FLASHBACK: February 1959
FEBRUARY 1959 ENGLISH rugby league commentator, Eddie Waring had several amazing insights into a major blow-up, which could have derailed Great Britain’s Ashes campaign in Australia the year before. Waring […]
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FLASHBACK: February 1958
FLASHBACK: FEBRUARY 1958 The Great Britain rugby league team to tour Australia was sparing no expense to retain the Ashes, and to restore pride after the Lions lost 2-1 in […]
New French tour diary installment has arrived…!
Click here to read the most recent installment in the 1955 French tour diary! IN MAY, 1955 the second French Rugby League side to visit these shores arrived in Perth. […]
Lions Tour: Part 7
This is the final instalment of the ‘Diary’ of Tom Mitchell, manager of the 1958 Great Britain Rugby League touring side to Australia, arguably the most successful trip down under […]
Lions Tour Diary Part 5
THE 1958 Great Britain Lions Rugby League tour travels the length of Queensland leading up to the return Test match against Australia. We continue our tour diary as it might […]
Lions tour: part three
Part Three of the 1958 British Lions Rugby League Tour diary, through the eyes of team manager, Tom Mitchell. Leeton is a long way from Sydney, but rugby league is […]
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