Slippery Morris didn’t hesitate punching on with Mario, Snake O’Grady backed him up & Sludge backed them both up, that’s what team mates do, 3 great players !!
Being a keen Dragons supporter, l was thrilled when Steve Rogers walked into where was working as a consultant. Naturally we got chatting about the game ld seen only a few days earlier, and remember telling him how impressed l was when he joined in the all in brawl... Steve laughed and was very modest saying just one of those things... This game reminded me how fit and tough the guys were back in those days , no player took a backward step...and gave as good as they took.. The other thing l picked up on was no islanders in either teams like there are these days.. l think all the modern day players should watch this game or similar and learn a few things about teamwork... 😊
And Steve Rogers went waded right into it like a true captain . Went up to the biggest guy in the Souths team Bill Hardy and started belting him !! I don't know if Souths thought the Dragons were a soft touch but they were not to be trifled with. The Souths bloke who laid a punch of Craig Young while Young was down and couldn't defend himself really sparked this up
Definitely new they weren't a soft touch. Stoushes between these 2 clubs was pretty consistent in the early 80s. The Souths forwards, especially Gary Hambly who didn't play in this game thought Albert was just a box head cop. When Hambly and Albert were playing they almost always came to blows. Rampling is the Souths player who belted Albert and he and he's brother were hard heads who hated st.george. In particular they loathed Robert Stone.
Was at this game on the Hill, watching in awe at 12 years old. I believe it was Tugger Coleman who cheap shotted Albert because he said in the Herald, "I got Albert a beauty in the blue". Happy days
Actually the suspensions handed out tofay are nothing comared to back then. There was no carry over points or any of that stuff, it was just get sent off 4 weeks straight away. Ask Les Boyd ,Bob Cooper etc.. about it.
Ha ! Bunnies fan here and I was there that day, right on the near tryline watching Slippery put the ball down right in front of me, I knew the game was lost then. What made it worse was I was there with a mate of mine who was a mad Saints supporter !
How's the elbow by Mick Beatie to Baker's head after his 5th tackle kick! Just a penalty. Imagine it today. There would be a royal commission held over FB and Twitter! Ha ha!
@@weststigers1879 yep. Kevin Roberts won the day for Parramatta with a couple of fictional penalties. He produced 1 more in the GF the following year that totally turned the game Canterburys way be it take nothing away from the dogs who were the better side
Souths had a no frills side. St George had a much better roster. What do you expect Souths to lay down and roll over. We played to our strengths which was a forward pack that would tackle all day. And a great Halfback. Sure we turned on the biff a bit but against better teams you had no choice. The 80's Souths side was one of my favourite teams. Come to redfern oval in that time and you werre in for one hell of a game. I went to Endeavour Field one time and it was an honor to here Cronulla fans call us animals. Let me tell you the animals won.
St George Leagues Club is a wonderful club that won’t help his member with a dead battery in their car park even he has his own jumper lead! Yes, they have the total right not to help as a policy!
Wow rabs mentioned the Supreme Court , he’s a time traveler 🤣 . It wasn’t the dragons time yet , Eels and dogs had a good run and the dragons , Did what they could do while manly hung around too . Tigers were on the move so too Canberra and the panthers, that’s 82 -92 . Roosters could get a spot in the finals too back then like south’s but they were both playing their own battles.
The good old days of Rugby League, we miss you!
Great to watch this again. Thanks for sharing.
Slippery Morris didn’t hesitate punching on with Mario, Snake O’Grady backed him up & Sludge backed them both up, that’s what team mates do, 3 great players !!
Yep they all did ok as well when O'Grady was the only one who new how to punch on supposedly.
These two legendary clubs combined have been in half of all grand finals since 1908
Loving these old aussie games from england as never seen them. Nice to see lots of players that came over here in the 80s.
i watched this game live. it had the best fight that i have ever seen on a rugby league field ... and it's been edited out!!!
Being a keen Dragons supporter, l was thrilled when Steve Rogers walked into where was working as a consultant. Naturally we got chatting about the game ld seen only a few days earlier, and remember telling him how impressed l was when he joined in the all in brawl... Steve laughed and was very modest saying just one of those things...
This game reminded me how fit and tough the guys were back in those days , no player took a backward step...and gave as good as they took.. The other thing l picked up on was no islanders in either teams like there are these days.. l think all the modern day players should watch this game or similar and learn a few things about teamwork... 😊
And Steve Rogers went waded right into it like a true captain . Went up to the biggest guy in the Souths team Bill Hardy and started belting him !!
I don't know if Souths thought the Dragons were a soft touch but they were not to be trifled with.
The Souths bloke who laid a punch of Craig Young while Young was down and couldn't defend himself really sparked this up
Definitely new they weren't a soft touch. Stoushes between these 2 clubs was pretty consistent in the early 80s. The Souths forwards, especially Gary Hambly who didn't play in this game thought Albert was just a box head cop. When Hambly and Albert were playing they almost always came to blows. Rampling is the Souths player who belted Albert and he and he's brother were hard heads who hated st.george. In particular they loathed Robert Stone.
