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Menzies provides 'golden' moment
7:30am Thursday 19th February 2009
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/4136752.Menzies_provides__golden__moment/
By Dave Craven »
Bulls star Steve Menzies today admitted he was gearing up for extra-time on his Super League debut blissfully unaware of English rules!
Hull KR levelled Sundays match with a dramatic last-second drop goal to take a share of the spoils and ruin the Australians big day.
Then I realised I wasnt too up on the rules and didnt know what was actually going to happen!
Steve Menzies
But Menzies, having previously played his entire career with Manly Sea Eagles, conceded he didnt realise whether the game would actually finish at 13-13.
In the NRL, drawn matches go into extra-time with the next golden point winning the game.
I wasnt sure what the rule was over here, said the classy second-rower.
When Hull KR kicked it I remember thinking Theyve got a bit of momentum going. Obviously, there wasnt long until the siren and I started thinking about the golden point and extra-time.
But then I realised I wasnt too up on the rules and didnt know what was actually going to happen!
His team-mates gutted reaction at the final whistle told him the game was over.
Bulls had been celebrating moments earlier when they went ahead themselves via Paul Deacons 78th-minute drop goal.
But they then shot themselves in the foot to allow Mick Dobson that final chance to square things up.
Menzies, 35, said: It was disappointing to have the lead and then lose it again with just ten seconds to go.
We didnt even have time to kick off so it felt like a loss rather than a draw.
Rovers probably felt just as gutted though. We only had the lead for one minute in 80 so in saying that it wasnt such a bad result for us. It was an eventful match.
After months of waiting, the clubs marquee signing was delighted to get his first taste of Super League action.
Displaying plenty of quality touches, Menzies also showed his versatility by featuring in three different positions second-row, stand-off and centre.
Im probably not going to move around that much in future but wed been unlucky with a few injuries so a few of us had to juggle around, he said.
I was quite happy with my own involvement though. I got a little bit lost a couple of times but generally felt good.
And it was good to get out there at Odsal. There was plenty of support and its a real vocal ground.
The fans were great and it was different for me playing at new stadium but thats my home now and Im looking forward to doing more of it.
The Bulls were frustrated by their inability to break Hull KR down after dominating the contest.
But Menzies insisted: The good thing to come out of it for us was the way we defended.
Its always harder to fix your defence more than anything else so thats positive we tackled so well.
Though we had a fair bit of possession, our attack probably didnt flow as well as it could have done at times and it did lack some fluidity but we can always tweak that up and have time to do so with no game this weekend.
We were getting in the right positions and its just the final pass we need to look at.
The match was the first time Bradford have drawn since the 16-16 tie at Harlequins three years ago.
State of Origin master Menzies feels Super League could adopt the Australian method of deciding level contests.
Ironically, he featured in the first-ever game to be won by the golden point rule back in 2003.
Manly team-mate Ben Walker kicked a penalty to give them a thrilling 36-34 victory over Parramatta Eels and Menzies said: It does bring real excitement.
Theres been some great golden point moments back home, you normally get three or four attempts at drop goals and I did play in that first one.
Dont get me wrong, for whoever comes away with the loss, its not a good way to lose a match; you can play for more than 80 minutes and come away with nothing at the end of it all.
But its amazing when you do win and its great for the fans.
7:30am Thursday 19th February 2009
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/4136752.Menzies_provides__golden__moment/
By Dave Craven »
Bulls star Steve Menzies today admitted he was gearing up for extra-time on his Super League debut blissfully unaware of English rules!
Hull KR levelled Sundays match with a dramatic last-second drop goal to take a share of the spoils and ruin the Australians big day.
Then I realised I wasnt too up on the rules and didnt know what was actually going to happen!
Steve Menzies
But Menzies, having previously played his entire career with Manly Sea Eagles, conceded he didnt realise whether the game would actually finish at 13-13.
In the NRL, drawn matches go into extra-time with the next golden point winning the game.
I wasnt sure what the rule was over here, said the classy second-rower.
When Hull KR kicked it I remember thinking Theyve got a bit of momentum going. Obviously, there wasnt long until the siren and I started thinking about the golden point and extra-time.
But then I realised I wasnt too up on the rules and didnt know what was actually going to happen!
His team-mates gutted reaction at the final whistle told him the game was over.
Bulls had been celebrating moments earlier when they went ahead themselves via Paul Deacons 78th-minute drop goal.
But they then shot themselves in the foot to allow Mick Dobson that final chance to square things up.
Menzies, 35, said: It was disappointing to have the lead and then lose it again with just ten seconds to go.
We didnt even have time to kick off so it felt like a loss rather than a draw.
Rovers probably felt just as gutted though. We only had the lead for one minute in 80 so in saying that it wasnt such a bad result for us. It was an eventful match.
After months of waiting, the clubs marquee signing was delighted to get his first taste of Super League action.
Displaying plenty of quality touches, Menzies also showed his versatility by featuring in three different positions second-row, stand-off and centre.
Im probably not going to move around that much in future but wed been unlucky with a few injuries so a few of us had to juggle around, he said.
I was quite happy with my own involvement though. I got a little bit lost a couple of times but generally felt good.
And it was good to get out there at Odsal. There was plenty of support and its a real vocal ground.
The fans were great and it was different for me playing at new stadium but thats my home now and Im looking forward to doing more of it.
The Bulls were frustrated by their inability to break Hull KR down after dominating the contest.
But Menzies insisted: The good thing to come out of it for us was the way we defended.
Its always harder to fix your defence more than anything else so thats positive we tackled so well.
Though we had a fair bit of possession, our attack probably didnt flow as well as it could have done at times and it did lack some fluidity but we can always tweak that up and have time to do so with no game this weekend.
We were getting in the right positions and its just the final pass we need to look at.
The match was the first time Bradford have drawn since the 16-16 tie at Harlequins three years ago.
State of Origin master Menzies feels Super League could adopt the Australian method of deciding level contests.
Ironically, he featured in the first-ever game to be won by the golden point rule back in 2003.
Manly team-mate Ben Walker kicked a penalty to give them a thrilling 36-34 victory over Parramatta Eels and Menzies said: It does bring real excitement.
Theres been some great golden point moments back home, you normally get three or four attempts at drop goals and I did play in that first one.
Dont get me wrong, for whoever comes away with the loss, its not a good way to lose a match; you can play for more than 80 minutes and come away with nothing at the end of it all.
But its amazing when you do win and its great for the fans.
