Did they even complete 1 tackle?
Not much you would think. 2 minutes to score a try then a minute for the conversions.
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I couldn't find possession, tackle stats. Would have been interesting.
Gotta feel sorry for the kids playing on the losing team. When I was playing U13's we'd beaten every team bar the West's development team. Nobody had come within 30 points all year and by the finals they were absolutely demolishing everybody by 40 plus points and rarely letting in a try. We had one monster forward at that time who held his own. He was recruited by Wests before the next season. But it was demoralising to every other team getting flogged by a team that'd likely scalp their best players and be better as an U14's team.
The coach would probably say 'I'm pretty sure I saw them run out onto the oval?
Those were the unlimited tackle days. In the late 1950’s when I started going to games, teams like Saints could have possession for an entire half or close to it. i would think in the 1930’s they probably could do that too. Rooster beat us 91 to 6 and Saints beat us 87 to 7. Think those scores are correct.
"It was very much a case of 2 halves, our attack and defense was atrocious in both"
That's crazy. I don't think I could sit around watching one team with possession for an entire half, glad they changed the rules.
l arm also glad they changed the rules. Saints between 1956 and 1966 were bloody good. They had depth like you would not believe or could do these days. 11 first grade comps in a row speaks for itself, but during those 11 years they also won at least half the reserve grade and third grade premierships as well. Most people who grew up in that era hated them.
St George had a large number of full time paid players back then, when everyone else had players that were part time. We'd train Tuesday and Thursday nights. Kevin Ryan set up the first Berries gym, we didn't have one before that.
Relax the Bulls haven’t batted yet
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