I remember watching it on tv in 1969

Some top players there. Everyone except South fans were going for the Tigers in the GF and they produced a massive upset.

That yelling bloke from Channel 9 - this is how you commentate

You can hear Rex commentating in the next booth!

Love the old graphics...filmy white letters and numbers,peeled orange segments at half-time...no kicking tees, players scooping up handfuls of dirt!...Alan Marks commentary, Rex Mossop audible from the next card table...Tigers went on to upset Souths next week with future South Sydney secretary Terry Parker throwing the last pass to Sid Williams for the match-winning and only try of grand final...Balmain 11 Souths 2.

@glenchapman3899

5 ай бұрын

At other grounds players used to get a pile of sand to kick with, but never on the SCG

@Ccssww

19 күн бұрын

Ah Balmain the lay down sally's

Keith Page ref. Always looked like Dracula with his collar turned up.

The 4 tackle rule,which later was increased to 6.

frank staanton super coach

Love the kicks for goal, no foreign matter allowed on the SCG so dig a divot place and kick old school front on ..........

Nothings changed. Manly stealing defeat from the jaws of victory😢.

League was better in those days. Anyone disagree? St Johns Ambulance doing the medical work, pure Rugby League at its best

@glenchapman3899

5 ай бұрын

Yes players having to play on with broken jaws or badly concussed because there were no replacements.. Good times lol

@popmusic7

Ай бұрын

I'm not sure it was better - 32 penalties, lots of missed goal kicks, and those messy scrums!

No Arthur Beetson for Balmain but they still did it, champions.

Great find here !!!

@tomytiger20

11 ай бұрын

Thanks. I hope KZread doesn’t block it.

@MERCURYSUNSET

11 ай бұрын

@@tomytiger20 Why would they block it ?

@tomytiger20

11 ай бұрын

Because they’ve recently blocked “BRUTAL HITS … ”. I’m sure their reasons are valid, so whatever the copyright rules are I’m happy to abide by.

@MERCURYSUNSET

11 ай бұрын

@@tomytiger20 Okay man , , it happens i guess .

I absolutely cut my teeth watching the Saturday evening replays on the ABC. Funny to see over 50 years ago, players still giving totally stupid penalties

Contested scrums!

fulton who was

Page also hated manly. Did we whinge like Parra did about Hartley. Noooooo.

@popmusic7

Ай бұрын

The scrum penalties in this era were dubious.

@keithpritchard1181

Ай бұрын

He hated Canterbury too. And us Berries fans hated him right back! The day came when they didn’t dare send him to Belmore, they sent Col Pierce instead.

@joevass5172

19 күн бұрын

Conceded that Page only had to count to 4 but in 1978 Hartley seemed to have a problem getting to 6 particularly when Parra had the ball and missed a tackle or two when Manly had the ball on a number of occasions and this is all well documented. Hartley was a show pony who thought he was a bigger star than the players.

@keithpritchard1181

19 күн бұрын

@@joevass5172 He allowed 7-tackle tries against the Bulldogs too, one of them in a semi-final, although it didn’t change the outcome. Tbf “Hollywood” really was a bigger attraction than many players. After he retired I was at a match refereed by the pedantic Jack Danzey. His rulings were accurate, but he made the game so dull that the fans - of both sides - started chanting, “Bring back Hartley!”

@Ccssww

19 күн бұрын

@@joevass5172 parra still can't get over that. You know when Manly played Canterbury in the 95 GF, Canterbury scored 2 tries off 7 tackles and 1 from a BLATANT knock on. Did we whinge....noooo. Parra had a history of whinging in fact did you notice when Melbourne lost those premierships due to salary cap wrought parra was the only club to demand they be given the title. Manly got ripped off as well but copped it on the chin.

Allan Marks is better than Ray Warren

I agree get rid of the yelling bloke