What is the worst game you've ever been to?

[Adelaide Tiger]

Just looking up the date now gave me a touch of hypothermia!

It was 1 January 1984.  Cas was away at Bradford. A mild day in Cas when we set off.  Got into Odsal and the sun was still out.    But just before kick off the freezing fog descended.  It was so cold even Sherpa Tensing said ‘F@@@ it, I’m off home!’.

The pitch looked fine until you realised the grass was floating on a pond of ice water.  Both teams got bogged down.  It seemed, from memory, that the pitch between both 20m lines resembled my toilet after a beef vindaloo whilst both areas between the 20m and try lines were left in pristine condition.  The forwards were indistinguishable and the backs were adorned with icicles.

The freezing fog gave me a blinding headache.  So I went to the burger van and cadged five empty long plastic bags that the breadcakes - ooops, that’ll cause some lively discussion on here - came in.  Me and the mates each put one on our head.  The bags stood a good two feet in the air but the warm air inside stopped the headaches.  I would have said that we looked like a Marge Simpson tribute band but The Simpsons were still 5 years away from airing.

The result was a 2 all draw.  The crowd was 7,167.

[bobbruce]

Without a shadow of doubt the Saints v Sale cross code game. 

[Rioman]

2016 First State of Origin in Sydney. Queensland won 6-4.   Travelling to the game on the train and the build up in the stadium was great, then they kicked off.  

I'd finally got to a SoO and ticked one off my bucket list, but was so disappointed with the game. Having watched many of them on tv over the years there always seemed to be some great footy, great tries and a fair bit of biff but at this one I was bored.  I've watched most of the following ones on tv since and have seen some great games but this one just left me thinking, " is that it?".

[Wollo Wollo Wayoo]

I know I've already picked my worst but would like to add the 3rd GB v Australia match at Elland Road late 1997.  We'd all rolled up expecting a tight decider only for Wendel Sailor to round Paul Atcheson early doors opening the flood gates. 

Edited March 26 by Wollo Wollo Wayoo

[Kenilworth Tiger]

1992 Sheffield eagles 20 - 16 Castleford

 

Peter Coyne debut - to say the build up didn't live up to expectations would be an understatement. Simply dreadful game

[Sports Prophet]

19 hours ago, Damien said:

It's always the real one sided hammerings that bore me to tears, particularly when the conditions are terrible. I remember going to Hull KR a few years ago for an Easter Monday game and Wigan absolutely battered Hull KR by about 70. Hull KR were woeful and it was also absolutely freezing and windy. it was one of those typical Easter Monday games that made you think the second game over that Easter weekend was just pointless. When you are stood on that old away terrace at Craven Park after driving there for a couple of hour, can't feel your hands or toes and frankly can't wait to get home again you do question your sanity.

Dunno, I thoroughly enjoyed watch the Kangaroos demolish GB in 2004 at Elland Rd. My mate and I were in the nosebleeds and the only Aussies within cooee of each other. The crowd swiftly lost its voice as ours continued to roar with every try. There was a kid about 7 years old sitting in front of me and my mate who was actually crying at half time. I remember thinking then, “kid, don’t sweat it, you’ll be getting used to losing to us as you grow up.” Seems like @17 stone giant didn’t enjoy it as much as I did.

16 hours ago, 17 stone giant said:

I've only been to a handful of games, so it's an easy choice for me. Tri Nations final 2004 at Elland Road: Great Britain 4 - 44 Australia.

I knew the Aussies were top dogs in RL, but GB had had a good tournament until then, so I was optimistic of it at least being a decent contest.

Unfortunately Australia just blew us away in the 1st half.

 

[Sports Prophet]

I do speak tongue in cheek there @Damien, whilst I enjoyed the Kangaroos allowing me to return serve for all the banter we endured pre-match from those around us, looking back, I really wish we lost that one.

[Sports Prophet]

*double post

Edited March 26 by Sports Prophet

[Pie tries]

Went to watch Sale rah rah couple years ago. Freezing. Kick fest. No skills. No excitement (still cracking game according to press). Felt all players and crowd glad when gsme ended…

[muckymunksy]

Grand Final 2017 Cas just never got going 

Player said the bus was silent on the Friday heading to Manchester 

Leeds would of probably still won on the Night but would of been a lot closer if Hardaker had of been there. 

[Snowys Backside]

26th Feb, 1995.  Challenge Cup.

Workington 94  Leigh 4

4 Hours to get there, 14 hours to get home, but a lovely pub to break down in front of on the A595.

We did score the best try of the match though and i don't remember getting home !!!     Not all bad !!

[Kenilworth Tiger]

20 minutes ago, muckymunksy said:

Grand Final 2017 Cas just never got going 

Player said the bus was silent on the Friday heading to Manchester 

Leeds would of probably still won on the Night but would of been a lot closer if Hardaker had of been there. 

That game never happened so this is a void post....

[jacksy]

Elland Road 1990

[Wigan Riversider]

1 minute ago, jacksy said:

Elland Road 1990

GB v Australia?

