As a young Easts fan, I was set to go to this game at Lidcombe, on Saturday, but was too young to go on my own, so ended up going with my brothers the following day to the Sunday match of the day, Parra v Manly, Parra's last game at Cumberland Oval. Glad I went and witnessed history. 20-20. One of the all time great games

Just put the ball down you goose! I hate seeing stuff like this. This sort of stuff started with American professional sports teams and has spread around the globe. Embarrassing 😑

A clean pair of heels, with John Ribot de Bresac providing excellent inside coverage in support.

An utter embarrassment.

Cheat.

Good stuff that...most of us oldies could name most, if not all of those Aussie players...in today's game, not a chance.....

Speed to burn. Excellent player. Thanks Eric.

I can't stand on-field player "celebrations" like this. Post- try celebrations are bad enough, but when a player celebrates a try *BEFORE* the try is scored, to me he looks like a goose and he disrespects his family, his team and the sport of rugby-league. He looks like a sheila here, turning around and teasing the opposition. He could have easily dropped the ball while carrying out this stupid act. He looks like a diva. All he needs is a dress and a handbag 👗👛👠 If I was his coach and he did this under my watch, I'd drop him to reserve grade for the next game. To me, in a professional sport, this is unacceptable. Compare these shenanigans by Hopoate, to the classy way that Brett Kenny celebrates a try. John Hopoate ended the career of young Cronulla-Sutherland front-rower Adam Ritson, with a dangerous high tackle. Hopoate is a cheap-shot merchant.

Eric - Do you have any problems running VHS VCR's to transfer all the old tapes to digital ? Can you still get the VHS machines serviced and can the parts be found easy enough ?

Born in Coffs Harbour, Tom Mooney played with Wauchope. South-Sydney brought him down to Sydney, where he played 25 games for South-Sydney. Manly-Warringah then snapped him up from Souths and he played 163 matches for the Sea-Eagles. An excellent player. Probably not a superstar, but very reliable and solid. Tom played in Grand-finals with Manly-Warringah in 1976 and 1978 and some considered him unlucky to miss out on a Kangaroo Tour berth in 1978.

Great highlights package. Thank you Eagle Eric.

Another great highlights package. Thank you Eric 😊

Thanks

Just another player Manly poached in that era.

Sigsworth? about $1 a pack back then

Loved seeing my favourite player when I was a young lad, Tony Ford he possessed a fantastic side step,remember Alan McKean nearly taking his head off at Lidcombe Oval one day 😅

Thank you for sharing this highlights package between two great arch-rivals Eric. Much appreciated mate.

My maths is poor, but I reckon from black dot to black dot via the touch line is probably well over 100m try. Great footage!

Why are many of these videos being re-posted? I keep getting a feeling of deja-vu. They're nice sentiments remembering Garry Dowling, but the same video was posted about six months ago.

Go Dad 👌🏼

Who’s that winger? Is it Steve Want?

Worked at the Gold Coast Bulletin.

Ridiculous acceleration from Dorahy

But Tommy was so squeaky clean😂

There was a changing of the guard in the middle-to-late 1970s, from St. George to South-Sydney. St. George won 11 Premierships in a row, as we all know. Then in 1965 a Souths team of basically kids at the time, mostly Souths local juniors appeared and took on Saints in the Grand-final, only to pipped 12-8. Saints then beat Balmain in the 1966 Grand-final. But Souths refused to go away. In 1967 the great Kevin Ryan moved from St. George to Canterbury Bankstown and took Canterbury-Bankstown to the Grand-final, only to be pipped by Souths 12-10 in an absolute nail-biter. And that was basically the end of the St. George dynasty of this period. Souths won the Premiership in 1968, 1970, 1971 (against St. George). Balmain upset Souths in the 1969 Grand-final, in a controversial match where they employed time wasting tactics and lay on the ground feigning injury after being tackled. Then in 1971/72 that phenomenonal Souths team was ripped to shreds by other clubs and their cheque books 😂

75% Brilliance 25% Good fortune 😂

The Souths winger (number 5) tried belatedly to trip Dowling and attempt to disrupt the try. Ridiculous! 😂

*Mario Ferneck* 😆 00:54

Beat that NFL

The 80's great period for the game, used to walk to Endeavour field to watch the Sharkies Play.

I remember Dowling winning player of series on the 1980 Australian test tour of New Zealand but then struggled to get back into first grade at Parramatta due to Neil Hunt playing better at fullback. He had great year for Wests in 1981 but once again couldn’t get back into first grade due to Gary Jack taking his spot. It’s shame you didn’t include Dowling’s length of the field try against Cronulla at Endeavour field for Wests in 1981. Dowling unfortunately was killed in car accident about year later.

Peter Sterling and Brett Kenny are the two best players to have ever played for Parramatta. It's up for debate who you think is better.

0:40 this NEEDS to be sampled

Dowling was a beaut - great ball runner and support player. The Moose couldn't help himself with the flat ball from Hage against his beloved Eagles 1:26. And how's the St George player going for the most blatant trip at 1:18?? They were a team full of grubs, Reddy the fantom biter etc. Man I hated them as a kid. Still do.

Three of the CB players who I always enjoyed watching over the years were Geoff Robinson, Terry Lamb, and most of all Gary Dowling. To say he as a respected player by players and fans alike is an understatement. When he died, it was a terrible shock.

The discussion at 0:17 is interesting given that at 1:35 we would see Hatch’s last try for seventy-seven games - until the 1989 fifth place playoff against the Broncos - and one of only fifteen in 183 first grade games. Cronulla 28 [Chris Withall, Malcolm Wheeler, Michael Porter, David Hatch, Phil Dotti tries; Phil Hurst 3, Mark Ellison goals] defeated Illawarra 8 [Steve Larder, Greg Mackey tries]

Terrible defence, most of that play should have been shut down 2 or 3 times.

Great player RiP

I watched Garys last game playing for the Gold Coast at the end of his career, it was a big buzz back then having an ex nrl player in our team, played at Beaudesert, unfortunately he was killed driving home that day in a car accident, not sure of the details, his plaque is next to my grandads at nerang

Didn't he drown at Byron Bay?

Was that Souths winger (number 5) attempting to prevent this brilliant try with a last-second attempted TRIP? What a pathetic example of bad sportsmanship! 😂🤣

Wonderful player and person !

Fulton tries to kick him in the nuts. Girl..........

Fulton was always a dirty player.

BEAR.. 81' G.F Eels Best on Ground (along with Stumpy!)......what was that Peters said again..?😅

Onya Frank, geez it must've tested his patience gettin' stuck with this mob of buffoons.Should've signed with Moose,Ferris n Ned.

Great effort, putting all that great footage together, very much appreciated mate, well done!

Basically Brett Kenny is a Lamborghini, if you want a motor-vehicle analogy to a rugby-league player. Pace to burn, reliability, staying power, and class.

Basically Brett Kenny was like a Lamborghini, a luxury car, in the form of a rugby-league player.

Almost 2 hours of classic rugby-league. It doesn't get any better than this. Thank you Eric! 😊