Re: Happier times : Fri Oct 09, 2015 4:52 pm  

mat wrote:

seem to remember that instead of inviting us back they invited one of saints/wigan instead and they blew the unon teams away too then they mysteriously stopped inviting league teams for a few years

No, one RL crushing might eb an accident - they couldn't risk a second. Well, in fact we were teh second, Wigan had won it in 1996

Re: Happier times : Fri Oct 09, 2015 5:03 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

No, one RL crushing might eb an accident - they couldn't risk a second. Well, in fact we were teh second, Wigan had won it in 1996

double checked. st helens were due to compete in 2003 tournament after we weren't invited back. they pulled out at last minute due to an injury crisis. knew there was something to do with saints year after we won it.

Re: Happier times : Fri Oct 09, 2015 6:04 pm  

Personally, I'd go for Bulls v Fax video of the last match of the 1996 season. You know the one, when you had the open top bus waiting for your celebration parade. Victorian Craft Beer Café. Exit 33 Citrus Smash 6.5 % Mmm!

Re: Happier times : Fri Oct 09, 2015 7:17 pm  

As it's Grand Final weekend, my best memory was Old Trafford 2003. I drove up from Berkshire, and the Bulls didn't start playing in the first half, but Stuart Reardon turned the game around. When he broke the Wigan line to put us in front, I was sat looking down the try-line and got a clear view. We dominated the second half, Reardon was a very deserving Harry Sunderland winner, Jimmy scored a trademark try near the end of his final game. We won the double, and I drove home on cloud 9.

Re: Happier times : Fri Oct 09, 2015 7:20 pm  

Jack Marston wrote:

Jeremy Guscott is at a cringe worthy standard all the way through.

Don't be too hard on Mr Guscott. I read an article two years ago in which he said he was looking forward to our (original) World Cup, how much he liked watching League, and that the State of Origin was the best sporting event in the world.

Re: Happier times : Fri Oct 09, 2015 7:26 pm  

Marcus Notsquare wrote:

As it's Grand Final weekend, my best memory was Old Trafford 2003. I drove up from Berkshire, and the Bulls didn't start playing in the first half, but Stuart Reardon turned the game around. When he broke the Wigan line to put us in front, I was sat looking down the try-line and got a clear view. We dominated the second half, Reardon was a very deserving Harry Sunderland winner, Jimmy scored a trademark try near the end of his final game. We won the double, and I drove home on cloud 9.

I was on TV after that one. A close up of me singing "We are the champions!"

I think a few drinks had been consumed pre match....