[jacksy]

18 hours ago, 17 stone giant said:

I've only been to a handful of games, so it's an easy choice for me. Tri Nations final 2004 at Elland Road: Great Britain 4 - 44 Australia.

I knew the Aussies were top dogs in RL, but GB had had a good tournament until then, so I was optimistic of it at least being a decent contest.

Unfortunately Australia just blew us away in the 1st half.

Isn't that the game that Noble decided to tinker with a winning formula before the final?

[jacksy]

3 minutes ago, Wigan Riversider said:

GB v Australia?

Yes mate.

[Simon Hall]

York v Sheffield last month, 5 cards by half-time. I was seriously considering going home and I've seen us get beat 98-0 and hung about until the end.

[wakeyranger]

Hard to answer for me being a wakey fan. Could pick any number of games. Losing 80-0 against Warrington 2015. Can't remember the year but we Bradford at the height of bullmania and lost something like 72-0. However I'll go for one from last season were we lost 0-8 at home to Huddersfield. I've never seen two sides try so hard not to score. 

[Hanover XIII]

3 hours ago, Sports Prophet said:

Dunno, I thoroughly enjoyed watch the Kangaroos demolish GB in 2004 at Elland Rd. My mate and I were in the nosebleeds and the only Aussies within cooee of each other. The crowd swiftly lost its voice as ours continued to roar with every try. There was a kid about 7 years old sitting in front of me and my mate who was actually crying at half time. I remember thinking then, “kid, don’t sweat it, you’ll be getting used to losing to us as you grow up.” Seems like @17 stone giant didn’t enjoy it as much as I did.

 

We were cutting it fine arriving at that game so I dropped my friends off and went to find somewhere to park. By the time I got in we were 20 points down and it just got worse after that. Was thoroughly, thoroughly depressed.

Seems to be a few Widnes fans joining in, so I remember a first round play-off game at Barrow where we got hammered on a miserable afternoon in pouring rain. That was another lowlight.

[Wigan Riversider]

4 hours ago, Wollo Wollo Wayoo said:

I know I've already picked my worst but would like to add the 3rd GB v Australia match at Elland Road late 1997.  We'd all rolled up expecting a tight decider only for Wendel Sailor to round Paul Atcheson early doors opening the flood gates. 

I suppose I could bracket Elland Road 1990, 1994, 1997 and 2004 in terms of great expectation but I have already named my worst in terms of atmosphere.

[Andy JG]

3 hours ago, Snowys Backside said:

26th Feb, 1995.  Challenge Cup.

Workington 94  Leigh 4

4 Hours to get there, 14 hours to get home, but a lovely pub to break down in front of on the A595.

We did score the best try of the match though and i don't remember getting home !!!     Not all bad !!

I too went to this game....by 1995 i'd stopped going watching Leigh regularly but a mate asked me if I fancied going... I'd somehow got it into my mind that Workington had run up 100 points...

I can't really say looking back it's a bad memory though....all part of life really, something to look back on etc.. 

[Moe syszlak]

Wire v Leeds GF eliminator 2011. We were the best team by an absolute mile that season, but Leeds just had that play off nous that we didn't. It really SHOULD have been our year, but they did us with that penalty on the hooter. I still feel sick thinking about it!!

[Dredgie99]

2015, Broncos v Fev (4-36) in the Championship Shield final at Widnes - late Sunday afternoon kick off, Broncos just didn't turm up and the M6 was awful on the drive home. Still never seen Broncos win a trophy as both play off finals were overseas and was unable to attend

 

[RugbyLeagueGeek]

6 hours ago, Wollo Wollo Wayoo said:

I know I've already picked my worst but would like to add the 3rd GB v Australia match at Elland Road late 1997.  We'd all rolled up expecting a tight decider only for Wendel Sailor to round Paul Atcheson early doors opening the flood gates. 

Ah yes - another corker! If I remember correctly, there was horrendous traffic on the motorway and people were abandoning their cars and walking to the ground. We got in just in time for kick off and didn't Ken Nagas score inside a minute, or am I mis-remembering?

[Joe Aitcheson]

1 hour ago, Andy JG said:

I too went to this game....by 1995 i'd stopped going watching Leigh regularly but a mate asked me if I fancied going... I'd somehow got it into my mind that Workington had run up 100 points...

I can't really say looking back it's a bad memory though....all part of life really, something to look back on etc.. 

I reckon the reason you thought we had scored 100 points was because the ref started seeing non existent forward passes in the last 10 minutes, so we wouldn’t get to 100. But hey, we all have bad days, look at us now!
My worst ever game was my only ever rugby union match in 1967, South of Scotland v NZ All Blacks, it was pathetic ( and that was the All Blacks and they won by 40 points!) but it was a compulsory school trip. My best ever came a week later, when Cumberland beat a full strength Australia 17-15 at Derwent Park, a week before the 1st test on that Ashes trip. When I told my PE teacher about the vast gap in class between the 2 games, the bigot made my life hell, but that’s rugger union people for you.