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Rugby League Heroes: Colin ‘Buck’ Armstrong

Colin ‘Buck’ Armstrong is one of the great Cumbrian players of the last 50 years. Three times he faced the Kangaroos and twice he captained…

Rugby League Heroes: Eddie Hemmings (Part 2)

Eddie Hemmings talked us through his early career in part one of this Q & A which you can read online here. When Super League…

Rugby League Heroes: Eddie Hemmings (Part 1)

The voice of Super League The voice of Super League until 2019, Eddie Hemmings must have commentated on the best part of 2,000 games down…

Rugby League Heroes: George Fairbairn

The Scottish Man of Steel One of the great fullbacks and goalkickers of the 1970s and 1980s, George Fairbairn was a Scotsman who held England’s…

Rugby League Heroes: Doug Laughton

An Ashes winner player and World Club Challenge winning coach Doug Laughton is perhaps better known for his coaching exploits, but this outstanding backrower starred…

Rugby League Heroes: Olsen Filipaina

A brilliant career blighted by racism Roughly half of all today’s NRL players are of Maori or Pacific descent, but back in 1980, there were…

Rugby League Heroes: Tim Sheens

Grand Finals and World Cups – the coach who won them all A Penrith junior, Tim Sheens played and coached the club throughout the 1970s…

Rugby League Heroes: Matthew Elliott

The man who coached the Bulls to glory There were few more influential figures behind Bradford Bulls’ incredible successes in the first decade of summer…

Rugby League Heroes: Gary Connolly

The Saint who shone for Wigan A world-class fullback and a world-class centre, Gary Connolly was magnificent for St Helens, Canterbury, Wigan, Leeds and Great…