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    South Sydney 1989-90: what happened?

    It is striking how the Rabbitohs declined defensively in 1990. In 1989 they conceded just 31 tries in 22 home-and-away games, but the 1990 Rabbitohs conceded a whopping 113 tries! Indeed South Sydney conceded as many tries in the last six games of 1990 as they had in all 1989 home-and-away...
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    Worst NRL team in History

    Other teamss that were just as strikingly bad, or more so: Newtown from 1976 to 1978 won just seven games out of 66. the Jets conceded a double figure try tally five times, two of which were in consecutive games in late 1977 over the three seasons the Jets conceded over fifteen percent of all...
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    The Knights losing streak...

    That’s right – they were winless halfway through the season before a 34—14 upset over the Broncos. No team before 2005 had been winless so late in the season since Newtown in 1978 remained winless after fifteen games, though the Jets had drawn 6—6 with St. George. I’m not that familiar with what...
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    The 8th Immortal

    There is one player whom everybody seems to have forgotten but who in my (admittedly limited) experience of watching past rugby league matches deserves at least as much to gain the “Immortal” tag as Provan or Meninga or Coote. That being Manly’s champion 1970s fullback Graham Eadie. Eadie is...
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    Anyone remember Illawarra 44 v Balmain 26, 3 June 1984?

    As a trip down memory lane – and a deep memory, deeper than my knowledge of the sport, being a year before I first watched a game on TV – here’s a game that might not seem strange to modern eyes but which was remarkable indeed between two moderate attacking teams in the five-metre rule...
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    Kurt Sorensen Jr

    Kurt Sorensen led Widnes to two championships in 1988 and 1989 (when brother Dane was in his last two seasons at Cronulla), and to a win in the World Club Challenge over Canberra 30—18 (after the Raiders had led 12—0 early). That game is in full on YouTube, and it’s notable to watch how Widnes...
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    Dragons club records

    Actually, no. Bolt held the record for most consecutive games in any grade without missing one – 187 straight form 1983 to 1990. Bolt, however, played reserve grade for just over half of 1985 (Sean O‘Connor took his first grade berth until Round 18) and for all of 1989 and 1990 except for...
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    Worst Ever Performance in a Preliminary Final?

    I would have to dispute that ? Canterbury?s defence was just a totally solid brick wall that did not let Parramatta look like scoring. They left absolutely no opportunity for one of the bets sets of backs to make a single convincing move, and made no error to put the Eels in with a chance all...
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    Field goal stats

    Another interesting statistic about field goals I have known for years is that since 1971 the most consecutive matches a club has played without kicking a field goal is: 139 by Melbourne from Round 17, 1998 to the last round of 2004 inclusive (I missed this on an earlier post) 112 by...
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    Field goals

    Another interesting statistic about field goals I have known for years is that since 1971 the most consecutive matches a club has played without kicking a field goal is 112 by Brisbane from Round 1, 1988 to Round 20, 1992 inclusive. These were of course the Broncos’ first 112 matches in the...
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    Best of the Bridesmaids

    One team I was unsure about putting in the list initially, but I feel do deserve a place with those I listed a few weeks ago, was St. George in 1984 and 1985. The Dragons were extremely competitive with the great Canterbury and Parramatta teams of that era – losing the 1984 Preliminary and...
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    Question for the oldies

    The story of how Easts bought all these players and yet fell from fourteen wins in 1983 to five in 1984 is one that has long fascinated me. Apart from Hardy, Simpkins and Wurth did become mainstays at Easts up to 1987 (when they went to new clubs Gold Coast and Newcastle respectively). However...
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    Best of the Bridesmaids

    If, following the rules used by Kyle Wright in his The NBA from Top to Bottom, we exclude teams closely related to those that did win a premiership, we have (going back a little further than earlier posts): Newtown 1954 and 1955 – minor premiers in both seasons with a high-class backline where...
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    Field goals

    The fewest field goals kicked in any season since 1971 is nine (ten including finals; equivalent to fourteen playing the present number of matches) in 1976. The numbers increased with the introduction of the differential penalty in 1981, but after peaking in the defensively-oriented seasons of...
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    old rugby league games on vhs/dvd

    That match is one I want above all else in rugby league ? it was on a day with 81.8 millimetres of rain in Sydney and yet the Eels? backs scored seven tries and were denied three more! How much would you ask for it ? I would when I have some cash pay a large sum, say over $50.
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    your clubs best ever wins

    I?ve been looking to see that game and all eight Rooster tries were very impressive ? not from obvious missed tackles as in the 1975 Grand Final, but from moving and moving the ball. Manly were out of form then ? it was their fifth loss on end ? but they hit back in amazing fashion to down the...
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    Best Teams that didnt win a premiership

    If we exclude teams that won in nearby seasons, Balmain in 1988 and 1989 (indeed from 1985 to 1990) had an amazing forward pack – Pearce, Elias, Roach, Sironen and later Bruce McGuire. It’s just incredible that they could not win a premiership with that group up front, even if apart...
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    Rugby League Live 2

    Watching the video of the 1975 Grand Final, I counted 70 missed tackles for St. George in that game. It’s literally true that the Dragons gave up in the second half – they did not do the most basic things and Easts’ tries were so easy. Watching the two matches it becomes...
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    RIP Jack Gibson

    I?ve been eager to see the full games of both the second semi and preliminary for 1982 ? especially the preliminary, which was on a day that received a whopping 81.8 millimetres of rain at Observatory Hill. The wet weather was before the match expected to suit the Roosters, but Parramatta?s...
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    Great moments in Rugby League: 1993 season review!!!

    Parramatta certainly had an extremely strange year in 1993: they began with three wins and a near-miss against the previous season?s grand finalists St. George, losing 12 to 14 in what was described by the Sydney Morning Herald as an exceptionally high-standard game. They did this without...

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