Two players of differing skill sets have been crowned Simply The Best wingers - Wendell Sailor and Hazem El Masri.

Sailor was renowned for his power and speed during his many years racking up tries for the Broncos, Maroons, Kangaroos and Dragons while the much smaller El Masri was no less effective during his 14-season stint at Canterbury, piling on the points with a mix of craftiness and peerless goal-kicking prowess.

After rising to prominence from 1993-2001 at Brisbane, scoring 110 tries while also representing Queensland and Australia, Sailor became a dual international after a successful switch to rugby before ending his career with a couple of seasons at St George Illawarra.

El Masri became the all-time leading scorer in premiership history with 2418 points, all as a Bulldog, before it was broken last year by Cameron Smith. A prolific try-scorer as well as an immaculate goal kicker, he was part of Canterbury's 2004 grand final victory over the Roosters.

More than 150,000 fans voted in the online poll as well as the official NRL Instagram and Facebook accounts.

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Sailor was uncharacteristically dumbfounded when he was informed of the honour.

"It’s quite humbling. I know humbling and me don’t go together much. It does make you feel good. That’s why you play the game, is to be the best. I’m over the moon. It’s a good feeling," he said.

"The blokes in there, it’s a pretty fair field. The bloke who I thought might probably get me would be Brett Morris because he’s been outstanding the last 10 years.

It’s quite humbling. I know humbling and me don’t go together much. Wendell Sailor

"I came through a golden era. I think people saw me change the wingers game. Eric Grothe senior set a standard.

"If it wasn’t for Willie Carne and Mick Hancock [I wouldn’t have won]. They set the standard and from then on, I knew what the standard had to be.

"El Masri was always an under-rated player. I’ve played some tough games against him."

El Masri was also thrilled to get a place on one of the wings.

"It's humbling to hear that and good to see the fans have still got good memories. There's a lot of quality wingers out there that it could've gone to anybody," he said.

"The bigger guys who had speed and agility like Wendell, Lote and Manu Vatuvei were fantastic, they were a nightmare to mark.

"I had a look at the list and a lot hadn't been mentioned. It's a great honour and I thank everyone for voting. The good thing about it is it wasn't only Bulldogs fans who voted."

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NRL.com this month launched the search for the Simply The Best players from 1990 to now to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the iconic Tina Turner promotional campaign, which was again featured in this year's advertisement for the Telstra Premiership.

A poll will go live each Friday for each of the nine positions on the field as well as the coach who has been better than all the rest during the past 30 years. Billy Slater kicked off proceedings by winning the fullback poll in a landslide.

Sailor and El Masri won after the NRL.com newsroom narrowed the race to be the best winger down to a shortlist of 10, which was trimmed to four finalists also including Roosters star Brett Morris and former Warriors "Beast" Manu Vatuvei.

NRL.com will call on the fans to have their say from midday on Friday to decide which centre was Simply The Best over the past three decades.

Such was the talent on offer among wingers, we could find no room in the initial top 10 for Fijian flyers Noa Nadruku and Semi Radradra, former Knights star Adam MacDougall, modern-day internationals Josh Addo-Carr and Valentine Holmes, or greats from yesteryear in the form of Brett Dallas, Willie Carne, goal-kicking guru Daryl Halligan and prolific try-scorers Nathan Merritt and Timana Tahu.