TLT vs. Raiders

[Big Bloke]

Bruyeres, Page, Holman, Danzey, Cook, Donnie McDonald

Real refs from the 70s. We knew their names but they were almost anonymous. No one ever knew a touchies name. Got no press. No fanfare. Just reffed games.

Yep. I used to watch games when I was younger with those refs. But you have to remember back then, there were quality journos actually reporting on the game rather than the gossip that goes on these days. Guys like Alan Clarkson, Ray Chesterton, Ernie Christensen etc. So the hype on referees wasn't that bad.

But if I do remember correctly, there was one change they made that seems contradictory and I think it had to do with Hartley. The refs in those days would be the first ones out on the field and if Hartley was in control, he'd do this big long whistle and jump out of the tunnel in a very theatrical way drawing attention to himself.

I think the NSWRL at the time put a stop to it and had the teams come out before the ref. That is the way it is done today.

Another change from the past that no one has ever been able to tell me why it happened is that the home team always came out first, just after the ref. At some point, it was changed to the away team coming out as it is today.

No one has been able to explain to me why that change was made and when it happened.

 

[coolumsharkie]

Mander was OK too

I think he lives up my way. Seen him in the pub a few times.

 

[Quigs]

He was the leader of the bloody Tory LNP up in Qld for awhile.

 

[Frenzy.]

Yep. I used to watch games when I was younger with those refs. But you have to remember back then, there were quality journos actually reporting on the game rather than the gossip that goes on these days. Guys like Alan Clarkson, Ray Chesterton, Ernie Christensen etc. So the hype on referees wasn't that bad.

But if I do remember correctly, there was one change they made that seems contradictory and I think it had to do with Hartley. The refs in those days would be the first ones out on the field and if Hartley was in control, he'd do this big long whistle and jump out of the tunnel in a very theatrical way drawing attention to himself.

I think the NSWRL at the time put a stop to it and had the teams come out before the ref. That is the way it is done today.

Another change from the past that no one has ever been able to tell me why it happened is that the home team always came out first, just after the ref. At some point, it was changed to the away team coming out as it is today.

No one has been able to explain to me why that change was made and when it happened.

Was that the rule that introduced the need to be able to count?

 

[Frenzy.]

Yep. I used to watch games when I was younger with those refs. But you have to remember back then, there were quality journos actually reporting on the game rather than the gossip that goes on these days. Guys like Alan Clarkson, Ray Chesterton, Ernie Christensen etc. So the hype on referees wasn't that bad.

But if I do remember correctly, there was one change they made that seems contradictory and I think it had to do with Hartley. The refs in those days would be the first ones out on the field and if Hartley was in control, he'd do this big long whistle and jump out of the tunnel in a very theatrical way drawing attention to himself.

I think the NSWRL at the time put a stop to it and had the teams come out before the ref. That is the way it is done today.

Another change from the past that no one has ever been able to tell me why it happened is that the home team always came out first, just after the ref. At some point, it was changed to the away team coming out as it is today.

No one has been able to explain to me why that change was made and when it happened.

Yep that's so true. Reporters who were reporters on the game not mutli media commentators on mult media platforms looking for gossip and "scoops". Not to mention outright lying to try and get bites and information.

 

[Frenzy.]

Boyhood memories of those old over weight touchies sprinting out from behind the goal posts after a conversion. Their beerguts bouncing as the crowds went into raptures, egging the pricks as they made their way along the sideline.

I read that as 'edging the pricks' initially and thought "I don't remember that"

 

[Frenzy.]

Interesting referee stats

Winning percentages under some of those mentioned prior in this thread

Hartley - 56%
Checchin - 53%
Hayne - 38%

 

[Quigs]

Fur Huck Hartley the maggot of a thing.

 

[bad boy bubby]

Interesting referee stats

Winning percentages under some of those mentioned prior in this thread

Hartley - 56%
Checchin - 53%
Hayne - 38%

Mate do you know the stats on Checch in 2016?
He was a big part of the plan

 

[Stake Removed]

Fur Huck Hartley the maggot of a thing.

Quigs
I knew him away from the game lovely guy.
And his wife holy hell I don't know how he landed her, she had to be 15 years younger looked amazing.

 

[Craigshark]

Moylan out. Kaufausi in.

 

[Frenzy.]

Mate do you know the stats on Checch in 2016?
He was a big part of the plan

I do

5 games, 5 wins

100%

 

[Mr Angry]

For Moylan

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[Quigs]

Fitz is resting Moyzie for the big games ahead. Any bloody idiot can see that.

 

[Frenzy.]

For Moylan

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Could he afford £16 a night?

 

[Mr Angry]

Could he afford £16 a night?

Didn't we pay $800k per year for 2 seasons to sit in the coaches box with soft tissue issues?

 

[Miller was a legend]

Bye bye Cowboys

 

[BatteredFlake]

Quigs
I knew him away from the game lovely guy.
And his wife holy hell I don't know how he landed her, she had to be 15 years younger looked amazing.

Most likely ... Partner in crime , or gold digger. Yeah I know ... shouldn't be judgemental about peoples personal lives. I accept could be 100% wrong .... But it seems to be a common story.

 

[Quigs]

I think we are all lucky that those days didn't involve the mass online gambling that we see now associated with the league.

Gee there could of been some windows of opportunity for those that thought that there could be something in it for them.

Shit some even had trouble counting to six or was that seven.

 

[fizzgig]

Like anytime tryscorers for Jake Trbojevic or Gordon Chan Kum Tong ?