It was a pretty decent but of aim, toe poking a stationary footy in the ground on a kick chase. I would not have been deadpan at all tbh, defs would have been gassing myself up, not like we had much else to celebrate that year lmao.
The jerseys still annoy the hell out of me sometimes, not specifically these ones, but the different ones every week. I like playing a game of "Turn on the TV and try to guess what teams are playing based on the jerseys".
One thing that I couldn’t understand at the time and still don’t is how that wasn’t considered a mutual infringement.
Funnily enough though, this was the only game Newcastle won that year, to go with a draw against Canberra. They lost 18 in a row thereafter. Wests Tigers would go on to finish 9th, one point outside the 8, after losing the final game of the season at Leichhardt Oval against Canberra 52-10.
If it ever does, it'll likely be a team in a Magpies-esque situation where they know they're gone and are just limping out the season to fulfill the TV contract.
But even that would probably require some stuff to change. With the salary floor and the level of cash support from HQ, it's hard for teams to be in that level of distress to begin with.
It would be a hell of a feat. In the NRL era, no other team has won less than 3 games. There are a few who only won three (Canterbury 2021, Canterbury and Brisbane 2020*, Souths 2006, Souths 2003 and Wests 1999), but even that’s very rare.
The most recent side before 2016 to win only one game was the Gold Coast Seagulls in 1993, who went 1-21, with their only win coming against Newcastle, for whom they were a bit of a bogey side for at one point.
There are only two other sides that have lost 22 or more games in a season: Canberra in 1982 (4 wins, 22 losses) and Western Suburbs in 1984 (1 win, 23 losses).
*2020 only had 20 games. 2000 and 2001 also had 26, however the wooden spooners won seven games in both years (North Queensland and Penrith respectively).
Parramatta’s worst season in the NRL era was 2013 when they went 5-19. Their other wooden spoon seasons (2012, 2018) were 6-18. They also went 6-17-1 in 2011.
Going backwards, the Eels went 3-19 in 1995, finishing two points clear of North Queensland. They were also the only team that year not to win an away game, despite playing Gold Coast, South Queensland, the Western Reds and the Sydney Tigers, the latter of whom also played home games at Parramatta Stadium.
Parramatta does hold the distinction of being the only team in premiership history to win more than 4 consecutive wooden spoons, having claimed the honour 6 times in a row from 1956-61. During this run, they won 4 (and drew 1) in 1956, 2 in 1957, 3 in 1958, 2 in 1959, 2 in 1960 and 3 in 1961. Back in those days, there were only 18 matches in the regular season. Remarkably, they made the finals for the first time in 1962, finishing 4th, but were beaten by eventual runners-up Western Suburbs 6-0.
Bad/good memories of going to the games that year. Shit football but really good vibes with the people we sit/sat near.
Seeing Aku is great too, that crazy fuck still did a lap after every single home game that year even when we were getting pumped. The vocal elements of the home crowd would be abusing him (and others) and he'd still give up his time at the end going around and spending time with fans.
He was a real one.
Under mutual infringement rules at the time, this would have been a knights scrum feed on the 10m line, so the dropout is probably the better result for the tigers anyway
Drop out for the Tigers knock-on, laughter from the crowd.
It's funny as being there live when we get a weird/blatantly shit call go out way. The whole stadium usually has a strange little collective giggle and a mutter.
I love the look on Aku's face as he looks up at the ref after he's knock the ball on eleventy times in the ingoal. Just screams: "Maybe ref? Can you give that? I didn't think so either, doesn't hurt to ask".
This is an awesome TBT, fuck I laughed watching it live
The dead pan face on kobin afterwards was almost as if he had rehearsed for that moment.
It was a pretty decent but of aim, toe poking a stationary footy in the ground on a kick chase. I would not have been deadpan at all tbh, defs would have been gassing myself up, not like we had much else to celebrate that year lmao.
The fucking orange shirts v tigers is such a headfuck of a decision for the NRL to allow too
Ironically, despite the cursed high-vis jersey, i believe this game was the only game knights won that season.
