Came across this one from 1998 for all the Balmain supporters. One of my favorite at game memories being there in the rain. Everyone thought that the sharks scored in the last minute (spoilers!) But it got ruled back due to the sharks player stepping out. It seemed like an eternity for Bill Harrigan to realise that touchie had his flag up near the half way line. It took that long, the commentators (including Blocker) were congratulating the sharks for a will deserved win and the TV score board even got updated. My mate and I felt like we were the only tigers supporters at the ground, after I started jumping around celebrating when I saw the touchie had his flag up.
Well worth a watch even for just the last 2 minutes. And the replay shows the sharks player didn't go near the sideline.
Interestingly, we won 5 of our first 6 but then would win only 4 more games for the year.
https://www.nrl.com/tv/matches/telstra-premiership/1998/round-6/full-match-replay-sharks-v-tigers---round-6-1998/
I just went and watched that game and was struck by a couple of things;
1. My god that was the most bog average Balmain team of all time,
2. The officiating and refereeing in that game was discgraceful. Harrigon was so bad. People have a rose coloured rear view of what kind of ref he was.
I remember there were 3 different occasions that Harrigan made such a bad mistake, they dropped him to Reserves. Looking through the internet I could find evidence of one back then and another as a video ref, but yes I am surprised people seem to have forgotten that he was a terrible ref.
Terrible ref and a cheat. Convinced that he had $$$$ on Canberra in the '89 GF. Made some horrendous decisions that afternoon the bastard.
The penalty against Bruce Maguire was one of the worst decisions i have ever seen,it should have gone our way instead raiders get it and kicked the goal that basicaly won them the game
