St.George vs Souths 1984 Minor Semi Final

NSWRL: St.George Dragons vs South Sydney Rabbitohs.
From The Sydney Cricket Ground.
Commentary From Ray Warren and Bill Anderson.

[@bondoqbn7318]

The good old days of Rugby League, we miss you!

[@johnmcnee4077]

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 !!

[@graguitar6493]

Yep they all did ok as well when O'Grady was the only one who new how to punch on supposedly.

[@antwars2857]

Great to watch this again. Thanks for sharing.

[@iandawe948]

Loving these old aussie games from england as never seen them. Nice to see lots of players that came over here in the 80s.

[@MERCURYSUNSET]

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

[@graguitar6493]

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.

[@bonzapelican]

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

[@brentinnes5151]

Steve rogers got his jaw pulverised in the first game of next season v Canterbury, bugden I think, I was listening on radio.

[@swkenny]

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.

[@StFidjnr]

these two teams put on two rounds of cross country wrestling and boxing before deciding to utilize the pigskin

[@stewartdavies929]

A few HIA’s too.

[@ant13665]

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!!!

[@gabriel222]

RIP Johnno

[@saintjohnno]

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... 😊

[@matcole1975]

So many legendary names on both teams. 💯💪

[@ZiggyZiggsworth]

When rugby league was rugby league not the garbage you see today

[@kenjones6441]

Bollocks

[@RCT1963]

I, for the life of me, cannot remember this biffo. Almost as good as Newtown/Manly three years previous.

[@graguitar6493]

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

[@davidnewman690]

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!

[@ZIGSVIDS]

A vicious head butt to the elbow, Baker should have been sent.

[@MetalMayhem1978]

Yep, send off and suspended for 6 weeks!

[@maxfish4770]

57 weeks

[@graguitar6493]

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

[@user-oh1uu6rl7z]

Steve Morris was a little dynamic legend

[@juzzyjj6387]

great game.....johnno (RIP) and slippery had great games

[@kurtflahavin5994]

A great finals match.

[@stewartdavies929]

Some great broken play, long distance tries in those days.

[@keithmarkis1101]

Bring back the Biff ‼️💥💥💥

[@brentinnes5151]

I love these old games.i watched Souths beat Manly the week before..

[@stewartdavies929]

1:06 “…They’re gonna peg him..” 😮

[@J.J123]

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.

[@simonvirus6417]

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.

[@graguitar6493]

Preliminary final they lost by 1. Lost by 6 in the major semi

[@weststigers1879]

They should have won that game. Steve Rogers won the Man of the Match award in a beaten side.

[@graguitar6493]

@@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

[@Andy_Vegan_Australia_55]

neil baker marking up on AIR as Graeme wynn strolls in , HILARIOUS

[@brentinnes5151]

i wouldnt have liked to be standing in front of Wynn when he made his break..looked pretty quick as well

[@mullaway5746]

Baker showed alot of heart chasing slippery to tackle him on the goal line

[@markhobson5769]

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?

[@KetchaWill]

Here’s 2 of the 3: Motivation by Andy Clark Sport by Brian Wade

[@hibbsas9029]

Tugger on the chirp straight away 😂

[@kenjones6441]

Great fight

[@ZIGSVIDS]

Mario picks out Morris ...says it all.

[@stewartdavies929]

9:03 “id like to be on him”

[@tigerwarsaw99]

Souths look weird in that Minties jersey.

[@RRamUChilEloyd]

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.

[@whoisKF]

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!

[@MERCURYSUNSET]

Okay then.....still trying to figure out how this relates to the game posted here .

[@seandefreitas6673]

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!

[@mickstunes6383]

Bunch of grubs South Sydney. Can't beat them playing footy. Resort to grubbiness & were flogged.

[@lapalad]

What against a team of biters?

[@mickstunes6383]

@@lapalad Where was the biting?

[@lapalad]

@@mickstunes6383 St.George had many allegations of biting levelled against them from various clubs.

[@lapalad]

@@ZIGSVIDS hahahahahaha calling me a dog from someone with a dog profile pic lol

[@johnmcnee4077]

All teams in that era were pretty grubbing, live or die by the sword

[@davidsouthwood5106]

I remember this game my dad told stgeroge won we didn't watch this game