Blast From the Past - 1978 - I Wanted to Sue

[WillyInBris]

This is an old RLW article from August 26th 1978

The heading of the story was "I WANTED TO SUE".....Thanks to Dean Gibson, and Quigs at ERA OF THE BIFF

 

[WillyInBris]

Thanks again to Quigs at ERA OF THE BIFF for this picture.

 

[slide rule]

Ha ha that artice is a classic... Wests didnt want to site Kneen because they "didnt want to make it any easier for Manly" and Cronulla had said that they had video evidence which would lead to one of Wests players also being suspended. Priceless.

Go back to that system I say.:cheers

 

[davetherave]

But in the end it opened the door for Manly led by the biggest cheat to ever be involved in rugby league (Greg Hartley) to win the grand final. It was late in the game when Manly fed a scrum into the second row and it should of been a penalty to the Sharks, Hartley said play on no penalty (he later said you don't want to win a grand final on a scrum penalty) it was within easy kicking distance of Steve Rogersand would of put us in front 13 - 11. funny that it was a scrum penalty earlier that gave Manly the lead at 11 - 9. Hartley the little cheating ********* cost us what would of been our first premiership.

 

[brently]

yes, that man was scum. i've seen worse refs but he was without a doubt the lowest of all. kneen, however, was one of the hardest blokes i've seen in a sharks jumper.

 

[BUZ]

Greg Hartley takes on Steve Kneen

Greg Hartley... What a stand up kind of bloke he was

Here we see him taking on Steve Kneen.

More thanks to Quigs from Era of the Biff for this pic.

 

[Lumpy]

The less said about Hartley the better.

 

[stormshark]

Aah yes Willie- "The Enforcer", wish we had more like him in our pack!