Beaver's away! Northern Eagles
lock Steve Menzies is streaks ahead on his way to score in this
photo now known as "the Beaver shot".......
....... Northern Eagles players celebrate
the Steve Menzies try. Is that Parramatta hooker Brad Drew not
wanting any truck with the celebration in the top photo?
Northern Eagles skipper Geoff Toovey
looks to get a ball out wide.
Have the Eagles got a sports tape
company as a sponsor? Geoff Toovey shows off his traditional head
strapping.....
..... while a Northern Eagles
trainer applies some more strapping to a player in the in goal area.
Referee Steve "New York"
Clark debates a Northern Eagles try with his Touch Judge and
presumably the Video Referee. It was no try.
Parramatta didn't have the game
their own way with the Eagles playing a lot better since their last
appearance on ErkSports against the Cowboys.
"Should I place the ball on the
line now? No one will notice!" Close but no donut for the
Eagles this time.
The Eels win a scrum deep in their
red zone.
Ugly Men of League time is fast
approaching. Will Eagles prop Mark O' Meley (top) and Eels hooker
Brad Drew (bottom) make the team filled with Ugly players? Stay
tuned to the Radio 2UE/4BC Talking League Team each weekend between 12-6pm
to find out.
Eagles lock Steve Menzies played
strongly but it was not good enough to prevent Parra from taking the
match.
More celebrations for Parramatta
after another try.
Parramatta halfback Jason Taylor
lines up another shot at goal.
It is coming up to crunch time for
crouching Eagle, former Tiger John Hopoate.
The Northern Eagles have probably realized
at this point in their own in goal that they are no hope for the
2001 Semi Finals anymore.
