Ah, what a great spectacle. Seeing Tommy lead a star-studded lineup brings back some great memories for me. Loved going to Lidcombe Oval to watch them play. I was just a kid back then. Les Boyd, for all his dirty play, really had some great talent!!
This is the sharkies i remember. I used to sit in the grandstand with my grandfather every home game the big silver grandstand. I think this is endeavour field if I remember rightly. Great memories. My grandmother used to work in the canteen next to the dressing room at the back. So we sat with a lot of the players families And Matt Rogers was only about five or six years old. He used to sit with us. We used to sit with Eric archer ,and John mcMartins family . I was 15 at the time .
@@eagleeric2598 Ah, yes. Imagine what Kneen's elbow would have cost him these days! The legend is that Sorensen wanted to challenge his suspension at the judiciary with the video evidence, but the club couldn't come at it with the incriminating evidence on Kneen... As a result, Dane missed the Grand Final.
It would have sucked if you had to play West that week and you knew they were just going to play as dirty as possible. They had the talent to not be dirty but Masters got into their heads and turned them into vicious thugs which hampered their chance to win Grand Finals.
Our Wests hated Manly because they used to steal all our stars in the off-season. Whenever we played them, I used to love seeing our guys give it to them....Ah, the good ol' days!!
@@fantomghost6213 ah sorry but you carried on like grubs BEFORE Boyd and co went to Manly. Oh and BTW if you do your research you will find the Rugby League Week article about how those 3 wanted out of wests and wanted to go as a package. I often drive past the 9ld Lidcombe oval and the burn out marks out of the carpark from when Tom ridiculous and Roy boy masters were given blank cheques from St Geotge and Newtown. Oh BTW we won the comp that year and let us not forget the 3 grubs who took on Steve Knight and he flattened all 3 of them.
They nearly had it right. During games, they won the fight then played footy whilst other teams were still either trying to get into a fight or retribution.@@glencoe1266
As an old Wests fan, I've got to be honest. They were lucky. Way too many penalties. Nearly cost them against a 12man Sharks outfit. Can't forget Old Rex. What a character he was. Head and shoulders over that dimwit Matt Thompson on Ch9 these days.
Bloody hell - number 10 for Cronulla should've gone as well. Tommy kicking an opponent after the scrum flared up, and then running away with his hands in the air. Pretty pathetic from a player I've always admired. Les Boyd being Les Boyd. Most embarrassing purchase Manly ever made, until Nate Myles.
Sometimes you wonder, is it the coach or is it the club's mentality. I have often heard that Boyd and others, there eyes roll to the back of their heads when they are fired up.
Frightening. Even though this game wasn't there, I have fond memories of Lidcombe oval and the 'tough' way the game was played back then. Steve Kneen was as hard as any forward back then but, that elbow that the ref missed....shit, in 2023 he would be suspended forever (unless he was a player the media love) Great to revive the memories but, when they got rid of the Magpies they got rid of me. Yeah, I know, who cares, but, look a the 'shit fight' that's there now......Wests Tigers. What a joke. A joke that the Western Suburbs 'Magpies' have being paying for . All those old maggie supporters ever got was ex Balmain players like Benny 'the most abhorrent sledge ever given to a rival' Ellias, wanking on about the 'Tigers' like he knew where Campbelltown was. Ironic that the 2023 Jersey has 3 Magpie club badges on it, whilst the 'leeches' have 2 tiger badges................... Says it all really Go you pies', more tries.
Got to be tough for the supporters squeezed out by the NRL. The plan I reckon was to create a market for the young'uns as they will spend more money. But they aren't always there , week in week out. Only turn up for the big game. Always wonder about the West Tigers. 3 clubs in, one non existent. The Balmain Leagues suffered when the Casino started up but so did Wests Leagues, big time. Worst decision a Club make, shut down down for a renovation and in this case not keeping control of the asset but selling it off to cover debt. I read somewhere that Wests Campbelltown was an ally of Balmain. I can't see why.
