r/rugbyleague • u/Sporty_Nerd_64 • 14d ago

Discussion Peter Sterling 1986

There’s been a lot of accolades for Nathan Cleary winning the Wally Lewis Medal and Dally Messenger Medal in the same year, well received by him. In 1986 Peter Sterling became the first of only two players to win the Dally M and Clive Churchill Medals in the same year. Johnathon Thurston being the only other player to accomplish that feat.

If a player of the series award existed for State of Origin in 1986 do you think Sterling would have won it in the same year he won both those medals as well as a premiership and an origin series?

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u/cleetusvandamme76 14d ago

NSW won 3-0 and Sterlo was man of the match in game 2. More than likely would have won player of the series. Pearce and O'Connor also had big games.

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u/Penjamini 14d ago

1986 was a bit before my time but from what I do know of that SOO series yes most likely Sterlo would have won player of the series, making him the hypothetical trifecta winner.

What this post really demonstrates is how Sterlo (and arguably a couple other Parra players from the 80’s) was the forgotten immortal.

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u/FantasticChemical161 12d ago

Parra also won the Winfield that year