: Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:06 am  

AaronBull wrote:

We looked dead and buried in the Wigan game too, and Withers popped through the line and sealed the win. Weren't we something like 3 scores behind in the last 10?

We definitely scored three tries in the last 9 minutes.

With ten minutes left I said to the person that I was at the game with that, if we won this game, we'd go on to win the title. He looked at me like I was mad, and continued to do so when I maintained that opinion throughout the rest of the season.

: Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:07 am  

Asim wrote:

With ten minutes left I said to the person that I was at the game with that, if we won this game, we'd go on to win the title. He looked at me like I was mad, and continued to do so when I maintained that opinion throughout the rest of the season.

Right then Meg, lets have a prediction for this season!

: Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:09 am  

AaronBull wrote:

Not really old enough to remember some of the occasions being talked about in the thread at the moment, but 2005 definitely sticks out in my mind. Talk about a turning point.

I remember going to Widnes second game of the season, we were terrible and wondered where our first win was coming from (which doesn't sound too different from a particular season nowadays..!). The Widnes fans were outside the ground singing at our coach "going down, going down!". We ended up winning the GF and they went down!

We looked dead and buried in the Wigan game too, and Withers popped through the line and sealed the win. Weren't we something like 3 scores behind in the last 10?

we were 27-12 down after 61 min, leon (i think) sent withers in on just about the last set and deacs had to kick the 2 to win it from about 10m in from the touchline. It was one of those moments where the fans were just going crazy - I hugged a complete stranger, the Bulls fan next to me (only about 500ish of us, poor following that night is the only regret from that night.)

: Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:09 am  

AaronBull wrote:

Right then Meg, lets have a prediction for this season!

Erm, just like 2005, a team from West Yorkshire will win the Grand Final.

: Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:19 am  

Asim wrote:

The 22-18 win with Matt Calland's late (last minute?) try at Central Park in '97 has to be up there too.

I think that was the first time I'd personally seen us win away at wigan... seen plenty of stuffings at CP.

af wrote:

Harvey Howard dragged off after about fifteen minutes wasn't he?

did he even get back on? I'm not sure he did, he dropped the ball or some other infrigement with his first touch and never recovered IIRC.


nice thread, all happy days, why do we have to spoil it by playing on sat?

: Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:24 am  

AaronBull wrote: Weren't we something like 3 scores behind in the last 10? 27-12 down with ten to go. Won 27-28. JP absolutely immense. Here's a forgotten gem - winning at the JJB in the last minute thanks to a Jimmy chip for Leon, the week after beating the Rhinos in Cardiff. Great try from Les off a superb bit of Paul Deacon skill as well. Oh, and from the morning of the 2001 GF... Andy Wilson wrote: Noble aims to keep Bulls from choking And from just before the start of the following season and another fine win at the JJB... Andy Wilson wrote: When Wigan's players run out for tonight's opening match of the Tetley's Super League VII against Bradford Bulls, their minds will go back to a bizarre little ceremony at their pre-season training camp in Lanzarote last month. It must have been a peculiar sight, as huge men gathered around a little boat, set it on fire and pushed it out to sea. But inside the boat was a video of last October's grand final, in which Wigan were humiliated 37-6 by the Bulls. "You've always got to face your demons," explained Stuart Raper, Wigan's coach. "We watched a copy of the tape, which wasn't much fun for any of us, then put it to bed by pushing it out to sea."

AaronBull wrote: Weren't we something like 3 scores behind in the last 10? 27-12 down with ten to go. Won 27-28. JP absolutely immense. Here's a forgotten gem - winning at the JJB in the last minute thanks to a Jimmy chip for Leon, the week after beating the Rhinos in Cardiff. Great try from Les off a superb bit of Paul Deacon skill as well. Oh, and from the morning of the 2001 GF... Andy Wilson wrote: Noble aims to keep Bulls from choking And from just before the start of the following season and another fine win at the JJB... Andy Wilson wrote: When Wigan's players run out for tonight's opening match of the Tetley's Super League VII against Bradford Bulls, their minds will go back to a bizarre little ceremony at their pre-season training camp in Lanzarote last month. It must have been a peculiar sight, as huge men gathered around a little boat, set it on fire and pushed it out to sea. But inside the boat was a video of last October's grand final, in which Wigan were humiliated 37-6 by the Bulls. "You've always got to face your demons," explained Stuart Raper, Wigan's coach. "We watched a copy of the tape, which wasn't much fun for any of us, then put it to bed by pushing it out to sea."

: Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:42 am  

Asim wrote:

Erm, just like 2005, a team from West Yorkshire will win the Grand Final.

You're just inviting those Fartown trolls aren't you?

: Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:56 am  

Duckman wrote:

we were 27-12 down after 61 min, leon (i think) sent withers in on just about the last set and deacs had to kick the 2 to win it from about 10m in from the touchline. It was one of those moments where the fans were just going crazy - I hugged a complete stranger, the Bulls fan next to me (only about 500ish of us, poor following that night is the only regret from that night.)

It was Mr Harris.

: Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:36 am  

redeverready wrote:

It was Mr Harris.

Ah! cheers for that, thought my memory might be a bit shaky about that, so he was worth the money afterall

: Wed Mar 04, 2009 11:54 am  

No one going to indulde me on the Medley dribble? As I recall, it was worthy of Ryan Giggs.