The reason the game has gone soft nowadays is because current players have to look more beautiful than their gfs on social media. Today's players would prefer to play soccer instead of facing the magpies 100%
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Ah, what a great spectacle. Seeing Tommy lead a star-studded lineup brings back some great memories for me. Loved going to Lidcombe Oval to watch them play. I was just a kid back then. Les Boyd, for all his dirty play, really had some great talent!!
Like him or not but Tommy always led.
Hopefully more games from 1978 will come to light
2:17 ‘let’s look at that again…”well, I reckon that’s a bit of a mix up” lol oh Rex
Tough game, hard men. And no one trying to milk penalties. Great stuff.
Thanks, Eagle Eric for this video!!
No worries!
This is the sharkies i remember. I used to sit in the grandstand with my grandfather every home game the big silver grandstand. I think this is endeavour field if I remember rightly. Great memories. My grandmother used to work in the canteen next to the dressing room at the back. So we sat with a lot of the players families And Matt Rogers was only about five or six years old. He used to sit with us. We used to sit with Eric archer ,and John mcMartins family . I was 15 at the time .
Great memories
The maccano stand. We'd sit at the back and yell Sharkies before hitting the metal back of the stand with our fists three times.
Tough game of footy 👍 - it’s fair to say Sorenson didn’t miss!
Funny that Rex thought it was a tough call on Sorenson. Unless he had eyes only for Kneen's elbow
@@eagleeric2598 Ah, yes. Imagine what Kneen's elbow would have cost him these days! The legend is that Sorensen wanted to challenge his suspension at the judiciary with the video evidence, but the club couldn't come at it with the incriminating evidence on Kneen... As a result, Dane missed the Grand Final.
Some hard men in that Magpies team.
Greg Pierce was a great servant for Cronulla and a successful Kangaroos skipper.
.....or kneen...............🤕
Pierce also had a good style of coaching. His first year, got the Sharks into the semis with an attractive style of footy.
Games back then were tough and dirty. Boyd was the worst. But this game shows he did have skills. Too bad he didn’t use them more.
Sharks should have won the comp in '78 .i was at the drawn GF such a hollow feelin" after the game.
two deliberate elbows at the same time only one send off. Geez louise haha.
What an end on shot.
The synchronicity was perfect..almost like a dance routine @@eagleeric2598
No bunker 😂
Sorensen may have blocked Danzey's view of Kneen's synchronised elbow.
Did I just see Tommy kick an opponent at the 1:20 mark?
Sure did, only stopped when he noticed the ref
Tommy Raudonikis
Is a immortal in my opinion.
Good to see West's were grubs with all teams and not just manly
Oh yeah, I thought that too when I dug this game up
It would have sucked if you had to play West that week and you knew they were just going to play as dirty as possible. They had the talent to not be dirty but Masters got into their heads and turned them into vicious thugs which hampered their chance to win Grand Finals.
Our Wests hated Manly because they used to steal all our stars in the off-season. Whenever we played them, I used to love seeing our guys give it to them....Ah, the good ol' days!!
@@fantomghost6213 ah sorry but you carried on like grubs BEFORE Boyd and co went to Manly. Oh and BTW if you do your research you will find the Rugby League Week article about how those 3 wanted out of wests and wanted to go as a package. I often drive past the 9ld Lidcombe oval and the burn out marks out of the carpark from when Tom ridiculous and Roy boy masters were given blank cheques from St Geotge and Newtown. Oh BTW we won the comp that year and let us not forget the 3 grubs who took on Steve Knight and he flattened all 3 of them.
They nearly had it right. During games, they won the fight then played footy whilst other teams were still either trying to get into a fight or retribution.@@glencoe1266
I was at this game as a 14 yr old. Still love the Sharkies to this day.
