rd wrote:Davies in his rucking heyday (73-78) was never beaten by SANFL opponents no matter how hard Carey,Button,Kennedy tried ! He then became a goalkicking legend. Carey didn't really climb in stature as a SANFL ruckman until Davies had shifted down to the Sturt forward lines...
I don't know about "never", but your point is well made. Davies also tried himself in the (then) superior VFL competition. He didn't do too badly either in his one year with the Hawks.
To sum up Davies, very few (if any) players could have produced the performance he displayed in the 1976 GF, and that's why I rate him the superior player to Carey.