Gorden Tallis SENT OFF! Origin 2000 - Game 1. 

anyone here after game 1 2024?

I'm a NSW supporter but I will admit, that was indeed a knock on. When the referee and touch judge miss an error like that, no matter the team, I cannot help but cringe.

Bill wasn't taking no shit from Gordon! I don't want to hear it just get off my field!

I love Gordy and there were 2 knock ons. But you can’t call the ref a cheat. As soon as you open the officiating to that allegation we’ll fans believe it and before you know it, you’re dealing with wwe type garbage. Credibility is everything, and bill Harrigon was and is a man of integrity.

2 be fair there was a couple knockons missed

HE ACTUALLY TRIED TO ATTACK THE CAMERA MAN

Tallis is so passionate he was not gonna let that missed knock on slide

That was classic don't talk to me just go now gordy and bill are best mates

0:54 YOU ARE OFF!!!!!!

in my opinion Steve Clark wasn't a better referee than Bill Harrigan

Gordon thought he was bad until he met Terry o connor😃

What about the ball from david peachey

All those big lads playing a hard game of league and the subs sit on chairs they borrowed from a primary school

We talk about players who think they are bigger than the game. Here's a referee with an ego bigger than any of the players.

I was only a kid of 8 or 9 when I learned the world was full of cheats and manipulators. Still frustrates me to watch. Never been a more blatant example of point manipulation

There is no Game if there is no Ref , he is the Boss period

"All I can think, is, he's abused the referee or one of the officials...to a degree....that has seen...a sending off offence apply". "Foul Language aimed at the referee" 😂🤣❤

AFL fan converted to NRL. The game just keeps giving.

Tallis was always unbalanced

1:06 never heard a commentator in the nrl swear lol

‘Unbelievable’ said the commentator, ( not having a clue as to what had happened).

Harrigan didn't give a tuck.

Gorden is the superstar of the superstars and still a just and humble man.

Hollywood Harrigan always loved to be the centre of attention.

I was there that night. Tallis called Bill a cheat apparently.

As a blues fan Harrigan got that wrong 2 knock ons there and he and the touch judges missed them both

You can back the ref here but in the long run tallis stood up for that missed call and I reckon that was pretty shit for getting sent off for

Bring back bill

Girdler was good

Play on 😂

Tallis lol got owned by terry O’Connor though

I wonder what he said?

Double knock on cheats

Captains challenge...bahahahaa

2000 state of origin is the best 3 series games ever

Tallis was right....clearly two knock ons, but that was what Bill did, he never saw NSW errors

I don’t think that s asin bin

Tallis is right though harrigan was a cheat

My dad was correct Bill harrigan was the worse referee in ARL/NRL history

So called best referee in the world misses 2 knock ons in a row and cannot be clear whether it’s 10 in the bin or a send off?

As usual NSW got away with murder

Lovely

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If that was Cameron Smith, Bill Harrigan would be out of a job.

We need to clone Bill Harrigan. He is way better than any ref today

You don't see players abusing ref's much these days, especially with the addition of captain calls. Anytime a player gets upset about a call the ref just asks them if they want it reviewed, and 9/10 times they shut up because they know the call was correct.

Camera guy out here risking his life being in Talis face like that 😳

Adrian Lam playing for QLD was the most farcical selection in Origin history

these days NRL Player abuse or swear referee bill harrigan says just go to gordon

Harrigan missed a call, that's in him. But Tallis abused the ref and refused to leave the field. Even the most Queensland loving ref would have sent him off

Tallis was always a bit slow upstairs if he shut his mouth he would have been sweet but he cost his team.

Ha. Easy win for nsw. Qld flogs

The refs choices make more sense when you hear the audio.

Harrigan was blind or a cheat, depending what State you supported.

July, 2024 and tallis is still a little qld sook

Back in 88 88 it meant something. It meant something here too. The game has lost this and it needs to get it back. "Sam Backo" had visions of workers in orange. It's too clinical and professional now.

Biased against QLD.

As a nsw supporter, it should've been called a knock on, but it was a fair enough send off

Gordon's response to bills decision was a classic

Bill Harrigan was a referee of his time,period.TA!

Disgraceful performance by the ref.

Cameron Smith would never had gotten into that situation

Tallis is agro and shifty!!!!!!

Wow Tallis got sent off when it should have been Harrigan. Isn't it great we have video referees these days.

Its easy to understand why Gordon was so angry with Harrigan for missing 2 blatant knock-ons that led to a pivotal Blues try. At that point Gordon and his team had fought tooth and nail to be leading 16-12 with 7 mins remaining on the clock. Gordon knew that the try would probably cost them a win and had to say something to Harrigan. He could have chosen better words but they were said in the heat of the moment. The fact is that Harrigan was WRONG and wasn't very professional in his actions. When pressed by Adrian Lamb and Gordan about the knock-ons, Harrigan was visibly upset about his mistakes and wouldn't comment. He let his emotions take over when Gordon said that Steven Clarke was a "better referee" and sent Gordon for 10 mins then changed that to a send off. Harrigan could have handled the situation a lot better by reporting the incident to the NRL officials after the game. The fact is, players at Origin level are playing for bigger stakes and it's not like they're playing down the park with their mates. Many have suggested that Harrigan had an ego the size of Sydney Harbour and in many ways that was a far more dangerous thing. When Harrigan first came on the scene, he was raised up to represent the 'new age' of refereeing. He copped heaps of flack after Saints' loss in the 1999 grand final. The match saw countless bad ref calls go against the Dragons in the final 20 minutes. In 2000, he copped plenty of criticism after the State of Origin & he displayed egotistical contempt for his critics in his media responses. In 2002, history repeated itself when Harrigan blundered his way through the State of Origin and once again, he was the main headline coming into the decider. That same year, in a Parramatta game, Harrigan sin binned Buettner (56th min), Hindmarsh (58th min) and Dykes (64th min) effectively forcing Parramatta to play the game with ten men. He then sin binned Buettner again in the 75th minute for dissent bringing the final tally to four. It was evident that it was by enforcing this rule, Harrigan became the main news item and the match itself became irrelevant. Harrigan had an annoying habit of pulling up plays and sending off players depending on his mood. This wouldn't be so bad in itself, but in Harrigan's case, he had a history of getting obsessive about certain activities to the point where he made it a personal quest. It was also well known that he had Gordon in his sights as well. But, in the end many people were sick to death of watching a referee shove the game aside and take centre stage. But as we all know, a good referee is the one who isn't noticed by the audience. Is there still some of us out there who subscribe to the view that referees should not be seen or heard throughout the match?

Gordon "the raging wanker" Tallis