Luke Phillips in the 2000 GF...best display by anyone in a losing side.
Yeah, I was going to mention that one. Brilliant performance. How he wasnt given MOTM was beyond me.
Two other Rooster games that spring to mind are from 2002
The first was Morley in a game against the Sharks.
We were losing at half time and to be honest, we looked like also rans (as we had for most of that season) and then something strange happened.
The Roosters came out in that second half at the SFS fired up beyond belief. It was if someone had told Morley that unless he shoulder charged every Sharks player into the ground and left them next to dead then he would be spending the rest of his time on this earth being tortured to death. I have never seen anyone more hell bent on hammering people in my life. The whole team then fired and we went on a steamroller ride to the Grand Final.
Which brings me to my 2nd nomination who is Richard Villasante of the Warriors who inadvertently inspired the Roosters to victory by trying to kill Brad Fittler with the most ridiculous high shot in history.
God alone knows what he was thinking, but it fired up the Roosters and inspired them to turn the game from a losing position to an untouchable winning position in about 20 minutes. If big Richard had kept his cool the Roosters probably would have lost that final. Thank you so much for being such a hot head and getting it so wrong. We Roosters fan salute you!