Yup, we were defensively awesome in that game. We had the mentality that pretty much reflected “we don’t fuckin care if you’re Storm grubs & we hate you”. Them Cheaters had their top 3 years in their side & they had no fuckin counter attack. We were so much strong defensively no matter what came our way in that game. I so wish we continued that game play & mentality from then in thrashing those cheaters.
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Horseheadsup
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The brick wall, one of my favourite games.
Gould kept yelling, '.. and ANOTHER set of six, surely they can't hold out !'
Meanwhile Bellemy was upstairs going absolutely beserk.
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Well I'm never one to blame the referees for my side losing - the most pitiful fan trait of all - but I would've understood if Melbourne fans did after that game.
I actually think we got the rub of the green. Have only watched replays of it , so have no emotional connection with it. And you're right, a few dubious decisions and no try to the storm.
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No, you win. I cannot make an argument (I could but it would require crazy logic)
My original point was though, that Melbourne were successful from the beginning. By any measure they were. You're right though, they weren't the MOST successful or second most either during that period. I got that wrong but it's not that important either. That was hyperbole on my part.
My point was that Melbourne were successful from the beginning and cap cheating didn't get them there. Doesn't mean I don't think they benefited later(intended for the thickheads who read words but fail to comprehend and then invent new shit)
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tommy
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I mean the '06 GF.
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I remember one tackle in particular. Storm right on our goal line threw an inside ball and there was a huge gap right between the posts but just when it looked over, matt parcell came up and flattened the melbourne player (i think one of their second rowers).
2008 and 2015 are "the one that got away" years to me. Both seasons ended right on the buzzer.
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The Storm has done pretty well in the World Club Challenges, as well. Better than us:
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abashii
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**** the purple cheats. There's no cause to admire that pack of salary-cap-cheating grapple-tackle-loving chicken-winging cannonballing spine-crushing absolute utter unrepentant and unmitigated fucking *****. The game is the worse for their very existence.
Big Pete
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Not yet, wouldn't be surprised if NRL.com starts uploading Grand Finals to their website in the not too distant future. I also wouldn't be surprised to see something freaky happen on YouTube either.
Just about everything went the Broncos way that night. Smith picked up an injury that limited him, the calls definitely went their way and the try to Brent Tate could have just as easily ended in disaster for the Broncos. Berrigan went rogue in that play and it was really the presence of Lockyer to be there in support and sum up the situation that turned it into a match winner.
One call that I never understood the uproar over was the penalty to Berrigan to open the scoring.
Not only did Berrigan still have possession (by the loosest of grips, but still) but watch Cameron Smith in the ruck. He's too late to be the marker and he doesn't even bother to retreat the 2m to get back onside.
Even though Brisbane were fortunate, their defence was so tenacious on the night that I've never had a problem celebrating the win. They just never made it easy for Melbourne and they stuck to such a simple and effective gameplan that they were able to hang in there. They just played to their strength, which was their dominance in the ruck, which made Berrigan and Hodges so lethal out of dummy half.
10:49 in that video, just look at the work Lockyer does in that play to turn a potential trainwreck into a match-winning play.
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tommy
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Even back then he could do no wrong lol.
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The GF?
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mrslong
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Can we make this our banner?
mrslong
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Great post. The only call that really was unfair to the cheats was the Hodges touching the ball in touch one. And they were already miles over the cap, so I feel no guilt.
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I don’t think we were lucky at all. Only the Berrigan shepherd was the only blatantly wrong call the refs made and it didn’t have a huge bearing on the end result. We defended well and controlled the second half well.
Like someone else mentioned, the 10th minute penalty that Berrigan got was incorrect as he had lost it but it still should been our penalty because Referee Smith didn’t even get remotely square at marker as he got caught out at the play the ball. So penalty decision was correct it was just awarded for the wrong indiscretion.
Only other contentious decision was the Storm no try to King at 14-8. Despite Phil Gould carrying on like a lunatic saying he would award it, he obviously didn’t see the ball clearly come off Hoffman’s forearm which is a knock on every day of the week. How Gus can sit in commentary and declare Hoffman didn’t touch it is just mind boggling.
The only embarrassment I felt after that win was us lifting the trophy in those god awful all white away jerseys. Still grinds on my gears to this day. Would it have hurt to put a bit more maroon and gold through it?
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