Currently showing here in Australia on ONE. Australia scored two tries on either side of half time. Nice to see players I recognise and liked, like Larkham, Gregan, Sailor, Mortlock, Smith, Vickerman etc.
Yeah agreed, back when I followed it more closely around that time (2002-2003ish) he was my favourite player.
Australia FB 15 Matt Burke RW 14 Ben Tune OC 13 Dan Herbert 46' IC 12 Tim Horan 89' LW 11 Joe Roff FH 10 Stephen Larkham SH 9 George Gregan 89' N8 8 Toutai Kefu OF 7 David Wilson BF 6 Matt Cockbain 55' RL 5 John Eales (c) LL 4 David Giffin TP 3 Andrew Blades HK 2 Michael Foley 86' LP 1 Richard Harry Replacements: HK 22 Jeremy Paul 86' PR 21 Dan Crowley LK 20 Mark Connors FL 19 Owen Finegan 55' SH 18 Chris Whitaker 89' CT 17 Jason Little 46' CT 16 Nathan Grey 89' Coach: Rod McQueen Best
Remember watching this when I was 6, was the moment Larkham became my favourite player. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-fFJsHGuQ54" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Haha...Cockbain... Elton Flatley playing in this game too, I never really liked him tho, despite being playing for QLD.
Latham, Tuqiri, Rogers etc were awesome as well. My favourite Australian player was definitely Stirling Mortlock though.
Larkham was a pussy. One big knock and he was scared for the rest of the game. However when I think of rugby and the Wallafags....it's these players I think of tbh.
No. I wasn't. Around that era is when I really got into rugby. I was born in 95.....I would have been 7 in 02. I use to tape the AB's when they played in SA and couldn't wait to get up the next morning to watch it....in my AB's underwear, cap and shirt (you know how it is) I've even seen Gregan and Larkham play live. A great game that was. Hurricanes winning it right at the end. Like we always come to expect. There was 18000 at that game. I have a pretty good fucking memory, so don't give me that shit. Back then being the naive youngun that I was, I use to say NPC was crap rugby.......of course things soon changed.
Ok, so how good was your game analysis at 7 then? You would have only been 12 when he retired anyway, which is probably the earliest you start forming actual legitimate opinions on sports. The only thing you can fault Larkham on is his long game kicking. Cunt was tough as, even in the later stages of his career when he was more bandage than human.
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