Rugby league history

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Wests Magpies legend Buddy Cain in full flight, outpacing Manly's Russsell Gartner ...............
RIP Mr Cain

 

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Rex on a Sunday morning and the Passing Competition - I can still hear the elephant go off when the ball went through .....

 

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Take a look at this video, 'western suburbs 1908' https://share.google/O01c0Iyw4iyU36WIV

 

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Take a look at this video, 'western suburbs 1908' https://share.google/O01c0Iyw4iyU36WIV

Thanks champion @Tigerdazz2 - a great walk down the roads of history of the Wests Magpies club.
I've never seen pics of the old St Lukes Oval before (now known as Concord Oval).
Much appreciate the vid. 👋

 

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'05 was only yesterday ..........

 

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Bob Fulton, Manly Sea Eagles legend, served two years in the Army, including deployment to Vietnam, though he regarded his service as non-combat compared to others.

Fulton was conscripted into the Army in 1968 and allotted to artillery.
He was effectively exempted from active service by being posted to the School of Artillery in Manly NSW as a Physical Training Instructor (PTI), enabling him to pursue his professional football career while fulfilling his national service obligation.

He also spent time on HMAS Sydney taking the troops through PT during the voyage to South Vietnam.

 

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The grandstand at the old Parramatta Stadium

 

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1981

 

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Bob Cooper, champion end rower, Wests Magpies
RIP

 

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Red heads are more fun in the forwards ...
Barry Bryant, Wests magpies champion of days gone

 

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'1962 Grand final. Wests new fullback Ken Bray.'

"In the 1962 NSWRFL Grand Final, Ken Bray was the fullback for Western Suburbs.

Though he had joined the club in 1960 from Balmain, he was a late inclusion for the decider, stepping in after regular fullback and season top-scorer Don Parish was ruled out with the flu.
Bray spent most of the 1962 season in reserve grade, scoring 5 tries and 21 goals there, before being called up for the biggest game of the year.

The match was Played on 15 September 1962 at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) against St George. Despite the 9–6 loss to the Dragons, Bray was praised for his "sound play" and "experienced" approach.

He was Wests' only scorer on the day, kicking three goals.
The game itself was a brutal "mud-heap" slog, remembered for the dismissal of St George's Bill Wilson and a controversial disallowed try for Wests that nearly ended the Dragons' legendary winning streak."

 

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A dominant second-rower for Balmain Tigers in the late 80s and early 90s, Paul Sironen played a key role in those unforgettable 1988 & 1989 Grand Final runs.
Lined up alongside legends like Blocker Roach, Wayne Pearce, Benny Elias and Garry Jack that was a team full of heart.
Represented NSW in Origin, pulled on the green and gold for Australia, and rightfully named in the Wests Tigers Team of the Century.