Rugby league history

[tiger_one]

What a collection of talent here, 1986 kangaroos in Great Britain

 

[Tucker]

What a collection of talent here, 1986 kangaroos in great Britain
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Beast of a side

 

[innsaneink]

I remember that photo always thought Shearer heard someone fart just as the camera clicked

We're, they the invincible?

 

[tiger_one]

I remember that photo always thought Shearer heard someone fart just as the camera clicked

We're, they the invincible?

Close champion @innsaneink - the 1982 Kangaroos were known as the Invincibles

1982 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[tiger_one]

Manly’s forward Peter Peters is struck by Cronulla’s Cliff Watson in the Sea Eagles 10-7 win in 1973 Grand Final

 

[tiger_one]

 

[Snidest 0]

Manly’s forward Peter Peters is struck by Cronulla’s Cliff Watson in the Sea Eagles 10-7 win in 1973 Grand Final
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Go Cliffy - give him one for Benji!!

 

[Snidest 0]

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And old Magpies supporters say the Wests Tigers have problems retaining young talent....

 

[Snidest 0]

 

[Snidest 0]

 

[Snidest 0]

Good thing none of them went on to higher rep honours or Premierships...

 

[jadtiger]

Manly’s forward Peter Peters is struck by Cronulla’s Cliff Watson in the Sea Eagles 10-7 win in 1973 Grand Final
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Watson's biggest mistake is the fact he didn't hit him hard enough

 

[Suzie-Q]

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And old Magpies supporters say the Wests Tigers have problems retaining young talent....

My sis-in-law loved Jamie Ainscough!

 

[Winston Churchill]

My sis-in-law loved Jamie Ainscough!

26 August 2002: Wigan player has tooth removed - from arm

Martin Gleeson thought he had lost a tooth playing for St Helens, until it showed up in Jamie Ainscough's arm

www.theguardian.com

First thing that always comes to mind when I see Ainscoughs name.

 

[Halbrowne61]

What a collection of talent here, 1986 kangaroos in Great Britain

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A few party boys too !!

 

[innsaneink]

ET’s five-try hauls five years apart


Cronulla’s marquee centre Andrew Ettingshausen set a new club record by scoring five tries in the Sharks’ final-round thrashing of Illawarra in 1989 – the first time in 12 years a player had achieved the feat in first grade.

Five years to the day later, the ultra-marketable Test and Origin star produced another five-try haul at South Sydney’s expense to finish off the 1994 regular season.

Just two players had scored five tries in a match in the interceding years, while the mark has only been equalled five times and beaten once in 30 years since.

‘ET’ was also the top try-scorer on the 1990 and ’94 Kangaroo Tours – tallying 15 tries on each trip.

 

[innsaneink]

Newtown dominate landmark scorelines


Before being excluded from the competition at the end of 1983, Newtown was involved in two unique events.

In 1973 Ken Wilson kicked a field goal against St George to secure the premiership’s first-ever 1-0 win for Newtown, while nine years later Wilson captained the Jets as they played out an unprecedented scoreless draw against Canterbury.

Neither scoreline has been repeated since. Remarkably, the club was victorious in the first of just three 2-0 results ever produced, versus Easts in 1914, and the maiden 3-0 outcome against Glebe in 1910, a low-scoring scoreline that has been repeated only five times.