RUGBY LEAGUE’S WAR OF THE ROSES
Just as Great Britain sides once played New South Wales and Queensland, Kangaroo touring teams also played County sides, Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria. Yorkshire and Lancashire tried to emulate State […]
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TO LEEDS VIA THE THAMES
TRAVEL “What a load of rubbish” the crowd chanted, after Australian rugby league centre, Brett Kenny threw a loose pass at Headingley Stadium, Leeds in a match against the local […]
FLASHBACK: October, 1984
OCTOBER 1984 Hull Kingston Rovers’ winger, Garry Clarke scored three tries for England in their 28-9 win over Wales at Ebbw Vale. Clarke, still a teenager, had snared a hat-trick for […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 16, 2017
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 16 2018 THURSDAY, APRIL 19 Sydney Telegraph’s editor at large, Phil ‘Buzz’ Rothfield Tweets that rugby league is now officially shit. After […]
GRAND FINISH TO TOURNAMENT
Rugby League’s 1999 Tri-Nations in Australia and New Zealand will not go down as one of the code’s great tournaments, particularly as it went head to head with the rugby […]
WHAT NOW FOR FRINGE PLAYERS?
They were unsettling times for fringe players – the period leading up to the start of the inaugural NRL season in 1998. The Australian Rugby League and Super League were […]
FLASHBACK: October 1998
OCTOBER 1998 HALFBACK, Stacey Jones was Man of the Match as the Kiwis carved out a controversial 22-16 win over Great Britain in the First Test at Alfred McAlpine Stadium, […]
FLASHBACK: November 1985
Brilliant young centre, Garry Schofield scored a record four tries as Great Britain wrapped up the series against New Zealand with a 25-8 win at Central Park, Wigan. It was Britain’s […]
FLASHBACK: November 1989
Great Britain clinched their first home series against New Zealand in 24 years with a 10-6 win over the Kiwis at Central Park, Wigan in front of a crowd of […]
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