Was at this game on the Hill, watching in awe at 12 years old. I believe it was Tugger Coleman who cheap shotted Albert because he said in the Herald, "I got Albert a beauty in the blue". Happy days
Steve rogers got his jaw pulverised in the first game of next season v Canterbury, bugden I think, I was listening on radio.
Haha, this was a fairly tasty affair! Proper old school. Great game.
Half the players on the pitch would be suspended for months in todays world.
these two teams put on two rounds of cross country wrestling and boxing before deciding to utilize the pigskin
A few HIA’s too.
Actually the suspensions handed out tofay are nothing comared to back then. There was no carry over points or any of that stuff, it was just get sent off 4 weeks straight away. Ask Les Boyd ,Bob Cooper etc.. about it.
Ha ! Bunnies fan here and I was there that day, right on the near tryline watching Slippery put the ball down right in front of me, I knew the game was lost then. What made it worse was I was there with a mate of mine who was a mad Saints supporter !
I, for the life of me, cannot remember this biffo. Almost as good as Newtown/Manly three years previous.
Id say it ended up on the hole just as good. Bowdens demolition job on Broadhurst was what made that brawl the greatest of all time
So many legendary names on both teams.
💯💪
RIP Johnno
How's the elbow by Mick Beatie to Baker's head after his 5th tackle kick! Just a penalty. Imagine it today. There would be a royal commission held over FB and Twitter! Ha ha!
A vicious head butt to the elbow, Baker should have been sent.
Yep, send off and suspended for 6 weeks!
57 weeks
Saints lost to Parra by 1 i think in the major semi. Great team in the first half of the 80's, deserved at least one premiership then.
Preliminary final they lost by 1. Lost by 6 in the major semi
They should have won that game. Steve Rogers won the Man of the Match award in a beaten side.
@@weststigers1879 yep. Kevin Roberts won the day for Parramatta with a couple of fictional penalties. He produced 1 more in the GF the following year that totally turned the game Canterburys way be it take nothing away from the dogs who were the better side
Rampling would have been the one who split the clarot out of Young. Imagine if Robert Stone was out there. Rampling would have gone ape shit on him
great game.....johnno (RIP) and slippery had great games
5:01 Biff glorious biff!!!
1:06 “…They’re gonna peg him..” 😮
As a mad Saints supporter I was at this game with my father as the Sydney Cricket Ground and the next match when Parramatta beat us.
A great finals match.
Is this the same day as the Milperra Massacre?
This game was on Saturday 8th Sept, Milperra was the Sunday before, Father's Day.
There is plenty on offer for viewing
neil baker marking up on AIR as Graeme wynn strolls in , HILARIOUS
i wouldnt have liked to be standing in front of Wynn when he made his break..looked pretty quick as well
Bring back the Biff ‼️💥💥💥
Souths had a no frills side. St George had a much better roster. What do you expect Souths to lay down and roll over. We played to our strengths which was a forward pack that would tackle all day. And a great Halfback. Sure we turned on the biff a bit but against better teams you had no choice. The 80's Souths side was one of my favourite teams. Come to redfern oval in that time and you werre in for one hell of a game. I went to Endeavour Field one time and it was an honor to here Cronulla fans call us animals. Let me tell you the animals won.
What's the name of these pieces of music scores used for the tries in the instant replays of this 1984 NRL match on Network 10?
Here’s 2 of the 3:
Motivation by Andy Clark
Sport by Brian Wade
When rugby league was rugby league not the garbage you see today
Bollocks
Some great broken play, long distance tries in those days.
Steve Morris was a little dynamic legend
Baker showed alot of heart chasing slippery to tackle him on the goal line
Great fight
Tugger on the chirp straight away 😂
St George Leagues Club is a wonderful club that won’t help his member with a dead battery in their car park even he has his own jumper lead! Yes, they have the total right not to help as a policy!
Okay then.....still trying to figure out how this relates to the game posted here .
9:03 “id like to be on him”
Ah Ray Warren. Like to be on him, hes missed it. Mug punter.
Wow rabs mentioned the Supreme Court , he’s a time traveler 🤣 . It wasn’t the dragons time yet , Eels and dogs had a good run and the dragons ,
Did what they could do while manly hung around too . Tigers were on the move so too Canberra and the panthers, that’s 82 -92 . Roosters could get a spot in the finals too back then like south’s but they were both playing their own battles.
I love these old games.i watched Souths beat Manly the week before..
Souths look weird in that Minties jersey.
Call that a fight??? Arr laddie, come and watch Manly Newtown 1981.
Bunch of grubs South Sydney. Can't beat them playing footy. Resort to grubbiness & were flogged.
What against a team of biters?
@@lapalad Where was the biting?
@@mickstunes6383 St.George had many allegations of biting levelled against them from various clubs.
@@ZIGSVIDS hahahahahaha calling me a dog from someone with a dog profile pic lol
All teams in that era were pretty grubbing, live or die by the sword
Mario picks out Morris ...says it all.
Watching this game reminded me of how much I used to love the game & confirmed my belief that RL these days is a steaming pile of shit!
I remember this game my dad told stgeroge won we didn't watch this game