Party Like Its 2005: How Tims Tigers Stunned the NRL world

"The bond we formed in those four walls was unbelievable"

I know this gets thrown out by just about every team, but it was really noticeable with that 05 team. There was talent, but they were by no means the strongest roster, there was clearly an intangible connection between the players on and off the field. I wonder how much that has guided some of Benji's decision making with this team?
 
No club, before or since, has come from the clouds to win a premiership like that. And I don’t think they ever will again. That was the definition of lightning in a bottle.
The football they were playing at the time has rarely been replicated by anyone (subsequent Tigers teams included). Stars aligned and it was beautiful
 
They all seemed to have a connection in both attack and defence, they were not a great first contact defensive side, however they were always backing each other up and always bodies in motion in both defence and attack...rarely would you see them flat footed.
 
They all seemed to have a connection in both attack and defence, they were not a great first contact defensive side, however they were always backing each other up and always bodies in motion in both defence and attack...rarely would you see them flat footed.
Perhaps the most entertaining brand of footy in the NRL era. A mix of individual and team brilliance and a never die wondering approach. That was the real Sheenius on display.
 
They all seemed to have a connection in both attack and defence, they were not a great first contact defensive side, however they were always backing each other up and always bodies in motion in both defence and attack...rarely would you see them flat footed.
I should also add that nothing shits me more than the rubbish decoy runs that props and 2nd rowers do these days in the attacking 20, you may as well not burn the energy. The 2005 Tigers made every decoy run look believable.
 
I should also add that nothing shits me more than the rubbish decoy runs that props and 2nd rowers do these days in the attacking 20, you may as well not burn the energy. The 2005 Tigers made every decoy run look believable.
And the only no look pass...came from Benji's magic.. ;-) Considering how structured football was, the moment will remain in history of a victory for instinct over structure.
 
The spine get all the credit for that win, but the real MVP in the final series was Halatau. The try from dummy half in the prelim, he was running so hard, he could have run through a brick wall.
 
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