"I was there" - moments you'll never forget

[smeghead]

2005 Finals series full stop.
Playing against the Raiders in the snow.
Watching Benji debut.
When the Tigers where thumped by the Rams. Really horrifying loss but it sticks with me. That and they gave out free pizzas to losing supporters on exit.
The double header (first WT game)
The last game of the Balmain Tigers at Leichhardt.
That night when Danny Williams king hit O'Neil and the Tiges staged a comeback full of spirit

 

[Dr Crane]

Have to say it - as Dr Crane mentioned, the PL GF between Parra and the Jets last year was one of the best matches I have EVER, EVER witnessed.

I wish i'd taped it when Sky replayed it earlier this year.

A year on and my fingernails are only just growing back.

 

[yobbo84]

I know I was just a kid but one of my most vivid memories of any Souths game was staying back 10 minutes after kick-off to give Michael Andrews a massive round-of-applause while he did a lap of honour in his last game for South Sydney. That man bled red and green and to see the emotion on his face is something I'll always remember.

 

[eels_fan_01]

Ive been to pretty much every eels home game since 1999 and most games in Sydney so ive got so many memories but the moments i will never forget are actually those finals loses just for the fact i don't want that feeling again.

 

[ouwet]

1. 1998 Semi finals Against Parramatta.
2. 2004 Grand Final.
3. The game when El masri kicked the goal from the sidelines at Marathon.
4. Bulldogs V Parramatta at Belmore Sports Ground (1993) when a record crowd watched the Doggies hammer the Eels.
5. St George V Tigers semi in 2005.
6. 2005 Match between Tigers and Souths (Ground record again).


My top 6 moments.

 

[Dani]

Sitting n that stadium when the siren went at the grand final last year.

I will never, ever forget that feeling. I also never, ever want to feel it again.

 

[Dogaholic]

2001 semi final when Cronulla smashed the bulldogs 52-10....

I was there too

Willie Mason was named at 5/8 in that game. We were spread fairly thin and got ripped apart.

 

[axl rose]

2002 NSW vs QLD game 3. Carlaw scores to level and QLD misses the kick. All the NSW crowd cheer the missed kick and fire up waiting for extra time. But hang on a sec.. the ground announcer says thats it and uncle benny retains the series. huh? no-one moves for five minutes thinking its a gee up.

 

[ouwet]

I was there too

Willie Mason was named at 5/8 in that game. We were spread fairly thin and got ripped apart.

Bad times Trindall bloody knocked it on over the line twice (If my memory is correct).

 

[God-King Dean]

Dragons miracle comeback against Manly RD 25, Blacklocks last game at Kogarah.

Trailed Manly 34-10 after 57 minutes. The fans were leaving in droves.

Then the greatest comeback ever happened, Blacklock picking up 2 tries.

So glad I stayed. And those who stayed were rewarded with a couple of Blacklock signature flips in his lap of honour.

 

[The Preacher]

Dragons miracle comeback against Manly RD 25, Blacklocks last game at Kogarah.

Trailed Manly 34-10 after 57 minutes. The fans were leaving in droves.

Then the greatest comeback ever happened, Blacklock picking up 2 tries.

So glad I stayed. And those who stayed were rewarded with a couple of Blacklock signature flips in his lap of honour.

Piggy had a blinder that day if I remember correctly. iggy:
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[Ice777]

The two games i'll remember attending the most and will stick in my mind forever is the 99 grand final and last years GF as well. Both for very different reasons obviously.

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

Dragons vs Raiders semi in 96. We were rank outsiders and beat the Raiders on the back of a Wayne Bartrim blinder. And all fired up after the game, we all gave it to the bandwagon Swans supporters waiting outside the SCG next door.

Dragons vs Knights Semi in 92 at the SFS. A full house with 95% Knights fans & a pocket of us Saints fans in the South West Corner. Probably the best atmosphere at a game i'd been to until the Dragons Tiges Semi in 05. The Knights fans were chanting all game, out little band were yelling and screaming all game and we won 4-2, one of the most tense games I've ever seen.

Gotta say too that the Knights fans that day were probably the most gracious fans in defeat I've ever seen. We were all carrying on like lunatics but so many came up to us and congratulated us.

 

[RalthFilthy]

1985 - Eels 40 Tigers 8, the first big Sydney game I went to and got to see Sterlo, Kenny, Grothe, Price, Cronin and Ella. Also some of the best ever Balmain players.

