August 6: One-club legends Aubo and ET celebrate milestones
On this day, an Origin hero was born, the Sharks felt the earth move during ET's 200th and Roosters stalwart Mitch Aubusson joined the 300 Club.
1966
Russell finishes off a long-range Bears try
1976
Shaun Timmins, playing five-eighth, only kicked one field goal in his nine-game Origin career but it was a memorable one for NSW to win Game One in 2004. He also scored the only try for the Blues in that 9-8 win. He missed game two but was back playing lock in game three for NSW to take the series 2-1. Timmins played five seasons with the Illawarra Steelers and then seven with St George Illawarra including the 1999 grand final. He played nine Tests for Australia and turns 46 today.
1987
Following a highly successful State of Origin series, a fourth match is played at Veterans' Stadium at Long Beach, in California, and won 30-18 by NSW. A moderate crowd of 12,349 attend the "experimental" match.
1994
It was Andrew 'ET' Ettingshausen's 200th game for Cronulla and he celebrates with a hat-trick in the Sharks 32-28 defeat of Wests. But the game is also remembered for an earth tremor, shortly before full-time, which rocked Caltex Field’s new western grandstand.
2000
Cronulla searching for their maiden premiership after 33 years take a 20-6 half-time lead over the Broncos in the first weekend of NRL finals. But Brisbane fights back to end the Sharks season 34-20. Captain Kevin Walters and a number of other Broncos players make their final appearances at Brisbane's ANZ Stadium, formerly known as QEII Stadium.
2012
In just his second NRL game, Wests Tigers’ Fijian winger Marika Koroibete crosses for a club record-equalling four tries as the Tigers overpower a free-spirited Parramatta 51-26 at Parramatta Stadium. Koroibete left the Tigers at the end of 2014 after just 16 games in three years, and went to Storm where he played 58 games over three seasons, including the 2016 grand final.
2017
Panthers’ young gun Nathan Cleary claims family bragging rights over father Ivan when Penrith down Wests Tigers 28-14 at Pepper Stadium. It is the first time a player has opposed a team coached by his father at premiership level since 1990 when Souths’ Darren McCarthy took on a Gold Coast team coached by his famous father, Bob McCarthy.
2020
Sydney Roosters utility Mitch Aubusson becomes the 40th player to reach the milestone of 300 NRL appearances as his injury-hit team accounts for St George Illawarra 24-16 in Wollongong.
This article contains information from the official records of NRL historian David Middleton.
