1977 Easts v Parramatta Final

[@MattTisdale-g6m]

Thank you to the uploader for making this video available on KZbin 😊

[@tvg5429]

It's amazing how flimsy the goalpost covers were back then. They were flimsy and short. A player could still do a lot of damage to his head if he smashed into one of those posts. These days goalpost covers are huge bulky soft things, and are much safer for players' health. So Parramatta went on to play in all three grand-finals the following week. They lost in all three grades. In first-grade, St. George beat them in a Tuesday replay, after the actual Grand-final ended in a draw. Back in those days, my mates and I were fanatical player autograph hunters. We had hundreds of player autographs, I had a stack of books filled with player autographs. Times were different back then. We used to sneak in to team dressing room after matches, and get everyone's autograph. Can you imagine that these days? That is almost unheard of now. Security was not that strong around players and dressing rooms, back then.

[@MattTisdale-g6m]

Nice memories. I collected player autographs as well. I remember one day at Kogarah Oval, I approached Craig Young and asked him for his autograph. He told me to piss off, he was not very friendly.

[@Royalpaininbum]

@@tvg5429 i thought parra won the reserve grade....against😭 my beloved Sea Eagles

[@fantomghost6213]

Great win by Parra!

[@werl789]

6:37 Sulkowitz to Porter try forward pass. Not that it would have made any difference.

[@MattTisdale-g6m]

I will say firstly, I agree with you that the pass WAS forward. However, the field markings and the location of the pitch was somewhat confusing. The SCG was a cricket stadium, never actually meant for rugby-league.

[@Royalpaininbum]

Still think Fulton looked HORRIBLE in a bloody easts jersey.

[@tvg5429]

He'd put on weight at this time of his career. Fulton would have looked horrible in ANY jersey at this stage of his career. You can see at 5:55 how much speed he had lost when he failed to stop Porter from scoring in the corner.

[@Royalpaininbum]

@tvg5429 no, im just saying i hated the fact he left Manly for Easts. The weight gain was bozo trying to be a muscle neck gym junkie.

[@tvg5429]

​@@Royalpaininbum "a muscle neck gym junkie" 😂 That's classic mate, and very true, compared to what he looked like early in his career. I kind of figured that was your intention, but I didn't want to presume. Merry Christmas, Royal. Cheers mate! 🍻