1999 - Eels v Dragons, can't remember the score but the Eels won and it was the opening of Stadium Australia. Took the old man and it felt good to be part of the world record crowd, then my brother took him to the GF that year and of course that is the record crowd now.

2007 - Eels 68 Broncos 22, Fathers Day massacre.

 

[Jordan]

Prelim final 2005 - Cowboys 29 d Eels 0 - An amazing game to be a Cowboys fan. It was surreal. I got on a plane at 8am that morning from Townsville and was back by 11pm that night, in that time witnessing one of the greatest wins in our clubs history.


SOO Game 2 2006 QLD 30 d NSW 6 - My first ever Origin game.. Being a game down, QLD needed a win to avoid a fourth consequtive series loss.. and QLD won in emphatic fashion.


There have been many others, but those two are definitely the ones that stand out in my mind.

 

[Jobdog]

1. Broncos 71 Knights 6
I went all the fugging way up to Suncorp to watch that match and it just showed to me how cruel rugby league really can be.

2. Bulldogs 22 Knights 21
2002 IIRC the Knights led 19-0 at halftime and it was a case in my mind of Knights by how much? Turned out to be one of the best, and most heartbreaking matches in recent memory.

3. Roosters 26 Knights 20
Prelim Final in 2000. Until this year, that had been the most heartwrenching match I have witnessed first hand involving the Knights. Led 16-2 at the break and was finalising preparations for the grand final only to see that lead evaporate in 5 minutes of madness.

4. Knights 30 Eels 24
2001 Grand Final. Never have I seen such a complete forty minutes of footy by the Knights in all the years I've been supporting them. It probably meant that little bit more to me than the 97 one, because it was a unified comp.

5. Knights 22 Eagles 16
1997 Grand Final. One of only two matches involving the Knights which have actually made me shed a tear, the other being the prelim final. We were given no chance and to actually witness it first hand for the first time was something special.

6. Knights return home after the 2001 Grand Final.
Unbelievable scenes at EAS in the early hours of the Monday morning. Returned home from the grand final into the carpark of EAS to find people steadily streaming in. By 3am the crowd was in the vacinity of 15-17,000. Something which I will never forget.

 

[Raider_69]

Jason Crokers last game for canberra... walking around the ground, drapped in a massive raiders flag

 

[KaboobieGarfunkelShazam]

Don't know if it has been posted, as I couldn't be bothered to sift through the pages:

1992

Parra beats the touring English side at Parra Stadium (only club team to do so)

Lee Oudenryn beats Martin Offiah in a 100m foot race staged either before the game or at half time.

 

[steven_tiger]

2000 - Tigers vs Raiders game in the snow

2005 - Tigers vs Dragons Preliminary final. Atmosphere was awesome.

2005 - Tigers vs Cowboys Grand Final.

2006 - Raiders vs Storm. Last game for all the oldies, 21,000 at Canberra Stadium, Me and a mate on the field congratulating all the oldies.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

probably the best game i've been to atmosphere wise was back in 2004 i think? roosters v dragons at SFS. dragons lead 14-0 half time and we came back to win 18-14 or something. atmosphere was just crazy for 80 minutes the crowd wasn't silenced ONCE during the game. i remember moz scoring a try running from 15 out untouched and just flopped under the posts. ryan cross and i think clint greenshields were both sin binned at points in the game

the first anzac cup match between roosters and dragons back in 2002. i took my ex out there for our first date together so it was good day on all accounts. for me atleast, we won and she was a saints supporter

roosters destroyed penrith in 2004 in one of freddys last games and fittler absolutely carved them up and did the old left foot step to beat wesser and run 40 odd metres to score

roosters v raiders in 2003. raiders lead about 14-12 with 1 minute to go. schifcofscke who is normaly safe as a bank spills a fittler bomb. hegarty goes over in the corner in the next set.

tigers v broncos finals game in 2005. got free tickets from the pub. went along cheering on the tigers and the tigers absolutely carved them up. 2 absolutely freakish tries scored in that game from wests

roosters 35-0 over the doggies. enough said

and ofcourse my first ever rugby league match. would of been around 93, sharks v dogs at toyota. dogs won something like 52-0

the game i'll never forget is in 2000. newcastle v roosters at EAS. got a fair bit of family who are newy supporters so they took me to the game. was feeling absolutely crushed at halftime looking like no chance of even sparking anything. the fittler intercept is something i'll never forget