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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 2, 2020 20:47:10 GMT 10
16th September 1984
With four minutes left in the game, Parramatta coach John Monie admitted he was ready to concede defeat to Saints.
"With eight minutes to go my blokes pressed the panic button and when the clock wound down to four minutes I was ready to call it a day," Monie said.
"But skipper Steve Edge turned that situation around. He proved why he is the game's most invaluable leader."
To a man the Parramatta players admitted they were guilty of panicking, as international centre Steve Ella later related.
"We were behind 7 - 4 and running out of time so we panicked," he said.
"But in my opinion Saints were in a similar situation and we were able to get back to our pattern before they recovered"
Inside the last five minutes Saints gave away two vital penalties which saw the Eels creep deep inside their quarter.
As the clock went past the three minute mark Peter Sterling was pulled down centimetres short of the line.
Moments later, Sterling sent a pass to Brett Kenny who beat one tackle, with a dummy-pass only to be caught around the legs by Mick Beattie.
Kenny stood in the tackle and lobbed a 20 metre pass out to the unmarked Eric Grothe whose momentum carried him over the line in Steve Roger's tackle.
It was a shattering finale for Saints who had turned back wave after wave of Parramatta attacks for most of the first half.
But when there's little or nothing between two great teams it doesn't take much to change fortunes.
Parramatta 8 (E.Grothe try, M.Cronin 2 goals) defeated St George 7 (S.Morris try, S.Gearin goal, S.Rogers field goal). Referee: K.Roberts. Crowd: 37,044.
Eric Grothe scores a try to win the game for the Eels.
With four minutes left in the game, Parramatta coach John Monie admitted he was ready to concede defeat to Saints.
"With eight minutes to go my blokes pressed the panic button and when the clock wound down to four minutes I was ready to call it a day," Monie said.
"But skipper Steve Edge turned that situation around. He proved why he is the game's most invaluable leader."
To a man the Parramatta players admitted they were guilty of panicking, as international centre Steve Ella later related.
"We were behind 7 - 4 and running out of time so we panicked," he said.
"But in my opinion Saints were in a similar situation and we were able to get back to our pattern before they recovered"
Inside the last five minutes Saints gave away two vital penalties which saw the Eels creep deep inside their quarter.
As the clock went past the three minute mark Peter Sterling was pulled down centimetres short of the line.
Moments later, Sterling sent a pass to Brett Kenny who beat one tackle, with a dummy-pass only to be caught around the legs by Mick Beattie.
Kenny stood in the tackle and lobbed a 20 metre pass out to the unmarked Eric Grothe whose momentum carried him over the line in Steve Roger's tackle.
It was a shattering finale for Saints who had turned back wave after wave of Parramatta attacks for most of the first half.
But when there's little or nothing between two great teams it doesn't take much to change fortunes.
Parramatta 8 (E.Grothe try, M.Cronin 2 goals) defeated St George 7 (S.Morris try, S.Gearin goal, S.Rogers field goal). Referee: K.Roberts. Crowd: 37,044.
Eric Grothe scores a try to win the game for the Eels.
