The 1989 crossbar alleged to be “two inches too high”. The Eel whose career ended on the spot and a Dragon’s despair in the company of the Prime Minister. This is the other side of an NRL comeback for the ages.
Like the Eels a year earlier, heartbreak gave way, at least in the interim, to a sense of achievement in the company of family and friends.
In historic terms though, not so easily done, as the cautionary tales of rugby league’s ‘other side’ - those on the wrong end of stunning big game comebacks - tell us.Jamie Ainscough turned to coach David Waite after fulltime“Yeah, probably”, was the response. Waite wasn’t wrong, if perhaps a bit understated.
St George Illawarra farewelled several retirees and missed the finals in 2000 as Mundine sensationally quit the game and Waite was sacked.Long regarded as the greatest grand final until worthy challengers emerged in recent times, the ’89 decider was also played in sweltering conditions - Rex Mossop declaring before kick-off that “a player will have a heart attack out there today”.
When coach Warren Ryan left the club a year later declaring there was “no juice left in the orange”, he was bang on. Balmain’s ageing roster disbanded, and the Tigers played just one more finals game in their history before merging with Western Suburbs.Not a grand final, but Parramatta were entitled to think they were on their way with a 16-point lead and 11 minutes on the clock in this storied preliminary final. Cue bedlam.
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