1988, September, stories and photo headlined “Lions steal the Tigers thunder” . Photograph of Claremont and State Coach Gerard Neesham who was suspended for 3 weeks for striking Karl Langdon. he was reported by three umpires and sitting here with club advocate Wayne Reynolds.
Amid a barrage of bone crunching tackles and freak goals Subiaco re-emerged as a premiership threat with a 2 point win over Claremont. Coming off a 4 game losing streak the Lions were indebted to the Eagles for releasing Laurie Keene and Karl Langdon. The Tigers did hit back through the skills of Ben Allan, Peter Thorne and Don Pyke. Claremont had a chance to steal the game in the final seconds but Taylor intercepted a handball from Ben Allan to Gerard Neesham who was running at the goals.
