1992 world cup final : Thu Nov 05, 2009 8:15 am  

I'm watching the WC final between Australia and Great Britain which I recorded zonks ago, I haven't watched these tapes for donkeys and still in good bloody condition I might add .I have so many tapes of internationals "1988 to 2008" games if a anyone's interested....GB just lost this game but it was so close and exciting till the final whistle,renouf's try was so soft, had that not happened it would've of been 6 all with extra time,then anything could've happened.Just a top game played infront of 70,000 fans @ Wembley where are they today?and why not take games back to Wembley maybe the guys running it back then had more balls ,aaaaah the good old days.



Good to have these tapes during the off season.

: Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:25 am  

I went to that game but i was only 8 so dont remember much.

I'm not sure what it was like back then, but these days its expensive to be a RL fan.

Entry prices are going up, sky sports to watch other teams games, there's the CC final, the World Club Challenge, the Magic Weekend, a weekend in France when your team goes over there, Northern Rail cup, NL grand finals, SL grand finals. On top of that you have the end of season internationals.

Fuel, hotels, beer etc there's just too much these days.

Re: 1992 world cup final : Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:26 am  

manly4ever wrote:

I'm watching the WC final between Australia and Great Britain which I recorded zonks ago, I haven't watched these tapes for donkeys and still in good bloody condition I might add .I have so many tapes of internationals "1988 to 2008" games if a anyone's interested....GB just lost this game but it was so close and exciting till the final whistle,renouf's try was so soft, had that not happened it would've of been 6 all with extra time,then anything could've happened.Just a top game played infront of 70,000 fans @ Wembley where are they today?and why not take games back to Wembley maybe the guys running it back then had more balls ,aaaaah the good old days.



Good to have these tapes during the off season.

Pre SL mate, united sport then.

Now we have SL fans who support a club only and other fans of clubs disillusioned with the game not in SL.

The 20 odd k are those who are either committed to the current strategy or simply feel they have a duty to support what RL used to be about. I fall in the latter.

Re: 1992 world cup final : Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:46 am  

maurice wrote:

Pre SL mate, united sport then.

Now we have SL fans who support a club only and other fans of clubs disillusioned with the game not in SL.

The 20 odd k are those who are either committed to the current strategy or simply feel they have a duty to support what RL used to be about. I fall in the latter.

SL stuffed everything up!

Re: 1992 world cup final : Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:03 pm  

manly4ever wrote:

I have so many tapes of internationals "1988 to 2008" games if a anyone's interested....

I'd love to watch '04 Tri-Nations Final again if you've got it.

Re: 1992 world cup final : Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:06 pm  

manly4ever wrote:

I have so many tapes of internationals "1988 to 2008" games if a anyone's interested....

I'm sure loads of people would love to see them, but be very careful that the people who own the copyright don't come gunning for you if you put them on YouTube or something!

[Mild Rover]

: Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:16 pm  

I don't know a great deal about the history of club rugby in Aus. Just wondering when it went full-time professional? Roughly the same time as us (start of SL)? Were there pioneering clubs over there who did it earlier than the rest, like Wigan and Leeds here?

: Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:18 pm  

Mild Rover wrote:

I don't know a great deal about the history of club rugby in Aus. Just wondering when it went full-time professional? Roughly the same time as us (start of SL)? Were there pioneering clubs over there who did it earlier than the rest, like Wigan and Leeds here?

I think Wigan and Leeds went full time pro at the same point as the rest of the UK clubs.

They may have had individuals who were full time, but I don't think the entire teams were - though I'm quite probably wrong!

Re: 1992 world cup final : Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:21 pm  

J. Willard Gibbs wrote:

I'm sure loads of people would love to see them, but be very careful that the people who own the copyright don't come gunning for you if you put them on YouTube or something!

Stuff youtube mate,this is for my enjoyment.

Re: 1992 world cup final : Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:25 pm  

CGD wrote:

I'd love to watch '04 Tri-Nations Final again if you've got it.

I have about a gazillion tapes.i'll look for it..