Vyvyan Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 I remember it well. There were a few British victories at home but they were rare. Away from home the British teams were mostly thrashed. A lot of teams treated it as a holiday and were duly pumped. Wigan beat the Bulldogs IIRC which was a good effort. The Bulls nearly beat Penrith at home. Leeds beat Adelaide or was it Perth with Paul Sterling scoring a stunner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDR Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 On 17/03/2023 at 11:36, EggFace said: I think Bradford Bulls were the only club that drew great crowds. Even though I'm not a Bulls fan I was living in Bradford at the time and got very cheap entry to matches with a leisure card I had. I really enjoyed seeing some of the good Aussie sides, and good atmosphere as you'd expect. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R L Winger Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Bring it back in full 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 5 minutes ago, R L Winger said: Bring it back in full Couldn't agree more RLW. 2 warning points Non-Political Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonM Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 I remember going to one of the games at the Stoop, the Broncos smashed Canberra. London got better attendances for their first two home games in round 4 and 5 than any of the Australian clubs did. That was the year they finished second in SL, IIRC. Like a couple of others have posted, I was backpacking in Australia in 96 & 97. Caught a load of ARL & SL games in Australia and then back to the UK in time to see some of these games too. The gap now is surely much wider I would think. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DlEHARD Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 I was at the Broncos vs Auckland Warriors Semi at ANZ Stadium (QE2) 1 DIEHARD / TITAN / MAROON / KANGAROO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 I remember Halifax v Brisbane at Thrum Hall, only 3,500 to see arguably the greatest club side in the world 🫤 "Freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice, socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality" - Mikhail Bakunin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DACS Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 A lot of people stopped going to the later matches because the SL sides were generally so outmatched it all got a bit embarrassing. If it was replayed again today you'd probably see even bigger scorelines against SL teams, interspersed with a few narrow wins on our side. I don't think the gap is much bigger than it was, but the game has moved on. British sides would get physically battered a lot of the time, and the mistakes made in SL would get punished much more (unforced errors being my pet peeve with England). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrewxi Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 On 17/03/2023 at 16:12, Whippet13 said: They played Canberra (won), Brisbane and Canterbury (both lost) - decent crowds, for London, I recall. The canberra game was fantastic. I remember watching it atvtge time, but I dontbyhink it was live most likely a mud week repeat on sky. But I found it on YouTube a few years back and watched again. Shaun Edwards came on as a sub and seem to completely change the match around. What a player! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrewxi Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 On 20/03/2023 at 14:08, Phil said: I remember Halifax v Brisbane at Thrum Hall, only 3,500 to see arguably the greatest club side in the world 🫤 A few probably turned up for the Broncos too. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Click Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 On 17/03/2023 at 16:12, Whippet13 said: They played Canberra (won), Brisbane and Canterbury (both lost) - decent crowds, for London, I recall. I was only 5 and remember the Canberra and Canterbury games (My only real memory of the Canterbury game was that they had a blonde player who my mum hated and thought was a dirty player, and let everyone know that ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports Prophet Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Would love to see it again, I just can’t think of a suitable time of year to host it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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