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Post by Rugby League Historian on Oct 21, 2021 11:30:44 GMT 10
Date:26-Jun-2002 Venue:Stadium Australia Attendance: 74842 Referee:Bill Harrigan Half-Time: NSW 12, QLD 8 | New South Wales | Queensland |
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PS | Player | TR | GL | AT | FG | PT | PS | Player | TR | GL | AT | FG | PT | FB | Brett Hodgson | | | | | | FB | Darren Lockyer | | | | | | WG | Timana Tahu | | | | | | WG | Lote Tuqiri | 1 | 1 | 4 | | 6 | CN | Matthew Gidley | | | | | | CN | Chris Walker | | | | | | CN | Shaun Timmins | | | | | | CN | Chris McKenna | | | | | | WG | Jason Moodie | 2 | | | | 8 | WG | Robbie O'Davis | | | | | | FE | Trent Barrett | | | | | | FE | Shaun Berrigan | 1 | | | | 4 | HB | Andrew Johns | | 3 | 3 | | 6 | HB | Allan Langer | | | | | | LK | Luke Ricketson | | | | | | LK | Darren Smith | | | | | | SR | Steve Menzies | 1 | | | | 4 | SR | Dane Carlaw | 1 | | | | 4 | SR | Steve Simpson | | | | | | SR | Gorden Tallis | | | | | | PF | Jason Ryles | | | | | | PF | Petero Civoniceva | | | | | | HK | Danny Buderus | | | | | | HK | PJ Marsh | | | | | | PF | Luke Bailey | | | | | | PF | Shane Webcke | 1 | | | | 4 | IN | Scott Hill | | | | | | IN | Travis Norton | | | | | | IN | Bryan Fletcher | | | | | | IN | Steven Price(CB) | | | | | | IN | Nathan Hindmarsh | | | | | | IN | Andrew Gee | | | | | | IN | Michael Vella | | | | | | IN | Brent Tate | | | | | | | | 3 | 3 | 3 | | 18 | | | 4 | 1 | 4 | | 18 | Penalties | 2 | Penalties | 1 | Scrums | 4 | Scrums | 8 |
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Post by Rugby League Historian on Oct 21, 2021 11:32:17 GMT 10
The 2002 State of Origin series saw the 21st time that the annual three-game series between the Queensland and New South Wales representative rugby league football teams was played entirely under 'state of origin' selection rules. It was the second drawn series in four years and being the second default title retention by Queensland, it ignited protests from the New South Wales camp eventually accepted by the NRL, for the introduction of extra-time to State of Origin matches was introduced to ensure a definitive result.
Game III It was in this match that Gorden Tallis performed a famous tackle on Blues fullback, Brett Hodgson, dragging and eventually tossing him out of the field of play by the collar like a rag-doll. In a dramatic end to one of the most exciting series in years, the Blues thought they'd stolen the game when Jason Moodie finished off a magnificent team movement with three minutes remaining to take an 18–14 lead. But Queensland back-rower Dane Carlaw's try leveled the score at 18-all after a dramatic 50-metre burst, ensuring the title stayed with the Maroons.
Queensland skipper Gorden Tallis' reaction in giving the one-finger salute to a section of the crowd, right behind the northern tryline where Carlaw's try was scored, became a major after-match talking point. Tallis gained some sympathy when it was revealed that he was objecting to an offensive sign about his mother. But many again raised questions about his capacity to captain Australia with debate raging over the choice between Tallis or Andrew Johns to succeed Brad Fittler. Days later Johns was chosen to lead the Kangaroos in the July Test against Great Britain.
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Post by Rugby League Historian on Oct 21, 2021 11:32:53 GMT 10
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Post by Rugby League Historian on Oct 21, 2021 17:24:24 GMT 10
Gorden Tallis tackles Brett Hodgson during State of Origin in 2002. Gorden Tallis on Brett Hodgson, Game 3, 2002 Who could forget Tallis rag-dolling Hodgson into touch in the deciding game of the series. Tallis had reportedly seen a sign in the crowd he felt disrespected his mother, something that proved a red rag to the Raging Bull. He collared Hodgson and spun him like a prize rodeo calf 15m into touch in the most unforgettable tackle in Origin history.
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Post by Rugby League Historian on Oct 21, 2021 17:26:32 GMT 10
Gorden Tallis ragdolls Brett Hodgson. It was one of the great mismatches in Origin history. In the Maroon corner, 104kg Gorden “Raging Bull” Tallis. In the blue corner, 74kg Brett Hodgson, known as Mr Burns due to his physical likeness to the skeletal character in The Simpsons. And what Tallis did to Hodgson that night wouldn’t have been out of place in a comic book. Flinging the NSW fullback on to the deck, he grabbed the collar of his jersey and dragged him 10m along the ground before swinging him over the sideline. Journalists covering the match scratched their heads trying to work out how to describe the move, before one came up with “rag-dolled”. It stuck.
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Post by Rugby League Historian on Oct 21, 2021 17:31:01 GMT 10
Angry Gorden Tallis reacts to offensive sign in 2002. Gorden Tallis bad sign. Stadium Australia, Game 3, 2002 The idiot who held up a sign mentioning Gorden Tallis’s mother should be thankful there was a fence between him and Raging Bull. After Dane Carlaw scored the try that drew the game and gave Queensland the series Tallis ran across the field and gave the perpetrator of the sign the finger. If looks could kill. When told by a reporter in the dressing room that his behaviour could cost him the Australian captaincy, Tallis replied, “If they take the Australian captaincy away from me for sticking up for my mother, I don’t want to be Australian captain.” In the end the incident didn’t cost Tallis the captaincy – but it did earn him a whole new legion of female fans.
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Post by Rugby League Historian on Oct 21, 2021 18:03:04 GMT 10
Rival captains Andrew Johns and Gorden Tallis look bemused holding up the Origin shield after game three in 2002.
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Post by Rugby League Historian on Oct 23, 2021 10:42:20 GMT 10
Gorden Tallis bad sign. Stadium Australia, Game 3, 2002
The idiot who held up a sign mentioning Gorden Tallis’s mother should be thankful there was a fence between him and Raging Bull. After Dane Carlaw scored the try that drew the game and gave Queensland the series Tallis ran across the field and gave the perpetrator of the sign the finger. If looks could kill. When told by a reporter in the dressing room that his behaviour could cost him the Australian captaincy, Tallis replied, “If they take the Australian captaincy away from me for sticking up for my mother, I don’t want to be Australian captain.” In the end the incident didn’t cost Tallis the captaincy – but it did earn him a whole new legion of female fans.
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