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Dowlings SOO Try in the mud at the SCG(links to www.centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au)

Videos - War! Australia -v- New Zealand, Tamati -v- Dowling Brisbane 1985
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To be perfectly honest Quigs it's just a vague re-collection of watching it on tele.

It must have been 1986 I think Australia V New Zealand Test, which would have made me 12.

I remember them starting fighting on the pitch, don't recall why, and then being sent to the sin bin.

The over-riding memory was them sledging each other all the way to the
sin bin, which I believe was a seperate area then and then they started going at it hammer and tongs, and I don't mean handbags.

The commentator said something about not wanting to see this in our sport and the Director must have cut away but everyone one wanted to see the battle of the gladiators.

It was one of the first times I swore in front of my mother and father without realising, some along the lines of f*****g hell there still at it!!! Got a belt round the ear for that!!!

Anyway sorry it's all a bit vague but I was only young.

Cheers
Paul

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Les Davidson - Greg Dowling

I remember in a State of Origin game at the SCG in
87 or 88 Les Davidson laying Greg Dowling out flat with the greatest hit
ever seen

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I remember this well...1985 first test of three...lang park..i was in front of our tv with my mum...i was only ten years old.

K.T as he is known is a relation of ours and we are proud of his days as a league known hardman.....i have watched it on tape a few times because i wanted to know what started it.

From what i recall, tamati tackles dowling and as dowling gets up to play the ball leads with his head straight into the markers face which happens to be tamati then the brawl goes on ....and on.....and on....

my mum was screaming at the tv....

i was ten and i had to tell her to calm down.

She was calling dowling everything under the sun... i was shocked at what i was watching and hearin from my mums mouth! ha ha ha....

Then they got sin binned.

then it started again...sledging all the way off the feild... they made it a rule to send 1 player at a time off after this incident..

It starts up and kevin gave it to him...

My mum did too.!!!!!!...

I was telling mum to be quiet coz she was yelling so much...

I have talked to kevin about that incident and says it was nothing much really....!!!

He said the best fight was against the poms.... where the cops on the side line had to help break it up...

I think it might be second test in 84 or 86 against the poms. He said they gave the hooker in that game a hell of a touch up..

I'm not sure as our conversation was nearly 10 years ago.. as for my mum she still sits in front of the t.v watchin the games....but doesnt yell like that night of the tamati dowling fight....

For the record....tamati 1 dowling nil....

Just out of interest imagine how much money you could make if you got them in the boxing ring for one of those charity fights... or got all the players back for a charity type fight against there old foe.....you'd make millions!....

p.s. dont forget my cut!

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SCOTT HUNTER
You can email scott on E Mail Address: schunter@iprimus.com.au


i am looking for a copy of the AUST V N.Z test at lang park i think 1986,when Greg Dowling & Kevin Tamiti had a stink on the sideline.

Your help would be great.
Regards Scott

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It was balmain v brisbane,cant remember what year,or ground,but the scrum had packed down.

I dont think the ball got fed before blocker stood up out of the pack, then his brisbane opposite,who i
think was greg dowling, did the same, after which the big fella let go with a punch that he had started to throw a week before, dropping dowling and the scrum collapsed along with him.

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Kia ora.

We'll you all know da say'n ( DA BIGGER THEY ARE, THE HARDER THEY FALL).

No disrespect to you Mr Dowling, but cuz what the hell were you think"n?

Fair enough give it a go once, but 2 times, 3 times, f***k.

I was only 13 then and what I seen, like many other KIWI/ AUSSIE league FANATIC, was the CUZZIE BRO giv,n you the old 1, 2, 3, 4, more & more & more & more.

Oh we'll at the age of 33, to me it was one of the most memorable rubgy league test matches between NZ & AUST.

All because of that particular moment, because let's face it there cuzzies, there weren't too many moments for us back in those days and when we do get those particular moments we stand proud together and treasure it like many others to come.

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My story is a bit vague with the Tamati Dowling fight as well.

I was at the game with my father and I was 10 years old.

Dishead Dowling was one the hardest blokes getting around the BRL at the time, playing for Wynum Manly and was the cornerstone of the Qld Origin pack.

He had been dropped for the last test of 85 and was keen on making his mark again with the kiwis.

I'm pretty sure that it was close to half time when the boys were given their marching orders, I can't even remember what the catalyst was.

I had a great line of site from a distance as they walked off.

I was sitting in the outer on the Hale St end and they were walking off under the stands.

They were lipping off at each other and just running into eachother, you could tell by his body language that GD was a bit edgy about Tamati.

All of a sudden, one of them, I can't remember which one, threw a mad backhander and cracked the other.

What I do remember clearly is that Tamati cut loose and just landed shot after shot on GD.

Dish didn't back down and started laying in a few well timed head buts.

The problem with this was Tamati was a fair boxer and eventually sized him up again.

It went on for ages and the crowd went beserk, they were throwing each other into the wire fence and at it like dogs.

GD looked like he was going down as Tamati was all over him, but he stayed on his feet and kept going at him.

It was a very full on event and one of the best in Trans-Tasman rivalry.

How good would it be to see SBW and O'Melley reignite this in next years square up.

Good stuff. .

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I watch that fight between Tamati and Dowling on the TV and was amazed. Tamati punched piss out of him and Dowling was no softy (check him out in State of Origin.

In the next test Dowling gave him a wide berth.

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Just a quick mention on greg dowling, a fantastic addition to a wigan side brimming with stars always known as an hard man but i can also remember his gentle side especially the time wigan played hull kr in a cup match at elland rd leeds when he popped over a sublime drop goal, that just knocked the stuffing out of hull.

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