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Another huge year ... what was sport's biggest moment in 2012? Source:FOX SPORTS
Foxsports.com.au has gathered the five moments that defined rugby league in 2012 and it's up to you to decide which was the biggest.
Check out our highlights video of the five big moments before heading to the bottom of the page to tell us if the decision was right or wrong.
Have we missed any of rugby league's defining moments for 2012? Leave a comment with your most memorable moments at the bottom of the page!
TOOTHLESS TIGERS
It wasn't one moment that consigned Wests Tigers' 2012 season to the scrapheap but the cumulative effect of a number of poorly managed issues. Favourites with the bookmakers prior to round one, the Tigers lost five of their first six games and never fully recovered. First it was big-name signing Adam Blair who copped the treatment for failing to justify his price-tag in a forgettable start to the season then it was talk of a rift between Robbie Farah and Benji Marshall that caused a distraction in Concord. The rumoured power struggle was brought to a head by NRL on Fox, with Farah furiously describing the show as an ambush on Twitter after Matthew Johns probed the Tigers skipper on his relationship with the Kiwi superstar as well as a perception that the team was soft in defence. The Tigers briefly turned things around, winning seven in a row mid-season, but fell away again and failed to qualify for the finals, costing premiership coach Tim Sheens his job at the end of a train wreck of a year.
Glory ... Cam Smith holds the Origin shield aloft. Source: AAP
THE TRY THAT WASN'T
In a year that can only be described as forgettable for NRL officials, the Michael Oldfield try in the semi-final between Manly and North Queensland Cowboys was the straw that broke the camel's back. With the Sea Eagles leading 16-12 with just under 20 minutes remaining, a bomb in Manly's attacking zone was contested by Kieran Foran and his opposing five-eighth Johnathan Thurston. Neither was able to come down with a clean catch and the ball spilled towards the Sea Eagles' try line before being scooped up by Jamie Lyon, who offloaded in a tackle to send Oldfield over. The decision went upstairs and, not for the first time in 2012, video referee Sean Hampstead thrust himself into the spotlight by awarding the try despite vision showing Foran propelling the ball forward in the lead-up. The wrong decision condemned the Cowboys to another failed finals appearance and, ultimately, cost referees bosses Bill Harrigan and Stuart Raper their jobs.
STORM REDEMPTION
Melbourne Storm's history was unpleasantly re-written in 2010 when they were stripped of two NRL titles as punishment for rorting the salary cap. But it didn't take them long to get their name back on the premiership honour board with a stirring finals campaign in 2012. The Storm were written off in some quarters after a post-Origin slump. But the Storm's star-studded line-up rose for the big occasion, first with a stunning thrashing of finals nemesis Manly in the preliminary final, then with a near-flawless grand final against Canterbury-Bankstown to claim ultimate redemption with a 14-4 victory.
Hindy ... the 330-game veteran bids farewell to Eels fans. Source: AAP
MIGHTY MAROONS
After winning an epic battle in 2011, Queensland started the 2012 series as favourites to clinch a remarkable seventh series in a row and they didn't disappoint. Lauded as one of the best teams of all-time, the Maroons soaked up everything a valiant New South Wales side could throw at them before eventually clinching victory by a solitary point in the decider through a 40-metre Cooper Cronk field-goal. It was a fitting way for a series full of controversial moments - headlined by the Greg Inglis try in game one - to end. The seventh series win in a row extended an already history-making dynasty and guaranteed another year of soul searching for the Blues.
FAREWELLING A LEGEND
Almost since the day he started his NRL career, Nathan Hindmarsh was a fan favourite and that status only grew the longer the Parramatta legend's career lasted. So when he announced towards the end of the 2012 season that the round 26 match-up with St George Illawarra would be his last, a sentimental build-up to his finale began. Alas, Parramatta couldn't match the occasion with a fitting performance, going down to the Dragons 29-8 to give another duo of retiring champions, Ben Hornby and Dean Young, the fairytale farewell. While Hindmarsh and his good mate Luke Burt instead went out with their first wooden spoon, it mattered little to the adoring fans, with 45,000 present at ANZ Stadium to scream themselves hoarse in appreciation of all of the decorated retirees.
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