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"Beautiful football backup field, all started by Cement Gillespie!" Daniel Gartner finishes off another quality long range try by the Sea Eagles - this time v Parramatta in '94 - with David Gillespie and Steven Menzies combining to put Craig Hancock in the clear and the winger found David O'Donnell in support and his inside pass to Gartner is a beauty. Thoroughly entertaining footy by Manly. 📺 Manly v Parramatta 🗓 Round 12, 1994 #WinfieldCup #NRL

Langers and Gus’s choice of sweater in ’88. Remembering the good times 🙏 🗓️ 1988 #WinfieldCup

Vale Paul Langmack 😔 Rest easy mate.

💥 The Tongan Torpedo Martin Masella gets quick retribution for Steve Edmed's broken snoz... and gets sent off by Eddie Ward. Terry Matterson had smashed Edmed's nose halfway across his face and got put on report, then the next set Masella whacks Andrew Gee in the head after passing the ball and is given his marching orders in this Balmain v Brisbane clash in Round 7, 1994. Not 100% sure on the full length of Masella's suspension but he didn't play for the Tigers again until Round 13. 📺 Balmain v Brisbane 🗓 Round 7, 1994 #WinfieldCup #NRL

Remember when a referee would give a penalty for a forward pass? Found one from '87. And this one from Kiwi halfback Clayton Friend isn't even that blatant - but New Zealand referee Neville Kesha gives Australia the penalty with no hesitation. 📺 Australia v New Zealand 🗓 1st Test, 1987 #WinfieldCup #NRL

🦅 "Manly like attacking from their own end of the field... Cliff Lyons is a master of it." Do they what! Manly produce a long ranger of some quality, with Craig Hancock making a long break (and getting outside of Brett Dallas) and then passing back to Danny Moore, who has to soccer the ball through to regather and score v Canterbury in Round 9, 1993. Moore turns 55 today, Happy Birthday Danny! 📺 Canterbury v Manly 🗓 Round 9, 1993 #WinfieldCup #NRL

🏆 Canberra's only Premiership winning coach, Tim Sheens, turns 76 today. Leaving Penrith, Sheens took over at the Raiders in '88 when Wayne Bennett accepted the Brisbane job (and Don Furner stepped down) after the '87 campaign had seen Canberra finish runners-up to Manly in the decider. He led Canberra from '88-96 - with the Raiders making 4 Grand Finals ('89-91, '94) and winning 3 of them, as well as making the Finals in every season bar '92. Sheens won 67% of the 219 games he coached in First Grade at Canberra across 9 seasons, and he added a pair of pre-season titles ('90 and '93) to his 3 First Grade Premierships in '89-90, '94 and lone Minor Premiership in '90. Happy Birthday Tim. 🗓 1989 #WinfieldCup #NRL #RugbyLeague

🇳🇿 "The Kiwis are in again!" An absolute beauty of a try from New Zealand puts them ahead of Australia in the one-off Test Match at Lang Park in '87. Dean Bell makes the big break (and great pass), and Gary Mercer turns Dale Shearer inside out to score. Well, what about that! 📺 Australia v New Zealand 🗓 1st Test, 1987 #WinfieldCup #NRL #RugbyLeague

🇳🇿 Kiwi second rower Sam Stewart plays the whistle, weaves through the Australian defence and sends prop Ross Taylor running away for New Zealand's first try! 🗣️ "Well the Australian defence, I think they were all staring at their big toe..." comments from the Super Coach. Great work from big Sammy, but he got away with a little knock on there. 📺 Australia v New Zealand 🗓 1st Test, 1987 #WinfieldCup #NRL #RugbyLeague

🦘 "Sterling for Australia and he's in!" "That was a beauty!" Australia draw first blood in the '87 Test v New Zealand at Lang Park - with Wally Lewis and Peter Sterling handling twice, and Sterlo finishing things off. 📺 Australia v New Zealand 🗓 1st Test, 1987 #WinfieldCup #NRL #RugbyLeague