Time has passed, beers have been consumed and a few concussions have taken their toll, so the exact details of who lifted who and when and how long it was practised has blurred.
But one thing is certain. It did happen. And - rugby officials weren't pleased with the Northland kiwi-can-do attitude and eventually outlawed the lifting tactic.
Far North dairy and drystock farmer Allen Tubbs has no worries remembering what happened in the NPC game against Otago.
He was the openside flanker lifted well above the cross bar by team member and lanky lock Glenn "Towers" Taylor.
He reckons Otago player Tony Brown was a decent kicker but often his kicks would only just make it over.
"It wasn't planned and I thought we'd have a crack," Tubbs recalls.
"Five seconds before the penalty kick I yelled at Towers to lift me.
"After I caught it he told me to mark it. I was a pretty bad kicker so I just ran it. I made it to half way. No one was expecting that ... they were standing around."
Former Northland rugby player Justin Collins - who was present when his teammates successfully pulled their impressive lifting move out of the bag - has commended the netballers for adding the lifting dimension to the game.
"It's a bloody good tactic and it looks good," Collins said.
"When they get real good at it it will be damn near impossible to score a goal.
"That's when the officials will ban it."
Whangarei netball president Judy Macdonald said the lifting tactic may look simple and easy but it required skill, timing and someone of the right physique.
She believed if teams adopted the move it would be employed intermittently and it wouldn't be long before shooters were able to combat it by getting closer to the hoop.
