HISTORIC TONGA V AUSTRALIA RUGBY LEAGUE TEST
COMMENT by Steve Ricketts. Former Chief Rugby League writer, The Courier-Mail. I never thought I would cheer so loudly for Australia to beat a ‘second tier’ rugby league country. But, […]
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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: December 1991
Hull prop, Andy Dannant was suspended for eight matches for a high shot which left Leeds’ superstar, Ellery Hanley with his jaw broken in three places. The incident was reviewed by ‘trial by […]
FLASHBACK: October 1985
New Zealand arrived in England for their 11th tour of the northern hemisphere. They opened with a 14-8 loss to Wigan at Central Park, a match played in torrential rain before […]
FLASHBACK: January 1991
French rugby league fans were in mourning after Great Britain beat the national side 45-10 in Perpignan, a record win for the Lions in France. Martin Offiah, Garry Schofield and […]
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: December 1984
BRITISH clubs swooped on a host of Australian players as well as a former England Rugby union international in the build-up to the second half of the season. The most […]
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 […]
FLASHBACK: December 1998
Dublin Blues winger, Brian Carney signs for English club, Gateshead after being discovered playing university rugby league by Gateshead’s Australian CEO, Shane Richardson. Carney would go on to play 14 […]
FLASHBACK: December 1988
Great Britain superstar, Ellery Hanley signs a lucrative deal to play with Wests in Sydney during the English off-season. Hanley was playing for Wigan at the time, and the previous […]
A Hell of a Hull Man
One man who was absolutely devastated at not being able to make it to the 2013 Challenge Cup final at Wembley is Leeds based, Raymond Fletcher. Ray is a Hull […]
Challenge Cup
Graham Murray took Leeds to a Challenge Cup triumph over London Broncos at Wembley in 1998, and I’m sure he will be remembered by those at the new Wembley on […]
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