Shute Shield: Morgan Turinui picks the best Randwick team of his time
After reading a fantastic yarn by Josh Holmes on the Northern Beaches Sports Tribune, we thought we'd borrow the concept (with permission) and get players from various Shute Shield clubs to name their best team of all time.
To clarify, this team is from the perspective of the player and will largely feature individuals from that player's era.
It might not completely fill the void left while the rugby season is on hold, but hopefully it'll help kill a little time.
By Morgan Turinui
1. Fosi Pala’amo
Fosi played Aussie 21s, then went on to play for Western Samoa and eventually for Leinster during Michael Cheika’s successful time over there.
He’s honestly one of the best players I ever played with and if it wasn’t for injuries, I think he would have played a lot higher. He was good at set piece, skilful, had a great catch pass and could put you through a hole.
When we won the comp 2004, he was consistently one of our best.
2. Adam Freier
This was actu