2001 NRL Grand Final (Newcastle Knights vs Parramatta Eels)

[slugnbozo]

So this was played 19 days after the September 11 attacks.

[haydndos7]

such a great game that was to be at. KNIGHTS 2012 premiers

[JL171990]

anyone see john morris ?? at the end there always forget he was a knights junior

[Jaso700]

never cried so hard 4 my beloved eels until that day in 2001!!! 2012 our year 4 sure! go the EELS!

[heyheyhey0h]

still cant believe it was 24-0 at halftime, and the MadDog had hair!!!!!!!

[gsaro1]

Joey wuda popped a pill this night for sure! gotta love the knights

[JayBoy277]

Knights won't be back 2011. You know why? Because, 1, they can't beat North Queensland without Thurston. Hopeless.

[djsull274]

they still to this day play that Puff daddy song at every event LOL what is it the ANZ anthem

[silver2164]

Lol at the Eels mascot

[philem77]

Vaealiki at 4:49 and 6:42 and 7:31 looking so youthful... thanks for this vid

[ufuckfacesonofabitch]

Parramatta of 2001 were the equal of Manly in 1995. Dominate the entire year but crash and burn in the one that really matters.

[alexmartin51]

This was THE team, NEWCASTLE 2012

[Jetball74]

@zephranna01 Nah Doogs was alright. Nuthn he did worried me. He just kept to himslef, his old man Gill McDougall, who played for Australia, was an alcoholic who had nuthn, so I guess that made Adam lie a bit to make him look better... We had a pretty good side and made the commonwealth cup semi-final, and Doogs played a part in our success. He has by far done the best out of all of us, so good on him. He could still put on a blue jersey and he would go alright i reckon.

[Jetball74]

@zephranna01 Do you mean funny as in wierd?? Yeah he was pretty wierd back then. He didint talk to his legs back in school. He wouldve looked pretty silly talking to his skinny legs.

[Jetball74]

@zephranna01 I played footy with Doogs when I was at school. He was our puny skinny little halfback haha. He's a bit bigger now lol.

[kmank2]

....ran into a gap created by a number of bad reads in Parramatta's defense. The Parramatta players weren't obstructed by a bad line from Kennedy nor were they impeded from tackling Pedan via an illegal shepherd. It looked dodgy because the gap formed right behind the decoy runner which is unusual. Despite this it was a perfectly legal try.

[kmank2]

The reason why the first Pedan try looks like an obstruction is because the gap created by Kennedy's decoy run happened to be right behind him. Usually decoy runners divert defenders to the side and away from the ball carrier. On this instance the gap created was right behind Kennedy. If Kennedy had changed his line and interfered with the defenders, it would have been an obstruction. If Pedan ran right behind Kennedy and used him as a shield it would have been a shepherd. As it turns out he....

[kiltsonfire164]

I remember this day like it was yesterday, I was at Greater Union Glendale cinema watching this and I can still remember the day the knights won and everyone in the theatre was cheering and going nutz. we had a party at wests league club that night and

celebrated until 1 AM. I was only 8 years old when that happened and i am unable to

wait until the Knights make the Grand Final and celebrate like 10 years ago!

[Billdozer555]

@kiltsonfire164 Agreed - Newcastle 2011 Premiers!

[oldfool666]

@kiltsonfire164 lol I bet Lyon came on here to vote thumbs down on the video