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2 hours ago, Heritage XIII said:

Anyone who shops on Etsy, came across this photo of the 1936 GB touring team for sale

https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/548336590/english-rugby-league-team-photograph?ref=shop_home_active_57

 

You mean 1936 England team, not "GB" team.  No such team as Great Britain existed before 1948.  I have a JPEG of a program cover from 1937 which clearly says England.

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And before this they toured as the Northern Union. Ashes Tours are Ashes Tours though - they died when we switched to Summer.

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7 hours ago, Big Picture said:

You mean 1936 England team, not "GB" team.  No such team as Great Britain existed before 1948.  I have a JPEG of a program cover from 1937 which clearly says England.

I have a replica of the 1932 and 1950's GB shirts and they both have the emblem of all 4 home nations, so definitely GB.

http://ellisrugby.com/product/gbrl-vintage-rugger/

Some tourists were Welsh too such. Doesnt matter what the Aussies put on a cover - it is wrong. The Aussies have often mistakenly called GB England even in the 80's

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Its still wrong though, the team was England. Obviously GB would be more accurate but as repeatedly posted, GB came in for 1948. Probably Lions came I at the same time.k

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27 minutes ago, Lobbygobbler said:

I have a replica of the 1932 and 1950's GB shirts and they both have the emblem of all 4 home nations, so definitely GB.

http://ellisrugby.com/product/gbrl-vintage-rugger/

Some tourists were Welsh too such. Doesnt matter what the Aussies put on a cover - it is wrong. The Aussies have often mistakenly called GB England even in the 80's

I wouldn’t put much stock in a company selling “replica” rugby shirts.

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7 hours ago, Big Picture said:

You mean 1936 England team, not "GB" team.  No such team as Great Britain existed before 1948.  I have a JPEG of a program cover from 1937 which clearly says England.

1946 was the first official GB tour later known as the Indomitables.

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1 hour ago, bird said:

Its still wrong though, the team was England. Obviously GB would be more accurate but as repeatedly posted, GB came in for 1948. Probably Lions came I at the same time.k

Its GB - Jim Sullivan on the 1932 tour was Welsh, as were many others.

why would the emblem have all four home nations on?

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1 hour ago, deluded pom? said:

I wouldn’t put much stock in a company selling “replica” rugby shirts.

Why? It's an exact replica of the badge and "V" and also came with a nice booklet explaining the history of the 1932 GB team

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2 hours ago, deluded pom? said:

1946 was the first official GB tour later known as the Indomitables.

Sorry, my mistake.  It was 1946, not 1948.

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9 hours ago, Lobbygobbler said:

Why? It's an exact replica of the badge and "V" and also came with a nice booklet explaining the history of the 1932 GB team

I looked on wiki (not the be all and end all I know) and they are contradictory across articles. I was always under the impression GB only came into being in 1946. There are plenty of references to this when the resurrection of GB is discussed on here.

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