Rugby league history

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I’ve still got that Balmain one as a fridge magnet. 🤣

 

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Balmain Tigers, 1976

McMahon, Edwards, Cook, Lavers ,Ryan, Roberts, Manteit, Knight, Fish, Mountier, Mara, Bandirera and Cox

 

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Wests Magpies 1991
Champs one and all - Lindner, Jackson, Blair, Taylor, Farrar, Henjack and Gillespie

 

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Graeme O'Grady hoisting high the Amco Cup with skipper Tom Raudonikis for Wests in 1977

 

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Noel "Ned" Kelly having a chat with referee Col Pearce .....

 

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When Rex (which means king) chatted with Wally aka "the King"

 

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1967
NSWRL Preseason Cup, Round 1.
Played Saturday, 25th February, 1967.
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 27 defeated Western Suburbs Magpies 5.
Referee William Kelly.
Played at Lidcombe Oval, Sydney.
Crowd: 10,800.
Official Player of the Match: Bob Batty (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles).

 

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Western Suburbs Magpies - 1997 version

 

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Former NSWRL Rugby League referee/linesman of days long gone has just turned 102 years old!
(seen below at his 102 shin-dig with current NRL Referees guru, Bill Harrigan)

Happy birthday Brian Barry! Mosman living legend and rugby league royalty turns 102. - Mosman Collective

Mosman’s Brian Barry has quietly slipped into truly rare territory – turning 102 on February 6.

mosmancollective.com

 

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1967
NSWRL Preseason Cup, Round 1.
Played Saturday, 25th February, 1967.
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 27 defeated Western Suburbs Magpies 5.
Referee William Kelly.
Played at Lidcombe Oval, Sydney.
Crowd: 10,800.
Official Player of the Match: Bob Batty (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles).

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Wests winger John Elford
Is he the same John Elford that was a Wests second rower in the 70’s ?

 

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Wests winger John Elford
Is he the same John Elford that was a Wests second rower in the 70’s ?

Yes champion @Oldman, the one and the same: champion winger one day, champion second rower the next.
"Snoozer" had been a lifesaving sprint champion before playing league with Wests Magppies.
And became a feared forward ...
Sadly, he passed away 4/2/24, at age 76.

 

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The best game's best callers, now and then ....

 

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1967
New Zealand Kiwis Tour
3rd Test
Saturday, 8th July, 1967.
Australia 13 defeated New Zealand 9.
Referee Col Pearce (AUS).
Played at SCG, Moore Park, Sydney, Australia.
Crowd: 27,330.
Official Player of the Match: John McDonald (Australia).

 

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In Round 20, 1995, a brawl broke out between the Steelers and Balmain Tigers. Stanley jumped in, and referee Tony Maksoud sent him to the sheds.

Illawarra fullback Brendan O’Meara and Tigers legend Mark O’Neill got into a fight that spilled toward the sideline.
Stanley the Steelers mascot thought he he'd join in to protect him crew.

Referee Tony Maksoud famously pointed to the tunnel and yelled "You, off!" because a mascot cannot touch players under any circumstances.