Classic footy clips

jamesgould

jamesgould

Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
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Thought it might be a good idea to create a thread where we can post some classic moments over the years.

I'll start off with this one ... make sure to watch till the end ... bit of a reality check to those of us that want to get rid of the bunker lol

 
Billy said:
In the days before video refs there was a dodgy try allowed or a good try disallowed in most games, but they have taken it too far now.
1 or 2 playthroughs in real time is all they should do, and if it looks like a try, it's a try.
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I still vividly remember a massive video ref blunder that happened in 2013. Us against Penrith. Dean Whare “scored” a try in the corner, was replayed countless times, his hand visibly touched the paint/grass on the sideline and they gave it. I was there live thinking about whether I should’ve just left and booked an appointment at specsavers because they were seeing difference sh*t to what I was.
 
This new NRL Throwback account is putting up some pretty classic Knights tries from over the years:


From 1997 … remember when we could play like this even when Andrew Johns was out injured?!
 
Billy said:
In the days before video refs there was a dodgy try allowed or a good try disallowed in most games, but they have taken it too far now.
1 or 2 playthroughs in real time is all they should do, and if it looks like a try, it's a try.
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That is great in theory. But the television coverage is going to play them in super slow mo, then highlight the ref made an error, then bash the ref for it, then the wider media whips up a storm of coverage on how poor the refereeing is, then puts pressure on the NRL who then drop the referee.

There is a reason we have the system we have now.

Of course the media still does all of the above, but there is no chance they go back to no video ref or full speed replays. You can't unscramble scrambled egg.
 
And while we are at it......here are (more than) a few reasons why I rate Eric Grothe Snr as the best winger there has ever been....



and this try is still one of the best individual efforts you will ever see - it was a final against the Bulldogs in 1983 -


What I had forgotten to some degree was just how fast he was and how well he could step, change direction and swap the ball from side to side at pace for a big man, along with his ability to do a 'Jonah Lomu' on a rugby league field



I ran into him (figuratively not literally😵) in Peter Wynn's sports store one day in Liverpool many (many) years ago and he was in a short sleeve business shirt.... when you saw him like that, you could understand where his palming strength and ability to bump player after player off, without losing momentum came from - I reckon from back to front his 'barrel' chest looked well over 50 cm deep and his biceps and shoulders were in the same proportion...and all muscle😲.....the old footy jersey just didn't give you a true perspective of how strong he was in the upper body -

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I put this in 1) because I had a man crush on Guru as footballer (I was a local junior and Parra supporter in my younger days)

and

2) because I can see this level of potential in Dom in 3-4 years if we develop him and give him the service he deserves, instead of just wasting him as a wrecking ball from our red zone 🤬
 
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Some classic highlights of Newcastle’s only ever clash with Adelaide in 1998! I think the ref Moghseen Jadwat was none too popular after this game from memory! Interesting to see Buderus in the 1 jersey … and how underrated was Jason Moodie?! Also great to see a barnstorming try from one of my old faves Glenn Grief.

 
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