#TBT Penrith Panthers in the 90s & 00s - with Ryan Girdler, Craig Gower & Luke Priddis

Welcome back to the The Legends of League Podcast for #ThrowBackThursday!

It's PART TWO of our chat with Penrith Panthers legends Ryan 'GIRDS' Girdler & Craig 'GOWIE' Gower who are also joined by Luke 'PRIDDO' Priddis. Maroon and the boys turn back the clock and reminisce about the 'good old days' at Penrith back in the early 00's. We talk the beginning of careers, discuss winning a premiership and have a laugh at a couple of classic stories that get uncovered along the way. All this and more on Part 2 of Episode 3 of the Legends of League Podcast.

In this episode:

• Hear about the time Gowie saved the party following the 2003 NRL Grand Final win by commandeering a couple of buses (2:30)
• Luke Priddis discusses his run of successful clubs and what took him to the foot of the mountain to link up with a Penrith Panthers side that had just taken home the wooden spoon the year before (5:41)
• The building of the 2003 Premiership Winning Panthers (9:31)
• Despite showing plenty of promise the results in Penrith are still not there... so what's doing at the Panthers? (13:51)
• Girds looks back on his early days at the Illawarra Steelers and discusses WHY he chose to go to the Panthers all those years ago (19:20)
• What makes a successful coach and how are coaches these days getting it wrong? (22:15)
• STORY OF THE WEEK involving a school aged Gowie, a Monday morning party at Freddy Fittlers, Girds and a fax machine (25:45)
• 'BEST 17 PLAYERS OF THE LAST 40 YEARS' - Craig Gower reveals his 17 and the boys have their say(28:09)

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