Is it normal for opponents to have like 70 missed tackles in a game?
Watching the video of the 1975 Grand Final, I counted 70 missed tackles for
St. George in that game. It’s literally true that
the Dragons gave up in the second half – they did not do the most basic things and
Easts’ tries were so easy. Watching the two matches it becomes obvious
the Roosters’ play in the 1974 Grand Final was
much more meritorious, although they only one 19–4 as against 38–0. In contrast to
St. George’s woeful 1975 effort, in 1974
Canterbury made
Easts work extremely hard for their two excellent tries.
In the 1989/1990
Rugby League yearbook and the match description in the
Sydney Morning Herald, the
Gold Coast Giants were said to have had 70 missed tackles in a Round 18 match against (ironically)
St. George. The Dragons won by 38 points to six, with hooker Trevor Bailey scoring three tries and saying
“I haven’t scored three tries in a game since the under eights”!