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Freezin wrote:

Cl murdered EF for height last week, EP seem to have that balance of quality tall forwards and defenders plus  Scotty Jones to counter that....something EF couldn't do.....if EP stay fit those quality talls will be hard for a lot of opposition teams to counter.

I would of loved to of been listening to some of that 78 reminiscing....some great players in the blue n black back then.....Curtis was a fave of mine back then.....no thrills no fuss, just got the job done. I would of loved to of talked to you boys about that 79 1st semi.....not sure how EF won that...or EP lost it!

Yes Freeze,that 1979 result was one of the biggest mysteries and turnarounds I’ve ever seen.We smashed you by a 100 points several weeks before the finals at the stadium of excellence,where your side contained Peake,Buhagiar Green,Judge Turco and Co, only to reverse it and win by 2 points in the first semi before going all the way.Ex Royal Ian Thomson was plucked from the Sunday League by your Royals Legend coach Brad Smith halfway through the season and kicked 7,but he still managed to kick 6 on what was probably you biggest ever home defeat!!!Wayne Otway and Ian Miller didn’t get up for the first semi,but they surely couldn’t have made a 100 point difference.

RL in 1979 East Perth made it into the final 4 of the Escort Cup.
First game they defeated Footsgray at Waverley Park,by 4 points.
Second round was a bit weird.Defeated Perth also at Waverly Park.,by 4 goals.
Lost by around 4 goals in the last 4 to Hawthorne.Went east without a reconised ruckman,had injuries .
Cant remember if it was the Hawks game,or a Wa state game,at Waverley. When Steve Curtis shirtfronted Leigh Matthews right up the middle.Pay back for the Barry Cable state game a few years earlier.
Point of interest.Probably should of played Claremont.They where leading Hawthorne midway through the last qtr at Waverley.And the automatic sprinklers turned on for the final 15 minutes of the match.
All before Mal Atwell sold all the good players in the early 80's

gtrxuone wrote:

RL in 1979 East Perth made it into the final 4 of the Escort Cup.
First game they defeated Footsgray at Waverley Park,by 4 points.
Second round was a bit weird.Defeated Perth also at Waverly Park.,by 4 goals.
Lost by around 4 goals in the last 4 to Hawthorne.Went east without a reconised ruckman,had injuries .
Cant remember if it was the Hawks game,or a Wa state game,at Waverley. When Steve Curtis shirtfronted Leigh Matthews right up the middle.Pay back for the Barry Cable state game a few years earlier.
Point of interest.Probably should of played Claremont.They where leading Hawthorne midway through the last qtr at Waverley.And the automatic sprinklers turned on for the final 15 minutes of the match.
All before Mal Atwell sold all the good players in the early 80's

Yep Steve Curtis was a real Royals favourite GTR,with his unforgettable dashes from the backline,and he also had some memorable clashes with Robert Wiley,and Rod Barrett from South was also a very good back pocket as well.

Looks like your team found that soft tiger underbelly again. Well done.

RL, I went to that 1st semi win in 79, all I remember is Mario Turco having a cracking game.....yeah Thommo came in to replace Kenny Newlands, who quit midseason after kicking 1.10 or something in the reserves one day....flung his boots into the Swan saying never again...or so the story goes. There were some good BP players back then ....Barrett, Curtis, Dobson, Skwirowski etc

DD wrote:

Looks like your team found that soft tiger underbelly again. Well done.

No well Done to your beloved Ds,I got dirty I didn’t back Jimmy Star at Randwick,so i whacked everything I won on Collingwood on to your mob at the line,so.my Easter Eggs are going to go down a lot better!!!

royallucky wrote:

DD wrote:

Looks like your team found that soft tiger underbelly again. Well done.

No well Done to your beloved Ds,I got dirty I didn’t back Jimmy Star at Randwick,so i whacked everything I won on Collingwood on to your mob at the line,so.my Easter Eggs are going to go down a lot better!!!

Nice what did we pay for the win RL? I imagine we were fav's. 

DD wrote:

royallucky wrote:

DD wrote:

Looks like your team found that soft tiger underbelly again. Well done.

No well Done to your beloved Ds,I got dirty I didn’t back Jimmy Star at Randwick,so i whacked everything I won on Collingwood on to your mob at the line,so.my Easter Eggs are going to go down a lot better!!!

Nice what did we pay for the win RL? I imagine we were fav's. 

1.57 DD,and line for 1.90 was -9.5 but I was a little worried in the second quarter when Bailey Williams started to dominate.