Thanks for posting!!! Most people think this rivalry is over... It's not! I know from family experience! My mother and I are silvertails whilst my father and brother are modern fibros (West Tigers fans).If you've got an hour and want to understand the origins of all the Manly hate and Manly jealousy, then this video is essential viewing.
It's an account put together by a Wests fan of the '78 season, with extensive player/coach/administrator/referee interviews. And shows how Roy Masters, quite deliberately and strategically, artificially manufactured a frenzy of hatred in players, and then in fans, creating the illusion of an us v them class war. It shows how gullible and easily led people can be. Masters, himself, didn't live in a fibro house, as that was quite below him.
Team | P | W | D | L | PD | Pts | |
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1 | Bulldogs | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 14 |
2 | Storm | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 10 |
3 | Raiders | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 10 |
4 | Warriors | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | -18 | 10 |
5 | Broncos | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 8 |
6 | Sharks | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 8 |
7 | Dragons | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 8 |
8 | Rabbitohs | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | -36 | 8 |
9 | Cowboys | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -42 | 8 |
10 | Dolphins | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 6 |
11 | Sea Eagles | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 6 |
12 | Tigers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 6 |
13 | Titans | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -36 | 6 |
14 | Knights | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -60 | 6 |
15 | Panthers | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -10 | 4 |
16 | Roosters | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -80 | 4 |
17 | Eels | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -107 | 4 |