Rugby League Fight Club

[HoldenV8]

Ok, I think we'd all agree that a brawl isn't always the best look for the game. But a bit of biffo every now and then would definitely get rid of a lot of the BS niggling that has come into the game since the NRL made punching a sin-bin offence.

So, on that note.....for your viewing pleasure since league has now ended for the year 🙂

Origin again, 1997 at the SFS. Jamie Goddard giving Andrew Johns a knuckle sandwich.

A planned brawl? Origin game 2, 1995 at the MCG. Danny Moore taking on John Hopoate with Matt Sing looking like he's swatting flies lol

Tony Hearn headbutting Spud Carroll in Origin 3, 1995 at Lang Park. This cost Hearn a place in the Aussie test team that year as he ended up with an 8 game suspension.

And just for some Manly flavour.....

1981 Semi-final at the SCG - Mark Broadhurst getting his clock cleaned by Newtown's Steve Bowden who gave two headbutts that the Junk Yard Dog would have been proud of.

And of course.....who could forget this gem from 2011. The Battle of Brookvale.

 

[The Wheel]

Warren Ryan must have been watching these, given he likes beating up blokes in their 80s

 

[manlyfan76]

Do we have Ian Roberts V Garry Jack?

 

[maxta]

For the old school - that Broadhurst was a NZ heavyweight champion boxer....big Bowden showed him up in a street fight and I was only about 10 at the time, but pissed off our boxer copped a flogging - lost the fight - lost the game....1 thing good - Boyd and Randall punched up a few Bluebags....gotta agree - while thuggery, eye gauges and cheap shots deserve maximum punishment, nothing worse than these push and slap crap in today's game...almost as pathetic as the AFL mellee....

 

[double hoops]

When it comes to blues they don't happen like this no more. For the young ones, this is only a snap shot of it.

 

[globaleagle]

Sometimes it helps to be bigger....

Sometimes it doesn't!

(These are from this month as well! Bring back the nrl biff!!)

 

[globaleagle]

Do we have Ian Roberts V Garry Jack?

Try about the 4min 55secs mark.

Best I could do.

edit: Lol at roberts saying "That's not my go!"

It's been around for years that saying!!!

 

[Woodsie]

Warren Ryan must have been watching these, given he likes beating up blokes in their 80s

Given he is in the 70's himself that was age apropriate, and how does a whack become likes "beating blokes up" ?

 

[EaglesDontTweet]

Where's Gussy? See if you can spot Gus Gould in the Manly Newtown stoush.🙂

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

I was at the Newtown game. Sadly it was Tom Mooney's last game for the club.

Very frustrating result too. I thought Manly had a team that could beat Parramatta in the one that counted that year.

 

[HoldenV8]

Where's Gussy? See if you can spot Gus Gould in the Manly Newtown stoush.🙂

He was back on the halfway line saying "No no no no no" every time a Manly player went within 50 feet of him 😛

 

[wombatgc]

Try about the 4min 55secs mark.

Best I could do.

edit: Lol at roberts saying "That's not my go!"

It's been around for years that saying!!!

Jesus he messed him up. Can't imagine the NRL marketing team being to happy about that one.

 

[Hamster Huey]

...
And of course.....who could forget this gem from 2011. The Battle of Brookvale.

A massive blow-up that one!!! So good that even 3rd Man couldn't resist getting involved!!!

 

[globaleagle]

I wonder how the current crop would go against the old tough nuts?

On one hand today's players are probably stronger and bigger on average.....but the men from the past look like they'd eat nails and ask for seconds!

 

[HoldenV8]

A massive blow-up that one!!! So good that even 3rd Man couldn't resist getting involved!!!

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I still remember Wally Lewis who was doing sideline for Nein that night basically saying that Blair was guilty of nothing more than using his head as Gifty's punching bag before the rest of the Manly players arrived. I also noticed he never said a thing about the fact that players from the Storm bench joined the fight (something IIRC they weren't punished for by the NRL).

Hardly surprising though. Lewis hasn't liked us since the negotiations to sign him in 1986 went belly up.

 

[Hamster Huey]

I still remember Wally Lewis who was doing sideline for Nein that night basically saying that Blair was guilty of nothing more than using his head as Gifty's punching bag before the rest of the Manly players arrived. I also noticed he never said a thing about the fact that players from the Storm bench joined the fight (something IIRC they weren't punished for by the NRL).

Hardly surprising though. Lewis hasn't liked us since the negotiations to sign him in 1986 went belly up.

Pretty sure one of the Storm reserves was given a week or two for running onto the field.

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

The only reason they went 'belly up' HV8 is because McAuliffe & co. stepped in and made Wally & Gene an offer they couldn't refuse.

It was through no fault of M-W.

 

[Hamster Huey]

The only reason they went 'belly up' HV8 is because McAuliffe & co. stepped in and made Wally & Gene an offer they couldn't refuse.

It was through no fault of M-W.

The QRL offer had to be taken. They had no choice.

Their QRL contracts stipulated that that McAuliffe only had to match any NSWRL club contract offer and they would have to remain in the BRL.

Of course the MW offer wasn't just the amount stated on the contract, so they lost out as McAuliffe only had to match what the contract said.

 

[HoldenV8]

Pretty sure one of the Storm reserves was given a week or two for running onto the field.

Good lol

The only reason they went 'belly up' HV8 is because McAuliffe & co. stepped in and made Wally & Gene an offer they couldn't refuse.

It was through no fault of M-W.

IIRC from my copy of King Wally, the Qld Origin players like Lewis and Miles were contracted to stay in the BRL if the QRL could match any offer from a Sydney club (funny, that didn't seem to include Canberra.....). But from memory, Lewis claimed that he received a very late at night phone call from an alleged (and unnamed) Manly official demanding that he give an answer about whether he was going to join the Sea Eagles. Lewis told the caller to get 'effed and that's were he claimed negotiations stopped.

The QRL offer had to be taken. They had no choice.

Their QRL contracts stipulated that that McAuliffe only had to match any NSWRL club contract offer and they would have to remain in the BRL.

Of course the MW offer wasn't just the amount stated on the contract, so they lost out as McAuliffe only had to match what the contract said.

It all worked out better for Manly IMO anyway. From 1987-88 Lewis began to get more and more injuries and was in his last years. It also prompted Bozo to move Cliffy from lock to 5/8 and damn if we didn't get more from Cliff than we would have ever got from Lewis.

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

HV - are you sure that wasn't Mal Meningitis responding to call from D.Daley for a decision, pronto?