What is your most memorable/favourite Roos game (home & away) in the last 5 years?
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Archer_11 said:All of them!
I reckon either:
2004 Freo at Subi
2003 McCartney V Rcih
So as my favourite out of those I'd say the McCartney game. Not something you see every day.
Marstermind said:What is your most memorable/favourite Roos game (home & away) in the last 5 years?
Hotel 6 said:Round 3 1994 vs Hawthorn. We finally beat Hawthorn after trying for about 10 years. Not only did we beat them, we flogged them (173 to 46). Despite winning by so much I can still watch that game from beginning to end!!!
Yep, not only defeating the Hawks after their dominance in the 80s and early 90s, but to my mind, this marked the beginning of our new era! It will live long in the memory.
Round 9 1994 vs Collingwood. The 125th anniversary match against Collingwood. A crowd of over 70,000 on a Friday night. A great night for the club and a victory to boot (121 to 88).
And Leigh Matthews bemoans the fact that Longmire always seems to bring out his best against the Pies!
Round 22 1998 vs Bulldogs. The battle for top spot was the game of the year. Neck and neck all night and the roos get up by 5 points. North kick 7.3 in the last quarter to the dogs 5.2. The best game I have been to I think.
Just brilliant attacking footy.. mesmerising, and with top spot on the line in the last round of the year, and us winning, very, very memorable.
Round 2 2002 vs Bulldogs. The Kangas return to Melbourne are play the Dogs at the dome. Bulldogs get out to a flyer and on Byron Pickett keeps us in the game. Nathan Brown runs into an open goal and shows the ball to all the Kangas players. This fires the boys up and the Kangas go on to win by 13 points (110 - 97) after trailling by about 5 goals in the second quarter.
Yeah, Brown's arrogance, Kingy's anger and retort, and Byron being Byron!
Round 21 2002 vs Hawthorn. A spot in the eight is up for grabs. A win will secure a place and a loss means a tough final game against West Coast, who were also after a spot in the eight. The Hawks jump us early and lead by around 20 points in he second quarter. North seem to be going OK as Shane Crawford heads towards goal and is stopped by a desparate lunge from Mark Porter. The roos go on to win by 15 points (119 - 104) and secure September action.
A good scrapping win, with Porter's lunge, and Pickett, Harvey and I think Grant, keeping us in it.
Round 15 2004 vs Fremantle. Wellsy kicks goal of the year and the kangas win again.
As a Perth resident, most satisfying game to have attended, particularly as you could sense the steely resolve from the Roos in the whole second half. Yes, Wells did some special stuff, but it was the sense you got by watching the whole team, that like the week before against Essendon, that we'd just reel them in. You could just tell that Bell's premature celebration of Freo's last goal was hollow and that he was trying to pump his team up, rather than genuinely believing they had it in the bag. Always nice being in the noisy minority at the end of the game!
Marstermind said:Hotel 6, you missed my favourite H&A game ever going back to 1993
Round 10, 1993 at Victoria Park vs Collingwood.
We were top, they were second, but we "hadn't played anyone decent". That was true but we put it to rest. At a jam-packed Vic Park we jumped them with McAdam getting the first of 9 goals from a couple of holds against Gayfer. From then on it's one way traffic. Carey great, Schwass BOG, McAdam 9 goals. I'd never seen us win at Vic Park before and haven't played there since but to have Pie fans streaming out half way through the last quarter with the "North Melbourne, North Melbourne" chant everywhere was magic. Final score 19.10-124 to 5.11-41. We then had 2 weeks off (a Bye, then a State weekend) and had to go to the WACA for another 1st v 2nd match. We won again. After the 147pt pre-season loss to Adelaide, to be in that position at that stage was an awesome feeling for a supporter. The wheels fell off in the second half of the year but something special had began that afternoon at Vic Park.
wellsythegr8 said:Round 10 2003 vs Bulldogs. A good old fashioned shootout. 46 goals in the game and the roos win by 11 points (156 - 145). A great game of attacking footy.
37 points down in the third quarter. What a great comeback.