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What a silly lad if it's that serious

Reading old newspaper reports from before or just after WW I " Forward rush " when did that stop ? And I do remember Fullbacks kicking duel

Neil Fox who I greatly admire and should be a RL Knight ,but World Cup winning captain in 1960 ? I thought it was the late great Eric Ashton another one worthy of a Knighthood

Yes original member of the golden generation

" sither tha can tek T lad art a Ponty,but tha car't tek Ponty art at t lad"

What is all this about cribbing who the presenters are ? The most important thing is The sport of Rugby League is coming to Channel 4 .

Well of course that wasnt " Our Year " or years , but it did come about

For Briscoe testimonial is pretty good

I just wish they would it done and do the research properly by visiting other renouned museums and attractions. We dont want anything cheapskate.

Ok I will cheers

In other sports they have a universal ruling body ,but Australians make up their own rules up with no consultation and usually we follow suit .

There has just been the European football championships and the copa America and the whole world was gripped. I'm not a football person ,but I take an interest. Cant the Australians see our sport needs to show itself as a world sport in a well presented tournament. Otherwise???

The Australian RL think they are sitting pretty in their sporting backwater under no threat from any other sport and dont need to promote the sport internationally, but the most popular sport in the world does because that's how it became the world most populous sport by promoting itself and it will be moving into NRL territory and it will win. Dont be so smug and insular NRL

Didnt his mother go live over there to be with her sons? If she is still over there it must be awful for her

" The words I Never Wrote " by Jane Thynne Thynne writes a lot about this period . She has quite a grasp on Nazi Germany

The great Ray Batten passed away on his 75th birthday RIP Ray

Yes just seen it died suddenly apparently. Condolences to his family friends and all his many former team mates RIP

when I had experiences of Wigan away from the game it reminded me of Pudsey and Morley were quite few years ago friendly much different from area's of Leeds

Is this a rugby league forum or one about rival Civic Pride ? It's ok asking about places to stay and visit when coming for a game ,but all our hometowns have got their nice and not so nice places and some have got good teams

once got lost driving round wigan on one of our earlier visits to the DW and called in a couple of pubs for directions and they seemed ok . I wonder if 15s or whatever its called is getting the tourist footfall ? bit like The Blind Beggar in London. Sorry

the Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck .Fascinating it's 1930s and the dust bowl migrants from Oklahoma having to camp in shanty towns and the locals of California not very welcoming treating them like dirt and these were American citizens not illegal Mexicans

read a few articles not that one . in the this story the group are fighting the Tudors in Wales before they head north

Kingmaker by Toby Clements .At last I've found a novel featuring The Battle of Towton

Ranulph Fiennes AGINCOURT My family ,the Battle for ,and the fight for France.

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