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Sterlo with the Winfield Cup
The Parramatta Eels, with halfback Peter Sterling winning the Clive Churchill Medal, snapped Canterbury's three-peat Premiership bid in '86 with a 4-2 victory in the Grand Final.
It would be the third and final Winfield Cup the Eels would win between '82-95, but overall it would be their 4th Premiership in 6 years - '81, '82, '83 and '86.
The Parramatta Eels, with halfback Peter Sterling winning the Clive Churchill Medal, snapped Canterbury's three-peat Premiership bid in '86 with a 4-2 victory in the Grand Final.
It would be the third and final Winfield Cup the Eels would win between '82-95, but overall it would be their 4th Premiership in 6 years - '81, '82, '83 and '86.
1 of the best games/ wins ever but got tainted with steroid abuse
Halbrowne61
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Good photo, the scissors relates to an incident where Fairfax was banned from the Easts Leagues Club coz his hair was deemed too long.
Artie jokingly got a pair of scissors so Fairfax could join the GF celebrations later that evening !
Great Roosters side 74-75 with the incomparable Jack Gibson as coach.
Fought the Draft because he had to go to the Roosters and he wanted to go to Wests.
Jedi_Tiger
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I like the night time GF along with state of origin good to play those games in prime time at night.
As for nsw well they have monday off as public holiday and no school for kids
it is a win
As for nsw well they have monday off as public holiday and no school for kids
it is a win
Daylight savings starts on Grand Final day as well. Therefore game kicks off 6.30 in QLD
Tucker
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Yes, that was great. 630 is a far better time
40 years ago! A little Rugby League Grand Final day throwback to 1986, when The Cockroaches provided the pre-game entertainment at the SCG, featuring a young Anthony and Jeff Wiggle!
Their special guest on saxophone? Anthony’s dad, John Field.
As Anthony’s brother and Cockroaches frontman Paul Field recalls, “We played way before the game & they televised about 30 seconds of us playing. We were miming for TV so we asked dad if he wanted to mime playing the sax (there was no sax on the track). Of course he jumped at the opportunity and got to go to the Grand Final for free, and pretended to be the Rolling Stones’ Bobby Keyes”.
For the record, Parramatta beat Canterbury 4–2 that afternoon, in the only try-less Grand Final.
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Also it was the first ‘Festival of the Boot’ Grand Final called by the legendary Roy and HG).
Their special guest on saxophone? Anthony’s dad, John Field.
As Anthony’s brother and Cockroaches frontman Paul Field recalls, “We played way before the game & they televised about 30 seconds of us playing. We were miming for TV so we asked dad if he wanted to mime playing the sax (there was no sax on the track). Of course he jumped at the opportunity and got to go to the Grand Final for free, and pretended to be the Rolling Stones’ Bobby Keyes”.
For the record, Parramatta beat Canterbury 4–2 that afternoon, in the only try-less Grand Final.
(
Also it was the first ‘Festival of the Boot’ Grand Final called by the legendary Roy and HG).