As an old Wests fan, I've got to be honest. They were lucky. Way too many penalties. Nearly cost them against a 12man Sharks outfit. Can't forget Old Rex. What a character he was. Head and shoulders over that dimwit Matt Thompson on Ch9 these days.
Love him or hate him he's better than the current lot, especially the Rex of of the 1970s
Was that Kurt Sorensen putting that hit on the ball carrier at exactly the same time as Dane Sorensen hit that guy with his elbow?
No, Steve Kneen by memory
He was good Steve Kneen
Bit of a mix up
Bloody hell - number 10 for Cronulla should've gone as well. Tommy kicking an opponent after the scrum flared up, and then running away with his hands in the air. Pretty pathetic from a player I've always admired. Les Boyd being Les Boyd. Most embarrassing purchase Manly ever made, until Nate Myles.
General play was much faster under the 5 meter rule, than it is today under the 10 meter rule.
Agree however it gave the ref the power to pull a penalty out of nowhere to penalise the attacking team in the 5.
Kneen could've been sent off as well. Synchronised elbows with those two!
Sure was synchronised. I wonder how much training they did for it
Boyd just cant help himself as per usual. And he is so obvious. Cumb Dunt.
Sometimes you wonder, is it the coach or is it the club's mentality. I have often heard that Boyd and others, there eyes roll to the back of their heads when they are fired up.
Cronulla in the 70’s always started the fights 😅
Love it
Hard not to
I wish they'd go back to these jumpers instead of the skin-tight t-shirts they wear now.
Frightening.
Even though this game wasn't there, I have fond memories of Lidcombe oval and the 'tough' way the game was played back then.
Steve Kneen was as hard as any forward back then but, that elbow that the ref missed....shit, in 2023 he would be suspended forever (unless he was a player the media love)
Great to revive the memories but, when they got rid of the Magpies they got rid of me.
Yeah, I know, who cares, but, look a the 'shit fight' that's there now......Wests Tigers.
What a joke.
A joke that the Western Suburbs 'Magpies' have being paying for .
All those old maggie supporters ever got was ex Balmain players like Benny 'the most abhorrent sledge ever given to a rival' Ellias, wanking on about the 'Tigers' like he knew where Campbelltown was.
Ironic that the 2023 Jersey has 3 Magpie club badges on it, whilst the 'leeches' have 2 tiger badges...................
Says it all really
Go you pies', more tries.
Got to be tough for the supporters squeezed out by the NRL. The plan I reckon was to create a market for the young'uns as they will spend more money. But they aren't always there , week in week out. Only turn up for the big game.
Always wonder about the West Tigers. 3 clubs in, one non existent. The Balmain Leagues suffered when the Casino started up but so did Wests Leagues, big time. Worst decision a Club make, shut down down for a renovation and in this case not keeping control of the asset but selling it off to cover debt. I read somewhere that Wests Campbelltown was an ally of Balmain. I can't see why.
I'd ever prefer Rex to the rubbish commentary on 9 at the moment.
He still made mistakes but I do prefer his call of the games
Bring back Graeme Hughes I reckon
91 GF - "Geyer, Roycie Simmons! The Grand Final is gone!"
Today's NRL commentators read scripts. It's not a game, it's a product.
Voss, Smith,Fittler, Thurston
Piss John's off personally.
I agre i agree i agree i agrre i agree
League needs a Father and Son rule like the AFL
Sorensons should be at Cronulla not Penrith.
wests got out of Jail, it looked like Cronulla were going to hang on and win with 12 men
Sure did. All those penalties in the first half and Rogers booted 5 goals
The reason the game has gone soft nowadays is because current players have to look more beautiful than their gfs on social media.
Today's players would prefer to play soccer instead of facing the magpies 100%
When footy was footy,. Real men, no politics or division causing 'pride' rounds etc......
Raudonikis kicking. Not cool.
part of the era
@@eagleeric2598 No it wasn't, I played in that era, almost at the top level and kicking was a dog act.
For crying out loud it's you're