This game is etched into my brain. Remember the day game and travel home. Great feeling and a great yearGreat memories from this day
Thanks for posting.....brings back so many memories.Bears vs Dragons at the Sydney Football Stadium for a place in the Grand Final. Let's not forget, the Dragons finished in 7th position.
its called a late offload, remember them lolThanks for posting.....brings back so many memories.
I’ve forgotten what that trick’s called when a player (usually a forward) is almost tackled then they get their arms free and pass it to a support player?
Offload - that’s right completely forgot that old trick it’s been so long.......its called a late offload, remember them lol
fantastic ball skills, ball movement by both teams
the ball was never dead, not like the game these days
dragons won 7 in a row to get to the Grand final,
very very weird season 1996, cause the super league war had started
before season kickoff, and a lot of infighting in all clubs, including dragons
over halfway through the season, dragons were still not in top 8
coach David Waite, turned the team around with his magic
got them playing as a team, and not individuals
round 1
cancelled games, forfeit games, cause of super league war
- Due to the Super League war, clubs aligned with the Super League refused to take part in round 1. As such, only 4 games were played, all between two ARL-aligned teams. Of the remaining 6 games, Super League teams Canberra, Penrith, Cronulla and the Western Reds forfeited their games to the ARL-aligned clubs South Queensland, Parramatta, Newcastle and St George respectively. The match between Canterbury and North Queensland was cancelled, and Brisbane forfeited to Auckland due to Auckland fielding a team consisting of players from the Otahuhu Leopards and Ellerslie Eagles clubs. As a result of the forfeitures, 9 teams were in the top 8 after the first round due to ties on points differential.
With the Super League war in full effect off the field, those clubs affiliated with the breakaway competition refused to participate in five games of Round 1, all forfeited to ARL-aligned clubs and only four of the ten scheduled games took place. Of the two games between two Super League clubs, Canterbury versus North Queensland was cancelled, whilst Auckland flew a team consisting of players from the Otahuhu Leopards and Ellerslie Eagles clubs to Brisbane and were thus declared winners over the Broncos by forfeit.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_ARL_season
At the risk of some shameless self promotion we did a documentary series on the 1996 St George season on the red v podcast. Chatted to Mundine, Hardy, Goldthorpe, Bell and more from the Saints. If you’re interested here are the links:
part one: https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-uysxg-f0b6df
part two: https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-s2a7k-f16735
part three: https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-u33ut-f20dce
So true. Look at the players saints lost in 97. It was pretty much a whole team. Gourley, Barnhill (Easts), Mundine (Brisbane), Zisti, Goldthorpe (Hunter), Donnelly, Campion, Quinn (Adelaide), Stevens (Cronulla), Stone (Canterbury)Superleague really decimated a good Dragons team. The thought of getting swallowed by the Roosters done me. We are so lucky someone had some brains to renige on that move. Think yourselves lucky Illawarra and Saints fans that we amalgamated no bickering next year please.
The major loser from the JV. Clear to everyone that farrer was not a pigs arse of a coach next to Waite but politics reared its ugly head. Thought i'd never see a worst coach of the Dragons until.......!David waite should have been kept on as coach, he was very smart with the game,
and players reviews
he worked out how to get the very best out of the bench
studied opposition game plans, very hard worker as a coach
https://forums.leagueunlimited.com/threads/1996-st-george-documentary.482383/
hopefully those days are over, no more inexperienced rookie coaches,The major loser from the JV. Clear to everyone that farrer was not a pigs arse of a coach next to Waite but politics reared its ugly head. Thought i'd never see a worst coach of the Dragons until.......!