Yeah, nailed King. I remember it well. Pretty sure that was the game Georgie Rose scored a decent solo try and Manly won reasonably comfortably?
It wasn't just a decent try... it was flat out embarrassing! :lol:
As I recall he got the ball on about halfway, beat 3-4 horrendous tackle attempts, then RAN AROUND the fullback and scored under the sticks. It was worse than the infamous Danny Wicks try :lol:
I was actually cursing Morley after that game because I'd turned up fully expecting an ass whooping... then he goes and smashes 2 blokes into orbit and makes me think we actually stood a chance.
I'm surprised you dislike Matai so much considering you'd be a big Morley fan. Both are/were devastating when they get/got their hits right, but on the flip side when they get/got it wrong it looks/looked bad, hence the hate from opposition fans for each of them. Unless it's purely because you're a spinal specialist who has examined Matai and have discovered he's faking his nerve damage in his neck/shoulder?
I don't mind Matai. He sails close to the wind and has the occasional brain snap, but he always does it when simply trying to play the game hard. His suspensions are always for high shots and other incidents where he simply went in trying to smash someone with a legal hit and got it wrong (as you say, similar to the Morley or even Hargrave mould).
He is a far cry from the true grubs of the game like Smith, Myles, or Luke. Those cats go in to intentionally hurt blokes using techniques completely outside the game (grapples, arm bars, cannon ball tackles etc).
Now, with all that lovey dovey agreement out of the way, f**k manly
