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Hello Crows fans and welcome to another edition of Memory Lane, the threads that allow us to cast our minds backwards to the games of yesteryear that have thrilled, chilled and chagrinned us over the journey. Kangaroos fans are more than welcome to contribute too.
Who'd a thunk it? Us playing our two grand final victims back to back. In chronological order! From an AFL draw point of view, this was a dream marketing opportunity for Memory Lane Pty Ltd and was a key part of our AFL fixture requests. Props to them for making it happen
Adelaide vs North Melbourne... so many great memories. 1998 Grand Final the biggie. We'd barely beaten them for seasons before that and were underdogs going into the game. The first quarter was an absolute CRACKER. Electric stuff. They looked ominous early and settled better, Carey kicked a ridiculous soccer goal off the outside of the boot. Ben Hart kept us in it with some exceptional one-on-one defensive wins. Jarman then kicked an amazing left foot snap goal from the pocket, probably my favourite Crows goal of all time. Jarman also had a MASSIVE collision with Byron Pickett and smashed him. Pickett has said since that whilst he dished out a number of big hits in his time, this one from Jarman was the one that floored him the most in his whole career. He was concussed and only managed 10 possessions for the game.
The second quarter things spiralled out of control. The Kangas dominated possession and ran rings around us. Stevens, Bell, Harvey were picking up possessions at will. Smart got pole-axed by David King and still has neck problems to this day from the impact. Luckily the Roos managed only 2.11 for the quarter with Blakey and Bell in particular missing a couple of absolute sodas. We managed just one goal for the quarter. Pop quiz... who kicked it? Answer>>>David Pittman. 24 points down at half time but it felt like we were gone.
Things started to turn in the third. Kane Johnson started to get involved, as did Andrew McLeod. Even Robran got a touch. Tim Watson: "It's as though the teams have changed jumpers." Goal to Johnson, a checkside from Smart, one over the back to Vardy... then Jarman with some nice candy on Byron Pickett in the goal square. North Melbourne kicked one on the siren from Brett Allison to keep the margin at 2 points and a cracking last quarter brewed.
However the Roos were shot by this stage. They had thrown their best at us, hadn't put it on the scoreboard and had little left. In the first minute Andrew McLeod swooped, took the ball one handed, threaded a handball through traffic to James Thiessen who goaled. The writing was on the wall. The rest of the quarter was party central. Jarman giving it to Glenn Archer, roaring in celebration when marking in front of him. Smart conjuring a leg break goal that Warnie would be proud of. McLeod Norm Smith.
Two in a row baby! Can't believe it's been 14 years...
Other memories...
Modra kicks 10 goals in a cracking 10 point win over the Roos at Football Park in 1993. Takes mark of the century in the process.
Can't remember what year this was but Mods took two screamers in the same game over Mick Martyn. One of them he played on and snapped the ball from a metre out. It went way up in the air and blew across, hitting the post on the way down. Mods was adamant that it had crossed the line and then gone backwards, but I reckon if you hit the post from a metre out you don't deserve the goal
Talk about awkward. Never seen a soap opera break out on the football field before.
Also in 1998 the Shaun Rehn holding the ball game. John Harvey pays 7 holding the balls against us in the last quarter including one on Rehn when he ducked his head. We were 2 points up, they kicked the goal and we lost by four. I know we lost but it was an awesome game. Jarman was at his classy best with 4 goals despite a John Blakey tag. Chad Rintoul on fire and kicked a cracking goal from 60. Rehn had 40 hit outs, 26 touches and 8 marks but finished the game with his head in his hands, crushed.
Over to you...
Who'd a thunk it? Us playing our two grand final victims back to back. In chronological order! From an AFL draw point of view, this was a dream marketing opportunity for Memory Lane Pty Ltd and was a key part of our AFL fixture requests. Props to them for making it happen
Adelaide vs North Melbourne... so many great memories. 1998 Grand Final the biggie. We'd barely beaten them for seasons before that and were underdogs going into the game. The first quarter was an absolute CRACKER. Electric stuff. They looked ominous early and settled better, Carey kicked a ridiculous soccer goal off the outside of the boot. Ben Hart kept us in it with some exceptional one-on-one defensive wins. Jarman then kicked an amazing left foot snap goal from the pocket, probably my favourite Crows goal of all time. Jarman also had a MASSIVE collision with Byron Pickett and smashed him. Pickett has said since that whilst he dished out a number of big hits in his time, this one from Jarman was the one that floored him the most in his whole career. He was concussed and only managed 10 possessions for the game.
The second quarter things spiralled out of control. The Kangas dominated possession and ran rings around us. Stevens, Bell, Harvey were picking up possessions at will. Smart got pole-axed by David King and still has neck problems to this day from the impact. Luckily the Roos managed only 2.11 for the quarter with Blakey and Bell in particular missing a couple of absolute sodas. We managed just one goal for the quarter. Pop quiz... who kicked it? Answer>>>David Pittman. 24 points down at half time but it felt like we were gone.
Things started to turn in the third. Kane Johnson started to get involved, as did Andrew McLeod. Even Robran got a touch. Tim Watson: "It's as though the teams have changed jumpers." Goal to Johnson, a checkside from Smart, one over the back to Vardy... then Jarman with some nice candy on Byron Pickett in the goal square. North Melbourne kicked one on the siren from Brett Allison to keep the margin at 2 points and a cracking last quarter brewed.
However the Roos were shot by this stage. They had thrown their best at us, hadn't put it on the scoreboard and had little left. In the first minute Andrew McLeod swooped, took the ball one handed, threaded a handball through traffic to James Thiessen who goaled. The writing was on the wall. The rest of the quarter was party central. Jarman giving it to Glenn Archer, roaring in celebration when marking in front of him. Smart conjuring a leg break goal that Warnie would be proud of. McLeod Norm Smith.
Two in a row baby! Can't believe it's been 14 years...
Other memories...
Modra kicks 10 goals in a cracking 10 point win over the Roos at Football Park in 1993. Takes mark of the century in the process.
Can't remember what year this was but Mods took two screamers in the same game over Mick Martyn. One of them he played on and snapped the ball from a metre out. It went way up in the air and blew across, hitting the post on the way down. Mods was adamant that it had crossed the line and then gone backwards, but I reckon if you hit the post from a metre out you don't deserve the goal
Talk about awkward. Never seen a soap opera break out on the football field before.
Also in 1998 the Shaun Rehn holding the ball game. John Harvey pays 7 holding the balls against us in the last quarter including one on Rehn when he ducked his head. We were 2 points up, they kicked the goal and we lost by four. I know we lost but it was an awesome game. Jarman was at his classy best with 4 goals despite a John Blakey tag. Chad Rintoul on fire and kicked a cracking goal from 60. Rehn had 40 hit outs, 26 touches and 8 marks but finished the game with his head in his hands, crushed.
Over to you...