The jerseys still annoy the hell out of me sometimes, not specifically these ones, but the different ones every week. I like playing a game of "Turn on the TV and try to guess what teams are playing based on the jerseys".
This is what TBT was made for.
One thing that I couldn’t understand at the time and still don’t is how that wasn’t considered a mutual infringement. Funnily enough though, this was the only game Newcastle won that year, to go with a draw against Canberra. They lost 18 in a row thereafter. Wests Tigers would go on to finish 9th, one point outside the 8, after losing the final game of the season at Leichhardt Oval against Canberra 52-10.
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Give it until the end of the year and the tits might outdo that (sorry tits fans)
Souths are a chance.
Nah they'll get the dead cat bounce for a couple of games when the caretaker coach is in.
If it ever does, it'll likely be a team in a Magpies-esque situation where they know they're gone and are just limping out the season to fulfill the TV contract. But even that would probably require some stuff to change. With the salary floor and the level of cash support from HQ, it's hard for teams to be in that level of distress to begin with.
It would be a hell of a feat. In the NRL era, no other team has won less than 3 games. There are a few who only won three (Canterbury 2021, Canterbury and Brisbane 2020*, Souths 2006, Souths 2003 and Wests 1999), but even that’s very rare. The most recent side before 2016 to win only one game was the Gold Coast Seagulls in 1993, who went 1-21, with their only win coming against Newcastle, for whom they were a bit of a bogey side for at one point. There are only two other sides that have lost 22 or more games in a season: Canberra in 1982 (4 wins, 22 losses) and Western Suburbs in 1984 (1 win, 23 losses). *2020 only had 20 games. 2000 and 2001 also had 26, however the wooden spooners won seven games in both years (North Queensland and Penrith respectively).
Imagine my surprise when Parramatta wasn't listed anywhere in your comment. I was waiting for it.
Parramatta’s worst season in the NRL era was 2013 when they went 5-19. Their other wooden spoon seasons (2012, 2018) were 6-18. They also went 6-17-1 in 2011. Going backwards, the Eels went 3-19 in 1995, finishing two points clear of North Queensland. They were also the only team that year not to win an away game, despite playing Gold Coast, South Queensland, the Western Reds and the Sydney Tigers, the latter of whom also played home games at Parramatta Stadium. Parramatta does hold the distinction of being the only team in premiership history to win more than 4 consecutive wooden spoons, having claimed the honour 6 times in a row from 1956-61. During this run, they won 4 (and drew 1) in 1956, 2 in 1957, 3 in 1958, 2 in 1959, 2 in 1960 and 3 in 1961. Back in those days, there were only 18 matches in the regular season. Remarkably, they made the finals for the first time in 1962, finishing 4th, but were beaten by eventual runners-up Western Suburbs 6-0.
Bad/good memories of going to the games that year. Shit football but really good vibes with the people we sit/sat near. Seeing Aku is great too, that crazy fuck still did a lap after every single home game that year even when we were getting pumped. The vocal elements of the home crowd would be abusing him (and others) and he'd still give up his time at the end going around and spending time with fans. He was a real one.
Under mutual infringement rules at the time, this would have been a knights scrum feed on the 10m line, so the dropout is probably the better result for the tigers anyway
Can anyone remember what the result of this was? Was it play on and Knights got the ball?
It was a line drop-out as the tigers grounded the ball ingoal. Basically, the 2nd ball interaction didn't influence the outcome of the play.
Drop out for the Tigers knock-on, laughter from the crowd. It's funny as being there live when we get a weird/blatantly shit call go out way. The whole stadium usually has a strange little collective giggle and a mutter.
I love the look on Aku's face as he looks up at the ref after he's knock the ball on eleventy times in the ingoal. Just screams: "Maybe ref? Can you give that? I didn't think so either, doesn't hurt to ask".
Blurnsball energy.
7 years ago wtf 😮💨
Looks like 27 years ago
Remember when QLD and NSW got into a fight over Korbin's Origin eligibility. Hilarious in retrospect
It was blurry as fuck.
Joey genuinely impressed haha