eelavation said:
attempted short drop outs by Brad Drew and Michael Witt.
Ahhh yes - Witt's one even went over the deadball line if I'm not mistaken??? The Warriors have got themselves a right good'un there allright! I don't know that I could put a drop out dead when facing fully fowards if I practised every day for a year! :lol:
Also remember a Noel Cleal one from the 80's sometime think it was even in an Origin game - went to take a dropout in some horrific weather but the ball stuck fast in the mud, he's had a complete airswing at it as a result, nearly fallen over to boot, then for about 2 or 3 seconds all the players just stopped and looked at the ball sitting there & didn't know what to do...then Cleal jumped on the ball as the opposition players finally snapped out of it and came racing towards him! Does anyone else remember this one?? Bloody classic!
Havent been thru the whole thread yet, so please excuse if some of these have been mentioned - but these are my personal favourites:
* Paul Carige inexplicably kicking the ball wayyy downfield to Craig Polla-Mounter as the fulltime hooter sounded with scores level in the Minor Semi in 1998 - Polly responding by snapping a 50-odd metre field goal attempt that deadset shaved a couple of coats of Dulux off the crossbar!
* Max Mannix has already been mentioned, I know - but I just
have to bring him up again - beacuse his (in)fame will NEVER die - I still play OzTag with some old school mates - and dropping the ball over the line is
to this day known as "Doing a Maxie!" amongst us in his 'honour'! :lol:
* Nathan Brown b&tch slapping Trent Barret on the sideline mid-game still remains one of the funniest things I have ever seen in the NRL! That kind of thing happens surprisingly often in park footy - but to see Brownie lovingly palm Baz like that in front of a stadium full of people on live TV - was just pure 24 carat
GOLD!
* T.Lamb's infamous 'winning' field goal at Belmore vs Newcastle...when Canterbury were 2 points behind!
* Mark Riddell coming back from a 4 or 5 week suspension for elbowing Braith Anasta in the head (Not that I can really blame him for doing that in itself)....but THEN- running onto the field back off the bench on his very first game back from that suspension - to last about 30 seconds before being sent off again...for his VERY first action in the game - elbowing someone in the head! Then promptly bursting into tears on the sideline! You just couldn't write that stuff - Pure comic genius! :lol:
* Nathan Brown taking a tap then throwing the ball into a - I daresay - rather surprised Lance Thompson's head, as he stumbled whilst revving up for the hitup - despite Brown having PLENTY of time to see that Thompson was in no position to receive the ball & pull out. A real Blonde Moment for Brownie that one!
* Andrew Johns deciding being belted in the head 10 or 15 times wasn't really
quite enough for him - and going back for a second helping of Jamie Goddard during the infamous 'CattleDog' brawl in State of Origin 1997!
And ref's mikes can pick up some funny damn stuff too - Not really 'bloopers' these ones as such I guess, but - these two still absolutely kill me to think of - specially the first one! So bugger it, I'll put 'em in:
- Jimmy Dymock, playing for Parra at that stage - involved in a brawl where he went absolutely coco-bananas and threw about eleventy-seven punches - then the ref (I forget who) calls him over when it's all done and you hear him saying on the mike:
"Ok Jimmy, the penalty's going against you - because my touchies report you were the main agressor there." To which Jimmy replied something very much like:
"Hahaha! Yeah, 'course I was!! - I f*ckin' smashed him! Didn't you see me?!?!? Oh man, you gotta watch the replay tonight at home - I was great!" - even the ref had to laugh at that! :lol:
- Canterbury v N.Qld about 2-3 years back now - trying repeatedly to pack a scrum - but former teammates Paul Rauhihi & Dennis Scott facing off in the front row, were having none of it - niggling away and wrestling and carrying on - Sean Hampstead finally cracks the sh*ts & blows time off and you hear him on the mike:
"Ok fellas we're wasting time here - what's the problem?" Dennis Scott:
"I just don't like him sir!" Rauhihi (to Scott):
"Yeah? Well I don't f@*$kin like you either!" Hampstead (Laughing):
"Ok, ok fellas - just give each other a cuddle or something and make up eh, so we can pack this scrum & get on with it!"
And my LEAST favourite footy blooper: Paul Simpkins. Period. Anything he ever says, does, or thinks. The man is the very human personification of the word 'hopeless'. I'm deadset amazed the bloke can ever find his way out of his front door of a morning....
Ahhh and I could go on & on but will read through this whole thread first - great thread by the way! Some real great memories here....
Natalie's Daddy said:
Now for the rules issue. You cannot be sin binned twice in a game. The second time, the player must be sent off.
Not the case. It depends entirely on the severity of the offfence. You could, in theory, be sinbinned 8 times in a game for minor offences if you're quick - and dumb - enough (Jason Ryles, I'm looking in your direction - come on doooowwwwn!) - or even more if the game went into extra time and the coach was mental enough to keep letting you come back on - Quite a few players have been sin-binned twice in a game - for examples - specifically, I can personally remember Tricky Trindall managing it for the Dogs in around season 2000 or 2001 or so just for a start...I remember this very well - because Steve Folkes didn't let him back on the field after the 2nd one - and absolutely snapped it at him afterwards & Trindall only ever played a handful of first grade for Canterbury after that night....Thankfully.
