happy_tiger
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The post try celebration with the team photo when we scored a try v the Warriors many years ago (Can't remember the year) That was a good un
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westTAHger
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In late 70's Bruce Gibbs tackled Tom Mooney in a wests-v-manly game at brookvale.
bruce was on the wing having a "little breather". tom mooney picked up the ball, ran straight into bruce belly, anf ell to the ground
can still hear Frank Hyde laughing about it.
bruce was on the wing having a "little breather". tom mooney picked up the ball, ran straight into bruce belly, anf ell to the ground
can still hear Frank Hyde laughing about it.
Marshall_magic
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Another favourite was in 2007 or 2008 (I think it was 2008), Dragons vs Bulldogs. Rangi Chase for the Dragons went for a chip and chase on half time, but didn't get much on the ball, it softly hit Millard? in the chest who strolled 40m to score the easiest try he'll ever score for the Dogs. It gave the Dogs a solid lead at the break and they won it easily in the second half.
1989 at Campbelltown Stadium, Wests playing the Broncos, Sam Backo was injured, in agony with a shoulder injury, play held up as he was helped from the field by the trainer. He looked to be in a lot of pain. When sam reached the sideline near the tunnel, one of the Broncos staff gave him a high 5, to which Sam replied with his injured arm, he screamed in pain not realising which arm he'd used. Needless to say spectators and Wests officials nearby burst out in laughter.
innsaneink
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@cunno said:
Haha hilarious rep point worthy cunno
Not an NRL game, but some years back, I was warming up for an A Grade game and the A Reserves played before us in one of their finals matches.
They were locked at 16-16 all, with about 5 to go, some bloke caught an intercept and was away clean. Decided to celebrate to early, turned around to rub it in to the other side. When he finally turned around, the idiot ran straight into the post and cleaned himself up. The other side kicked a field goal in the last minute.
That bloke didn't come back the following season. Someone luckily caught it on camera, and it made the footy show a few years ago. If I can find the footage I'll try and put it up.
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They were locked at 16-16 all, with about 5 to go, some bloke caught an intercept and was away clean. Decided to celebrate to early, turned around to rub it in to the other side. When he finally turned around, the idiot ran straight into the post and cleaned himself up. The other side kicked a field goal in the last minute.
That bloke didn't come back the following season. Someone luckily caught it on camera, and it made the footy show a few years ago. If I can find the footage I'll try and put it up.
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I didn't see this at the time, but remember it happening - the whole North Sydney team (led by captain Ken Irvine) walked off the field, during a game against Canterbury in 1970, in protest against referee Keith Page's blatant bias towards Canterbury. Unfortunately, the Bears didn't end up winning the game, but good on them I say, should be more of it, especially with some of the tragic refereeing decisions made these days :laughing:
Years ago I was playing in the state school boy championships. We had made the final and were watching our arch rivals, who we had never beaten playing in the other semi. They got a good lead and started resting their guns and their opposition came home with a wet sail. With less than a minute on the clock and with the lead, they recieved the ball from a huge mistake and one of them toed it backwards to their fullback, who was a deaf guy. He grabbed it as those up field started celebrating and because he couldnt hear he assumed the siren had gone….it hadn't! Instead of running it back and taking the tackle, he booted the crap out of it and started running up to join his mates. The kick shanked across field, straight into the hands of the oppositions center who fed the winger who then ran unopposed to the try line for the win.
I'll never forget that bloke....poor bugger lol....
I'll never forget that bloke....poor bugger lol....
Marshall_magic
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Talking park/junior footy, I wasn't there for this one, a mate told me about it, it was his brother's grand final I believe. The minor premiers absolutely dominated the comp, where they did not drop a game and were playing their grand final on a week night (can't remember why). The mob they were up against were having the game of their lives, and were up by 16 with 10-15 to go. It was pretty much over ignoring a late comeback from the minor premiers. However, the lights at the ground cut out, and they couldn't get them back on. The decision (which seems ridiculous) was to come back and replay the entire game the next week. The minor premiers turned it around and won it pretty comfortably.
