rlno1 Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 Well worth a read https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/129076597/how-the-1971-kiwis-shocked-the-rugby-league-world-with-historic-series-win-in-england?fbclid=IwAR1dUI9J_KdwV8rwp-6zJEgVEVqZucAH7BeOJKPocQrBg0EEQ8dT6v62Yoc 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sentoffagain2 Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 I was at the game against Wakey .Kiwis won 23-12 with a crowd of just over 5000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StandOffHalf Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 Fantastic read. Thanks ever so much for pointing me towards it! I wonder who the three Kiwis are that they weren't able to track down for the reunion. Quite a sad aspect to the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUBRATS Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 One of if not the 1 st game I ever saw live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 13 hours ago, rlno1 said: Well worth a read https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/129076597/how-the-1971-kiwis-shocked-the-rugby-league-world-with-historic-series-win-in-england?fbclid=IwAR1dUI9J_KdwV8rwp-6zJEgVEVqZucAH7BeOJKPocQrBg0EEQ8dT6v62Yoc A proper long-form, in-depth article. Fantastic stuff! "We are easily breakable, by illness or falling, or a million other ways of leaving this earthly life. We are just so much mashed potato." Don Estelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anita Bath Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Rochdale Hornets had the honour of hosting the first game of the tour. I remember it well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latchford albion Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 I enjoyed reading that. One of my first games was the tour match at Wilderspool where Warrington won 13 - 2. Checking the score on the rugby league project, I noticed the crowd for that game, at 6,295, was bigger than any of the test match attendances. How come the crowds for the tests were so low? I know the article says that the games were live on TV, but 3, 4 and 5 thousand is shocking. "I'm a traditionalist and I don"t think you'd ever see me coaching an Australian national side!" Lee Radford, RLW March 2016 Proud to be a member of the TRL woke claque Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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