Well I'm gonna do my favourites, so there's gonna be a lot of St George Illawarra.
1998 preliminary Dogs def. Eels.
Paul Carige....
1999 Dragons def. Roosters semi -
That's the year I started officially supporting them. Nathan Brown scoring the winning try in front of a huge Dragon Army cemented my love for them. A love which I would regret, 2 weeks later.......
2000 preliminary Roosters def. Knights -
I was at the game & was directly in line with Fittler's intercept. I think Johns' saliva hit my face when he threw his mouth guard to the ground.
2003 preliminary Roosters def. Bulldogs -
The Bulldogs were talking about so much about being 'wobbed' of a premiership in 2002. Loved the look on their fans faces after they got beat by the 'pretenders'.
2004 semi Cowboys def. Broncos.
Nth Qlds first ever victory over Brisbane. Cowboys looking good for the first time in their history. You could feel the atmosphere threw the TV. A fiiting club to end Tallis' career.
2005 preliminary Tigers def. Dragons.
Was at the game. It stills hurts. Didn't speak for days afterwards.
2005 preliminary Cowboys def. Eels.
The word choke is the most overused world in this forum, & it shows very little understanding of sport. But yeah.... that game was a choke. The main thing I remember is Tim Smith doing a cross field kick inside his own 30, about 10 minutes in. You knew they were gone at that point.
2006 preliminary Brisbane def. Bulldogs.
One of the most important comebacks in the games history. In that 2nd half Brisbane looked like they had been struck by lighting, I've never seen anything like it. It made funnier afterwards hearing about Mason's mouthing off at half time.
2008 qualifying final Manly def. Dragons.
Other then Manly smashing us, Gaz scored a great try & I thought it was the last time I'd see Gaz play for us. May or may not have cried......
2008 semi Storm def. Broncos.
Ashton Sims...... That's all that needs to be said really lol. Lockyer's complete & utter devastation. I don't think I've felt worse for a player.
2009 preliminary Eels def. Bulldogs.
All aboard the Haynetrain. 74,000 fans. Was a beautiful sight.
2010 qualifying final Roosters def. Tigers.
That game just kempt going...... Dwyers hit on Maria. The intercept by SKD.
2010 preliminary Dragons def. Tigers.
This is my all-time favourite sporting match. So much hype. All week all the talk was about the 2005 prelim, & the choker taunts were heavy on this forum. Dragons having the come from behind to win. In the final 15 minutes Tigers were throwing all sorts of things at us, but Soward just kept our composure & kicked to the corners, rather than go for a half arsed field-goal. Marshall's kick out on the full. The perfect pass from Fien for Soward's perfect 38m field-goal. I've never been more nervous in that final set of six. When Galloway made that break, the noise was deafening. Boyd picked up the Ryan grubber & chucked the ball out, & sheer joy realizing we won it. The siren was the best thing I ever heard. We won the premiership in that game.
2011 semi Warriors def. Tigers.
This is without a doubt, the most obvious attempt by referee to get a team over the line I have seen. Every 50/50 call went Tigers way, & some of the penalties against NZ were ridiculous. Marshall running it on the last with a few minutes to go. Mateo's try was the most ungodly try in history. It was sweet justice. The haka in the crowd. Farah crying. 'twas great.
2011 semi Broncos def. Dragons.
I was very proud to be a Dragon fan on this night, despite the loss. Brisbane were all over us, & we didn't get out of our half for the first 20 minutes, but we thought back & went to golden point. Then Lockyer performed his last heroics for Brisbane with the field-goal with a broken jaw, & ended Saints hopes of back-to-back premierships.
2011 preliminary Warriors def. Storm.
NZs forwards dominated Melbournes. Storm wanted to win so bad after being stripped of their premierships. Bellamy's devastation, & Smith's "I don't know what to say - I can't believe we lost...." line was fun to watch.
