgoโ had already done.
โHe was quite skilful, he was a great support player and he was a great first receiver as well when he needed to be.
โItโs unfortunate the only vision we really see of โHodgoโ is Gordon ragdolling him over the sidelines so he gets a bit of a bad rap that way.
โHe got the nod over โHaynesy,โ but Iโve got him on the bench. โHaynesyโ had to be in the side, heโs one of the greatest players to pull on the blue and gold but I think playing a bit more with โHodgoโ outweighed โHaynesyโsโ starting spot.โ
The easiest choice for 330-gamer was to not pick himself in the team because "only a d***head would put himself in the team.
โItโs just something you donโt do, youโre never going to put your own name down. Youโre a bit of a wanker if you do.
โI know Gordy (Tallis) put his name down as coach but I think he was taking the piss. Itโs not a team you put yourself in.โ
Nathan Cayless got the nod as skipper and Brian Smith as coach.
Hindmarsh's all-time Eels side
- Brett Hodgson
2. Luke Burt
3. Jamie Lyon
4. Michael Cronin
5. Eric Grothe Snr
6. Brett Kenny
7. Peter Sterling
8. Nathan Cayless (c)
9. Steve Edge
10. Dean Pay
11. Jason Smith
12. Ray Price
13. Jim Dymock
Bench
14. Ken Thornett
15. Jarryd Hayne
16. Daniel Wagon
17. Bob O'Reilly
Coach:ย Brian Smith