When I was in juniors, the team in the grade below us went through a season undefeated and lost the grand final when they conceded a late try. The next year they made the grand final, undefeated again, only to let in a late try to lose the grand final. The third year they made the grand final undefeated only to concede a late try and go behind, before they put 2 late ones on and take it out. They went off that night. 3 years, 2 losses and only 1 premiership. I gave the game away so I have no idea how well they did beyond that, but several of the boys in that team are now playing Toyota Cup. The club had big wraps on some of them despite only being 13 years old after the third grand final. I don't believe any have made it to the NRL, although some may get a go next season as they won't be elligible for the Toyota Cup in 2012.
When I was in juniors, the team in the grade below us went through a season undefeated and lost the grand final when they conceded a late try. The next year they made the grand final, undefeated again, only to let in a late try to lose the grand final. The third year they made the grand final undefeated only to concede a late try and go behind, before they put 2 late ones on and take it out. They went off that night. 3 years, 2 losses and only 1 premiership. I gave the game away so I have no idea how well they did beyond that, but several of the boys in that team are now playing Toyota Cup. The club had big wraps on some of them despite only being 13 years old after the third grand final. I don't believe any have made it to the NRL, although some may get a go next season as they won't be elligible for the Toyota Cup in 2012.
TigersFan4Life
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How about Benny Elias kicking a field goal after five minutes in a game at Leichhardt against the Broncos in the late '80s? Tigers led 1-0, and after the Broncos scored a try out wide ten minutes later it was 4-1! But the Tigers went on to score four unanswered tries to win 25-4, I think. I was at that game and the "Wally's a wanker" chants were coming thick and fast.
happy_tiger
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@TigersFan4Life said:
Can remember the 1976 BRL Grand Final between Wests Panthers and Easts Tigers John Payne opened the scoring with a field goal for Easts to lead 1-0
West went on to win 16-1 (A strange scoreline in any game ) with future Balmain player Greg Oliphant having a fine game and future Wests player John Ribot (a lock in those days) scoring a try
Do you remember that game Watto ?? Oh thats right Wests v Easts GF weren't really memorable for Easts supporters as they lost all 5 they played against each other
I remember that Cronulla v Parra game where the Sharks may have been down to 10 players at one point (they played the 2nd half with at best 11), The Sharks were down a lot to nil and went for a field goal. Funny thing was, a Sharks player in the 2nd half absolutely clothes-lined a Parra player and only got put on report. I think Kevin "Shayne" Hayne might have been responsible.
Manly sacking Hasler after securing the premiership no more than six weeks ago…
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happy_tiger
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I think he spat at Jim Cowell if memory served me correct Is that right Watto ??
The most bizarre thing ive seen is in a game (at any level) was in a junior game i was playing, 2 opposition players started fighting with each other, given we were attacking their try line, all there players got back to defend and our players were asking do we break it up?? we let them keep going.
It wasn't till we scored, about 3 plays later that there team mates finally broke it up, by that stage they had done some serious damage to each other, an unbelievable incident!
It wasn't till we scored, about 3 plays later that there team mates finally broke it up, by that stage they had done some serious damage to each other, an unbelievable incident!
Joel Helmes
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@Goose said:
A bit like this ESPN video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVs4PyD2sZg
Hopefully we never see any of our guys doing this!
I saw on youtube not long ago Wests were playing Manly at Brookvale in 1990.
Ivan Henjak got tackled a couple of metres away from the line, he feigned an injury and fell back down as he played it, the dummy half picked the ball up, ran a bit across field, Henjak got back up and strolled over.
Ivan Henjak got tackled a couple of metres away from the line, he feigned an injury and fell back down as he played it, the dummy half picked the ball up, ran a bit across field, Henjak got back up and strolled over.
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