The HOT ROK 200 Game Thread

[Mountain Man]

NARF = not a real fan

[RogueSwan]

Anytime he wore the "Alice band".
Similar to Samson, not so hot without the locks.

[Jewels]

Anytime he wore the "Alice band".
Similar to Samson, not so hot without the locks.

YES!!!!!!!!
Love the 05 GF edition of the record with the photo of him with those glorious flowing locks.
Rogue, I always thought you were a bloke???

[RogueSwan]

YES!!!!!!!!
Love the 05 GF edition of the record with the photo of him with those glorious flowing locks.
Rogue, I always thought you were a bloke???

I am, but I can recognise good looking man when I see one, especially in red and white.
My wife thinks I may be a little queer when it comes to the Swannies.

[AnnieH]

I am, but I can recognise good looking man when I see one, especially in red and white.
My wife thinks I may be a little queer when it comes to the Swannies.

... only a little!!!

(Tell her I said man-crushes are ok.)

[Triple B]

Hard to pick favourite moments but I clearly remember the first time I sat up and noticed ROK.

It was a Friday night SFL game up at NSO. I am not entirely sure of the year but Brett Allison was also playing in the team so I think it must have been 2000. Can remember practically nothing about the game other than a very young, strongly built, blonde lad giving away a 50m penalty, and then another as he reacted fiestily to the first. Who's this kid, I asked myself?

I have a very similar first memory Liz and I suspect it may very well be the same one. It was the annual NSO pre-season match against Essendon and ROK got in a scrap on the wing with Dean Solomon. Now Solomon, rightly or wrongly, carried a reputation as a hard man over the course of his career and ROK certainly gave as good as he got and I also thought 'Wow, who's this guy, they won't walk all over him'.

Unfortunately, the memory that sticks in my mind the most is a bad one..... And I love the guy.

Unfortunately that is also a lasting ROK memory for me as well.

[liz]

I have a very similar first memory Liz and I suspect it may very well be the same one. (

I am 99% sure mine wasn't the annual NSO pre-season game. Back then they played them on a Sunday afternoon and the game I recall was a night game. I didn't go to many SFL games when our thirds were playing in that league but I was working in North Sydney back then and, with the game being on a Friday evening, figured I might as well just pop up the road to watch. Brett Allison had been injured, I think, and I remember thinking how much of a come-down it must have been for him running around in an SFL game.

[stellation]

A strong mark and goal in the final against the Hawks in 2001, I told my dad "he's going to have a blinder!"

[Lucky Knickers]

The game that he took by the throat was the EF against North in 2008. That was a very imposing and mature performance. I lean toward that being his best and complete game.
The PF in 2005 against Saints was very good and thank god for that bomb to Davo!
Any year with the headband was pretty special - does it his own way and his B&F year in 2009 was a wonderful way to show his commitment to the Swans.
He's a good man.

[stellation]

Campbell Brown dropping a knee into ROK's rock hard body and doing himself some damage is a standout, too.

[Bloody Hell]

Ahh, I expose my naivete to ask .... whassa NARF?

Select anything other than BURNING = NARF

[i'm-uninformed2]

There should be a stat for sticking it to a member of a royal family in recognition of ROK.

Do we know if Princess Mary is in town for the game?

[Yuri H]

Select anything other than BURNING = NARF

OH DEAR GAWD I GOTTA CHANGE MY VOTE QUICK. Really, I thought "All of the time" was apt, though the decision was difficult.

[Jewels]

OH DEAR GAWD I GOTTA CHANGE MY VOTE QUICK. Really, I thought "All of the time" was apt, though the decision was difficult.

There should be a "Burning ALL of the time" option.

[Triple B]

A strong mark and goal in the final against the Hawks in 2001, I told my dad "he's going to have a blinder!"

....and 5 minutes later he injured his knee/leg on the Docklands wing and that was it for the year??