Im going to make a video compilation of all the awkward shots of players just standing there in the rooms before the games. Cracks me up how amateurish it looked! :D
Went to this game in 1981 at Penrith Park and boy what a tough game , a real slog . I was surprised at willing the Panthers forwards were , David Hall in particular . Newtown were riding high in 3rd place on the table coming into this clash and Penrith in 8th position had rolled St George and Manly in the previous 2 weeks . An unlikely 7's Big League match but a tough game worthy of a match of the round . On a side note , Rugby League has always had stupid rules through its history . Including the ATTACKING team getting penalised for the kicker NOT standing more than 5 metres behind the teammate passing him the ball .
The worst rule they introduced was the one where the attacking team could grubber the ball into touch prior to the 4th tackle from their own half…and get the scrum feed.Not surprise then that the rule was scrapped after 1 season.
To think that they did not know back then that in the future panthers were going to win 3 premierships in a row and newtown would no ponger exist in the nrl . Go those Mighty panthers . 🏆
Cool guernseys of the chocolate soldiers penrith back then,the penrith guernseys today is ugly azz👎😠🤮 I got their other alternate jersey they wore back in 1990 :-)
