999 things we love about league

[CouldaBeenAnything]

213. Lee Oudenryn beating Martin Offiah in the sprint race.

217. Offiah scoring on Oudenryn in the second half like he wasn't there! :lol:

 

[ball boy]

217. mal meninga scoring 38 points against the roosters in 1990
218. kenny nagas fullfeild try against st george at bruce in 1994
219. brett mullins 4 tries against the knights in 1994 2 of them were full field
220. raiders beating parramatta 68-0 in 1993
221. raiders beating the roosters 66-4 in 1990

 

[CouldaBeenAnything]

222. Royce Simmons' vow to have a beer with every Panthers fan at SFS, grand final 91.

 

[The Colonel]

223. Parramatta being the only club side to beat the Pommies on tour.

 

[roofromoz]

224. The stunning form reversal of the Panthers: last in 2001, 12th in 2002, premiers in 2003.

225. The Panthers breaking their ground record 3 times this year: we need a bigger stadium.

226. Rhys Wesser in broken play: excitement machine, 24 tries for the year.

227. Craig Gower: inspirational leader, playing with injuries all year, and played on in the grand final after being poked in the eye.

228. Ryan Girdler coming back from a potentially career ending injury, to be a spearhead on our end of season surge, and be selected for the Kangaroos.

229. The Gold Coast Chargers making the 1997 ARL finals series: great to see, they got through to the second week.

 

[simon says]

223. Parramatta being the only club side to beat the Pommies on tour.

Dont know how ya got this one,but Balmain beat the pommies at the SCG in the 60s.I dont remember Parra ever beating them though???

 

[Moffo]

230. Souths playing Saints at the SCG again in a mud heap. Just like the old days

Cheers,
Moffo

 

[Misty Bee]

223. Parramatta being the only club side to beat the Pommies on tour.

Dont know how ya got this one,but Balmain beat the pommies at the SCG in the 60s.I dont remember Parra ever beating them though???

Parra beat 'em at Parra Stadium one friday night on the 92 Lions tour. I can still hear Maurice Lindsay's words: "Brett Kenny, he's still magnificent!"

Which brings me to....

231. Brett Kenny. 3 tries in 3 grand finals. Utter legend!

234. Terry Lamb kcking a field goal at Belmore so they would only lose by 1 point...... :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[The Colonel]

223. Parramatta being the only club side to beat the Pommies on tour.

Dont know how ya got this one,but Balmain beat the pommies at the SCG in the 60s.I dont remember Parra ever beating them though???

Beat them on the 1992 tour. Was referring to that year.

 

[The Colonel]

231. Brett Kenny. 3 tries in 3 grand finals. Utter legend!

Make that two tries in each of the first three GF. Plus the one disallowed against the Dogs in 1986!

 

[Southernsaint]

231. Brett Kenny. 3 tries in 3 grand finals. Utter legend!

Make that two tries in each of the first three GF. Plus the one disallowed against the Dogs in 1986!

235. Johnny King scoring tries for St George in SIX consecutive Grand Finals...

Cheers,
Ben S.

 

[Up the mighty Phins]

236. The great Artie Beatson leading the Maroons out onto Lang Park in 1980 for the very first State of Origin clash.

 

[The Colonel]

237. The Maroons for winning the first SOO cos if they didn't we wouldn't have it.

 

[salivor]

238. Michael DeVere scoring in the 2nd minute of the 98 Grand Final after Steve Renouf illegally stripped the ball in a two man tackle.
239. Steve Renouf in that same Grand Final having a dead set try denied moments later evening up the ledger.
240. Darren Lockyers brilliant conversion from the sideline to convert the first try from DeVere in that Grand Final.

 

[Misty Bee]

231. Brett Kenny. 3 tries in 3 grand finals. Utter legend!

Make that two tries in each of the first three GF. Plus the one disallowed against the Dogs in 1986!

235. Johnny King scoring tries for St George in SIX consecutive Grand Finals...

241. Brett Kenny doubling the try scoring rate of Johnny King in grand finals! 8)

BTW, 2 dissalowed v the dogs.

 

[Moffo]

242. Adrian Morley
243. Rugby League fans in PNG
244. Australia playing England in front of 90,000 @ Wembley
245. Steve Folkes lawnmower in teh legends game a couple of years ago

Cheers,
Moffo

 

[salivor]

246. In the 98 Grand Final Rod Silva taking an intercept which lead to the players playing their own game up field as Bill Harrigan stood on the Canterbury goal line signalling a penalty for Silva being offside.
247. The Baby Broncos win over the Wests Tigers
248. The last minute win by the Broncos over Cronulla in 2000
249. Cameron Smith's try against Canberra this year.
250. Lote Tuqiri of all people breaking the Brisbane points scoring record.

 

[Bomber]

251. Tom Raudonikis - the coach's coach
252. Lang Park
253. 20,000 Cairns residents trying to fit in a 10,000 seat stadium for a Cowboys home game in 2001 in the pouring rain (I was one of them).....when the beer ran out before kickoff, only 6,000 returned for the second home game that year
254. 20,000 Cairns residents trying to second-guess the video referee in the same game.....('does he have downward pressure or not?????')
255. Jimmy Barnes and David Campbell performing at the 2001 Grand Final
256. Damian Gibson scoring the Cowboys' first try
257. The Arrive Alive Cup
258. The referees......god bless 'em
259. Ditto the touchjudges
260. And the video referee
261. Rob Maybon running backwards with the ball for Adelaide against St George to soak up the time (Adelaide leading 22-20, about to win their first game in three months)
262. Test matches

 

[Southernsaint]

261. Rob Maybon running backwards with the ball for Adelaide against St George to soak up the time (Adelaide leading 22-20, about to win their first game in three months)

I think it was Tony Iro (or one of the Iro's, at any rate)...

Cheers,
Ben S.

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

263: The Wests Tigers beating the "Grown up" Broncos at their new stadium in 2003 after listening to the crap about the baby Broncos for 12 months.
264: Ellery Hanley's first game for Wests against Souths, it was magic.
265: Mark Geyer bursting onto the short line drop out in the '91 Grand Final.
266: Cameron Blair saving Tony Cossato. (I think it was those 2)
267: Being able to sit next to some of the greats of the game at a Club match.
268: Wests beating Manly with a late Field Goal in 1991 at Brookvale.