They were jammy that day. Double movement!

I'm going to watch 2009 tonight the only GF I was confident well 2015 I was pretty confident too

Just rewatched the 2008 GF and it's all the more impressive when you consider that Ashley Klein was practically wearing a St Helens shirt that night. He gave us nothing and gifted them field position with some very, very generous calls.

True some shockers. The supposed obstruction by Ablett when he jumped and missed the man by a metre was the worst.
Halls try was very dodgy though and looked like a knock on to me........

When you watch the games from that era over again ,you could sense it was Leeds opponents who were nervous even though they were favourites.

I'd forgotten just how terrible Stevo was as a commentator. just awful

It is bad isn’t it! The current lot are bad because there’s too many of them chipping in like they’re blokes in a pub.
Stevo was just talking nonsense and making everything out to be a massive deal.

Only if they were still conscious which someone on the opposite side generally was’nt when Syd was playing.

Quote ="The Biffs Back"I've just watched the 2007 elimination game v Saints at Knowsley road when we lost 10-8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JZablXVcfU This was the most brutal SL game that I have ever seen and is still my favourite ever performance that I have seen whilst watching Leeds RL/Rhinos that we have lost That Semi Final loss and the battering that the Saints players endured IMO enabled Leeds to win the GF without a doubt and hence the blow out score line'" I've just watched that one too. One thing that struck was how hard Ian Kirke was running the ball in (seriously). When exactly did he lose his appetite for doing that? We all know what he was like as a ball carrier towards the end of his Leeds' career but it wasn't always that way.

Quote ="The Biffs Back"I've just watched the 2007 elimination game v Saints at Knowsley road when we lost 10-8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JZablXVcfU This was the most brutal SL game that I have ever seen and is still my favourite ever performance that I have seen whilst watching Leeds RL/Rhinos that we have lost That Semi Final loss and the battering that the Saints players endured IMO enabled Leeds to win the GF without a doubt and hence the blow out score line'" I've just watched that one too. One thing that struck was how hard Ian Kirke was running the ball in (seriously). When exactly did he lose his appetite for doing that? We all know what he was like as a ball carrier towards the end of his Leeds' career but it wasn't always that way.

I came on to say the same thing, vastly underated in this era but started to live up to his reputation later on

Watching Leeds-v-Hull FC from 2009 I was surprised by a couple of things. Firstly, Calderwood playing for the black & whites. I'd forgotten that part of his career entirely.

And secondly, how early the South Stand starting being in trouble, as portions of it were already taped off at that stage. I'd have put it a couple of years later than that.

If I remember didn’t they tape it off for a few years whilst trying to get planning permission to rebuild. It was denied so they made some repairs but still had to reduce capacity after that.

Loved rewatching the finale of Castleford's greatest ever season last night. Danny Magnificent.

I've just watched all the grand finals and now I'm very appreciative of the unsung heroes who made great contributions to these wins. I mean even Walters weve all gone on about him ,but he was on hand in position to score 15 minutes from the end to win by 2 points

Only player in the clubs history to score a treble sealing try.

Eric Harris, Lewis Jones and John Holmes never did that.

There it is......thats the post.

Just watching the 2009 GF and loving the inconsistency in the commentary - Saints try it looks pretty clear that Eastmond knocks on into Donald before scoring "I think you've got to give benefit of the doubt to the attack." Fast forward to our last try and it's very tight as to whether Lee Smith is onside "You can't give benefit of the doubt on such an important decision."

11 years later, I know the result, I know the commentary doesn't matter but it still winds me up. God I miss sport.

You could literally take any one of Stevo's match commentaries and paste it onto the soundtrack of any game and you would not be able to tell. The mark of a true master of his art.

you could prob try that watching online

Stevo added some excitement at least. Prefer him to the current lot.....

Agree. Im a RL fan and i cant watch the current setup on Sky so how does a guy down south with no real RL interest cope?

The NRL has had some fantastic commentators over the years and when you watched their live TV games,
Ray Rabbits Warren was the best commentator ever IMO,He really got you interested and brought the game to life.
His State of Origin and Grand final offerings were amazing

Vossy is still doing a great job commentating currently in the NRL and is so much better than anyone we have had commentating over here

In all honesty I'm not really that bothered about the commentating, I just like watching the games and don't notice what's being said too much as I'm doing my own analysis......

Whoever mentioned upthread about Stevo blowing up any slight error or miss by the ref wasn't kidding. Plays later he still rattles on.

Full games? PAH!

Nothing compared to Yesterday's classic Emmerdale episodes featuring Martin Offiah and Gary Connolly in exciting amateur action

watched the 1989 NY day game against Oldham
First game for Hugh Wadell against his old club and they had a contract out on his head, first one to take it off gets a bonus.
The quality of the recording is awful and the game/reffing isn't much better. Those wishing for the good old days take a good, long, hard look at the differences between the games of then and now. Those that think the skill levels are diminished are deluding themselves. Different yes but inferior, definately not