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Over 30 years ago my mother invited me in to meet a centenarian who lived in the nursing home (in Australia) where she worked. He was a very sprightly and chatty man who had a very old picture on

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Levi Roots sporting a Jamaican RL shirt on ITV’s ‘James Martin Saturday Morning’. 👍🏻

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Completely unrelated to Milton Jones but every time I see a new country taking up the game or I read about the game being played in places like Nigeria, Brazil and Jamaica, it baffles me that the global reach for the game is what it is. 

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Many years ago 1984/5 saw a game taking place in a park in Barcelona, unfortunately we were driving but it was definitely league 

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Me and a mate went to visit a friend in Washington DC a few years ago and ended up playing touch rugby on a Saturday morning close to the Washington monument. Most of the Americans didn't realise there were 2 codes of rugby, but we soon educated them as to which one they were playing.

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1 hour ago, Cumbrian Fanatic said:

Me and a mate went to visit a friend in Washington DC a few years ago and ended up playing touch rugby on a Saturday morning close to the Washington monument. Most of the Americans didn't realise there were 2 codes of rugby, but we soon educated them as to which one they were playing.

Keep up the good work.

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On BBC Breakfast just a few mins ago.

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I was in malta

And saw about 20 blokes doing rugby league training

I wanted to join in but id had a few beers

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On 17/06/2022 at 20:32, Cumbrian Fanatic said:

Me and a mate went to visit a friend in Washington DC a few years ago and ended up playing touch rugby on a Saturday morning close to the Washington monument. Most of the Americans didn't realise there were 2 codes of rugby, but we soon educated them as to which one they were playing.

Those Americans now spend time reminiscing about the time they played Rugby with 2 Aussies who didn't even know the correct Rugby rules...

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I'm not sure about Rugby League in strange places but I have one for strange places in Rugby League. 

Widnes.

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1 hour ago, Mr Frisky said:

Those Americans now spend time reminiscing about the time they played Rugby with 2 Aussies who didn't even know the correct Rugby rules...

Most Americans I've met think I'm Scottish, my mates from London but he likes to use Cumbrian phrases (mainly to confuse other Londoners) so they might have thought he was an Aussie.

If I remember correctly, there was an Aussie there, there was certainly an Argentinian

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One strange place where rugby league should be played but isn't: The Operational Rules Tribunal.

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In the 1990s London Broncos shirts on sale in Windsor as they had the word LONDON on them and most tourists hadn't a clue who they were!

Oh and vintage RL shirts on sale at a clothes shop in Slough market. Caribbean gent who ran it again had no idea what they were, he just liked the design!

Now as for the Hull KR away (explosion in a paint factory) shirt on sale at Bluewater . . . . . . . . . 

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I'm up in Scotland and Border TV have just had a 2022 round-up show. Obviously the death of the Queen dominated, but when it came to sport, the Jamaica RL team got a mention, along with the Tour of Britain cycling and Doddie Weir.

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58 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

I'm up in Scotland and Border TV have just had a 2022 round-up show. Obviously the death of the Queen dominated, but when it came to sport, the Jamaica RL team got a mention, along with the Tour of Britain cycling and Doddie Weir.

No prizes for guessing which two of them I saw live.

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1 hour ago, Futtocks said:

I'm up in Scotland and Border TV have just had a 2022 round-up show. Obviously the death of the Queen dominated, but when it came to sport, the Jamaica RL team got a mention, along with the Tour of Britain cycling and Doddie Weir.

Border television covers Cumbria too, that's probably why Jamaica got a mention

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The Challenge Cup early rounds always shows the coverage of Rugby League. We could have games in Bedford, Brentwood, Penryn, Hammersmith, Pontypridd, Aldershot and Jarrow in the opening couple of rounds in 2023. 

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