"Obviously when you go through something like this it is painful for everybody," Goodell said. "Most importantly, it is painful for our fans. We are sorry to have to put our fans through that, but it is something that in the short term you sometimes have to do to make sure you get the right kind of deal for the long term and make sure you continue to grow the game.".The chances of Canterbury progressing to the 1998 grand final looked hopeless when they trailed Parramatta 182 approaching the 70minute mark of the preliminary final at the Sydney Football Stadium. The situation did indeed look quite dire. With nothing to lose the Bulldogs went for broke, charging back into the contest with three rapidfire tries.

Junior John Connor Barbour said he never forget the time he hit a player so hard that the opponent didn get up.was playing offense, and I hit a linebacker as hard as I could and he went down, Barbour said. Was so excited, fired up, jumping around an