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BringBackRugbyLeagueBiff wrote:Just before half time he went for it? 12-6 down and blitzed into a 24-12 lead. 12 v 13, sensational stuff. Probably not seen a performance like it since.
Mike Smith was electric. Leeds didn't know what hit them! 24-24.
17-0 replay, Fairburn opening the scoring with a drop goal.
Marvellous.
The most complete performance by a Rovers team in the history of Hull KR, imo.
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EAST HULL RED wrote:And don't forget the extra 8,000 there for the replay only a few nights later
Couldn't believe the RFL doing that to us, making us go to Leeds twice in 5 days when Boothferry Park could have been used
Still, happy days, well at least until the final That final was the last one without one of the 'top 4' teams not appearing in the final until this year
Indeed, it was a shame that, but it would have been unjust if we snatched the victory.
Stirlingshire Saint wrote: If HKR win at Saints, I will personally bare my backside on the town hall steps in Hull.
Stirlingshire Saint wrote:
In summary, HKR are made up of of a few overrated foreigners, a couple of Wigan rejects and a couple of blokes I have never heard of.
Saints by plenty, by miles even!
Stirlingshire Saint wrote: A walkover for Saints.
HKR are about as poor as it gets.
When referring to the atmosphere of the HJ...
Wire On The Telly wrote: ...
Shame it doesn't keep the sound like the full east stand of HKR. That's atmosphere.
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Gordon Gekko wrote:The most complete performance by a Rovers team in the history of Hull KR, imo.
Probably. But...
Both games were unbelievable, but I just think the 24-24 draw shaded it for the pure fact we were down to 12 men and the rugby that was played thereafter!
Stirlingshire Saint wrote: If HKR win at Saints, I will personally bare my backside on the town hall steps in Hull.
Stirlingshire Saint wrote:
In summary, HKR are made up of of a few overrated foreigners, a couple of Wigan rejects and a couple of blokes I have never heard of.
Saints by plenty, by miles even!
Stirlingshire Saint wrote: A walkover for Saints.
HKR are about as poor as it gets.
When referring to the atmosphere of the HJ...
Wire On The Telly wrote: ...
Shame it doesn't keep the sound like the full east stand of HKR. That's atmosphere.
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BringBackRugbyLeagueBiff wrote:Probably. But...
Both games were unbelievable, but I just think the 24-24 draw shaded it for the pure fact we were down to 12 men and the rugby that was played thereafter!
For excitement and tension the 24-24 draw was exceptional, but the 17-0 was near perfection and Leeds would have beaten a lot of sides that night.
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Gordon Gekko wrote:For excitement and tension the 24-24 draw was exceptional, but the 17-0 was near perfection and Leeds would have beaten a lot of sides that night.
Not a team with Gavin Miller playing the way he did in those two games.
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BringBackRugbyLeagueBiff wrote:Just before half time he went for it? 12-6 down and blitzed into a 24-12 lead. 12 v 13, sensational stuff. Probably not seen a performance like it since.
Mike Smith was electric. Leeds didn't know what hit them! 24-24.
17-0 replay, Fairburn opening the scoring with a drop goal.
Marvellous.
NOW, there was a player,even if he did play for Rovers.
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EAST HULL RED wrote:I remember a certain Paul Harkin doing it at Elland Rd in '86 and getting sent off for it.
Used to be straight red at one time.
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BringBackRugbyLeagueBiff wrote:Just before half time he went for it? 12-6 down and blitzed into a 24-12 lead. 12 v 13, sensational stuff. Probably not seen a performance like it since.
Mike Smith was electric. Leeds didn't know what hit them! 24-24.
17-0 replay, Fairburn opening the scoring with a drop goal.
Marvellous.
Was 0-0 at half time, If I remember rightly the ball never went into touch once in the first half (apparently it had never happened before). Alex Murphy had predicted Leeds would batter us and we saw him after the game and gave him some stick, he just smiled, shrugged and said 'what do you expect, I get bugger all right' and winked.
'when my life is over, the thing which will have given me greatest pride is that I was first to plunge into the sea, swimming freely underwater without any connection to the terrestrial world'
Always remember Whitfield laughing out loud when after giving us a penalty the whole of the red army behind the sticks started singing 'Who's the nice guy in the black'. Quality.
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That final was the last one without one of the 'top 4' teams not appearing in the final until this year
