Cool animation

I sold cornettos at at Henson Park in the late 70s. People were always happy and because the ice creams owed me 70-80c a unit, i was going home with stacks of 1 and 2 dollar notes 😆

Grew up in Tempe and spent my primary school years going all over Sydney to support the bluebags. So much fun at Henson Park though. Whether yelling out "lolly legs" as the opposition made a goal attempt, sliding down the hill on cardboard sheets, or inching onto the field in the final minutes, in the hopes of snatching a corner post. The only time I was ever first to one though, it was almost instantly ripped in half by some bigger kid.

13:49 for cyclone brad's BIG HIT

Great jersey. I’d forgotten about that one.

I saw them play Guildford in their first game back after about 8 years when they were readmitted at Erskineville Oval in (I think 1991). Chicka Moore was on the gate its theme was "Back to Bluebags Day". Maybe 1500 there. They had Barry Russell, Fred Teasdell, John Ferguson and maybe Michael Speechley playing. They won and Chicka scored. It was a great day. There were needless to say some "heavy" looking characters watching on. My mate put it succintly "spot the crim". Ha ha ha

I caught the supporter bus down to Canberra for this game and sat in the corner bay with all of the Balmain fans. I still have this jersey, still with tags, unworn. I have quite a few of this style so I decided not to wear it and then it just stayed unworn. I can’t remember if I bought it through the club or via a special order at Peter Wynn’s Score? I wish I could remember how I got hold of it. For ages it was in a plastic Canterbury package, which I’ve never seen for a rugby league jersey before or since then. Great jersey. The only one of that style with an NRL logo.

Miss the jets raudonikis

For once you could say a Champion Team and a Team Of Champions.

Love to see Gordon Ramsay voiceover and Elvis can be Gordon

every playing photo i have seen denis in he looks 100% asian, if i was to see denis today around sydney, i would think his pulling my leg.

Where’s the Warriors?????

Immortalized! You did really well!!!!

Back at primary school 1985 we all copied Ross Conlon’s kicking style… 😂😂😂

had his footy card

i was at that game , on the supporters bus with darren senters parents , we got fl;ogged that day , very sad day

This is proper rare. Canberra were always sort of the bane of Balmain's existence and now that has kind of transcended onto the Wests Tigers. Of course you had the 1989 Grand Final, then Balmain's last ever game in the NRL was against Canberra where they got battered. There was also a game a couple of year ago where Wests Tigers had to beat Canberra on the final day to reach the playoffs but Canberra battered them at Leichhardt Oval.

The Raiders also wore their heritage strip from 1989 in this match but with a white regular collar instead of the white v neck from '89. Also, an extremely rare Raiders jersey to find.

Yep I always wondered what happened to him after the accident. Good player thanks

Good video Steven. I got to play with Illawarra Steelers for '84 & 85 in lower grades. All my playing memorabilia of 2 real jerseys, shorts and several training t-shirts were stolen off clothes line in 86. Great crew of players and many fond memories. Adam

I'd love to know how one could get my mits on that Knights one. Cause as far as I know they never sold replicas of those

If you like teal then you'd like the New Zealand kit from the 1999 cricket world cup

The jerseys were better back then. It shows when you put Balmain's as the worst, when in fact it's not even that bad, it's a good jersey. The Gold Coast one was possibly the ugliest jersey ever though.

Illawarra Steelers!!

I don’t think that Balmain jersey is too bad. 😅 The Steelers one is definitely number 1 - it’s *clean*

You have great taste

The Roosters one is undeniably beautiful. That blue! And this is coming from a Roosters hater

More mor more years please

Love the Chargers and Crushers

Yeah, I think you got that pretty well right. Though, the Norths jersey never quite did it for me. Good to see the Steelers edge out the Saints! ;)

Love the Balmain one. 🐅 and the Chargers bubblegum one I like and is quite a collectors item these days. Cheers bro.

Marone they should have stuck with the simplistic strip as their home jersey year-in year-out, best representation of both clubs and they still haven't gotten it right.

Steven Russo never responds to comments but nice video.

The 1994 one looks more modern, maybe because it has greater prevalence of black.

Great player one of my footy heros.So good to hear he has recovered and can walk.

Great. I wish u kept up the vis

This is great. Nice jersey

Very interesting. Enjoyed

Fantastic work. How on earth did u get all those jerseys

Horrid horrid horrid

What a jersey!!

Gary Belcher. How many tries was he involved in. Best fullback ever.

LOL

I had 1 of these back in the day. Bought a clean shin jersey from a wholesaler in Rockdale. Bought all the letters and a number 5 from Mick Simmons sports store in Haymarket. Got all the transfers put on, it looked smick. Then it got stolen from the change room of a gym I went to. Never saw it again.....

I thought Brian Hetherington was also a great link in the backline. He scored the first try of the grand final and was always dangerous. Sure, it's easy to look across the line and see Kenny, Cronin, Steve Ella and Eric Grothe.

Doodled a Fireman Ham five years back, but it was the isometric exercises scene! It was a phone sketch, but it definitely fit both Elvis and Steele XD

I get jiggy with this song.

imagine playing a mid week game now and playing a semi final 3 days later... never would happen when they are complaining about not having a week before the GF now LOL Balmain had to do the same in 1990 LOST to newcastle played newcastle on the wed for a playoff spot then had to play them again in the actual semi final

I still own the 97 strip of Balmain and the heritage one which ended up being their 1998 one or 99 one whatever year it was I stopped buy wests tigers jerseys in 2010 because I got so sick of them having 3 new strips EVERY YEAR

love the videos like this of histroy