FLASHBACK: November 1967
Brisbane Brothers’ legend, Peter Gallagher captained Australia to a memorable 17-11 win over Great Britain at London’s White City Stadium, to keep alive the Ashes series, after the home side won […]
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FLASHBACK: December 1967
Snow blasted the Australians as they confronted the old enemy, Great Britain in the Ashes deciding Third Rugby League Test, but the lads from down under handled the conditions better than the […]
FLASHBACK: April 1957
DES Henry, 18, distinguished himself in his representative debut, scoring four tries for Brisbane against Ipswich at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground. Henry had yet to play a first grade premiership […]
FLASHBACK: December 1956
Australia’s rugby league team, branded by some critics as ‘the worst ever’ to tour the northern hemisphere, shocked Great Britain with a deserved 22-9 win in the Second Test, in […]
FLASHBACK: November 1991
Former Welsh rugby union international, Paul Moriarty scored two tries in his Great Britain rugby league Test debut against Papua New Guinea at Central Park, Wigan. Moriarty, who was signed by Widnes […]
FLASHBACK: October 1996
Great Britain undertook what proved a disastrous South Pacific tour, making a mockery of Super League’s claim to be creating a new world order in which a well funded rugby league would reach new […]
FLASHBACK: August 1946
The wizardry of Brothers’ international centre, Jack Reardon in the Brisbane elimination final 17-8 win over Souths had critics wondering how he could have been left out of the Australian side for the failed […]
FLASHBACK: July 1966
‘The Golden Greek’ Fonda Metassa’s Queensland debut proved a disaster, with the Brisbane Norths’ personality player’s opposing winger, Welshman, Berwyn Jones, scoring four tries in Great Britain’s 38-29 win over […]
FLASHBACK: July 1946
Thousands of people made it into the ground without paying, and 8,000 were locked out when Australia and Great Britain played the Second Test of the 1946 Ashes series at […]
FLASHBACK: June 1946
Great Britain suffered their first defeat of their 1946 Australasian tour when their colours were lowered 15-12 by a formidable South Coast Division side in Wollongong. To be fair to the […]
