Rovers V Northern 1982 Walk Off : Wed Mar 15, 2017 10:26 am  

Guys on our board, the Bulls, we are having a reminisce about the infamous 1982 game when the Northern walked off after 6 sendings off. Come and join us, it would be good to hear from Rovers fans who are old enough to remember it

Let's keep it friendly

Re: Rovers V Northern 1982 Walk Off : Wed Mar 15, 2017 3:17 pm  

Wasn't it 1981 ?

Re: Rovers V Northern 1982 Walk Off : Wed Mar 15, 2017 6:40 pm  

Are you on about the old craven park when your captain took the players of I was their but don't remember 6 sent of

Re: Rovers V Northern 1982 Walk Off : Wed Mar 15, 2017 7:14 pm  

cravenpark1 wrote:

Are you on about the old craven park when your captain took the players of I was their but don't remember 6 sent of

Yes that's the one. 2 Rovers players and 4 Northern. Jeff Grayshon was the 6th player to get sent off

Re: Rovers V Northern 1982 Walk Off : Thu Mar 16, 2017 8:37 am  

roger daly wrote:

Yes that's the one. 2 Rovers players and 4 Northern. Jeff Grayshon was the 6th player to get sent off

And it was him who took the players of great days just the bloody cold weather that spoilt does days

Re: Rovers V Northern 1982 Walk Off : Thu Mar 16, 2017 7:52 pm  

I have that game on DVD, bought off someone on the internet It was a very niggly game, more than I remember at the actual time to be honest

Re: Rovers V Northern 1982 Walk Off : Fri Mar 17, 2017 1:26 pm  

There were a LOT more sending offs in them days. 'Open Rugby' ran an article mid 80s about red cards over a 5 year period. From memory I think the 3rd / 4th worst offenders had 19 / 20 dismissals. Rovers & Warrington were tied 1st, sure it was around 57 each.

[Bullseye]

Re: Rovers V Northern 1982 Walk Off : Fri Mar 17, 2017 4:27 pm  

Different game back then. You needed to be able to give and take the rough stuff if you wanted to win.

Halfbacks used to get some terrible treatment. Far more broken jaws and cheekbones from high shots. Poor Roger Millward was targeted a lot. Same for others too.

Re: Rovers V Northern 1982 Walk Off : Sat Mar 18, 2017 10:27 am  

rlgear wrote:

I have that game on DVD, bought off someone on the internet It was a very niggly game, more than I remember at the actual time to be honest

Go to the video site that shall not be named and enter "Hull KR v Bradford Northern 3rd May, 1982" for the game.