Memories

[Gooleboy]

Bit of nostalgia here, a shot of Blackpool Borough playing the Australian touring team. Great days.

[Cerulean]

Just guessing: could that be Peter Stirling?

[17 stone giant]

Would that be 1982?

[Fevrover]

I liked the Boro kit. Remember Rovers getting a giant stick of rock and then Blackpool got a rugby ball made of liquorice in the return game.

[JonM]

Opening game of the 1978 tour - won 39-1 by the Kangaroos? Drop goal for Bak Diabara.

[JonM]

Could it be Tommy Raudonikis with the ball? It's hard to tell.

[graveyard johnny]

might post a nostalgia video of England playing them - it seems that long ago

[Ullman]

1 minute ago, JonM said:

Could it be Tommy Raudonikis with the ball? It's hard to tell.

It's not Sterlo if it's 1978. Could well be Raudonikis or Bobby Fulton perhaps.

[JonM]

1 minute ago, Ullman said:

It's not Sterlo if it's 1978. Could well be Raudonikis or Bobby Fulton perhaps.

Steve Martin also played stand-off on that tour. I think my dad went to this game (if it's the right one), so I could probably find the programme if I looked.

[Whippet13]

1978 tour, famous wins for Warrington and France (twice)

Kangaroos Tour 1978 - RLP (rugbyleagueproject.org)

[Gomersall]

24 minutes ago, Whippet13 said:

1978 tour, famous wins for Warrington and France (twice)

Kangaroos Tour 1978 - RLP (rugbyleagueproject.org)

Widnes also beat the Kangaroos on that tour. They were the last British club side to beat Australia.

Edited August 2, 2023 by Gomersall

[Anita Bath]

Its Tommy Ridiculous…..Martin was back sub #14.

[JonM]

3 hours ago, Gomersall said:

Widnes also beat the Kangaroos on that tour. They were the last British club side to beat Australia.

45 years ago, possibly something that will never happen again.

Must have been a tough place to visit - an absolutely rammed Naughton Park where the crowd had spilled over the boundary wall and lining the sides of the pitch.

[Gooleboy]

6 hours ago, Fevrover said:

I liked the Boro kit. Remember Rovers getting a giant stick of rock and then Blackpool got a rugby ball made of liquorice in the return game.

Blackpool's shirt was a favourite or many in the day.

[rlno1]

The Australian players are from top Greg Oliphant, Craig Young and Bob Fulton.....not sure of the one in bottom left corner in number 4?

[Rolymole]

Ah, the good old days when you could be the shape of that Borough prop and still get a game against the Kangaroos.

[daz39]

Incidentally i believe this was the last time the Australians played a tour match against a non top flight team.

We were actually winning 2-0 at one point.

[Hull Kingston Bronco]

Brilliant. I've still got a Blackpool Borough scarf from the old 'The Tangerine Dream' fanzine days, before this new-fangled interwebs thingy... showing my age  

[Gooleboy]

Our last game against Australia in 1973. An 13 - 18 defeat, but a cracking game.

[Futtocks]

Is the furthest-away Kangaroo Steve Mortimer maybe?

[Gomersall]

Just now, Futtocks said:

Is the furthest-away Kangaroo Steve Mortimer maybe?

Too early for Mortimer. He didn’t debut for the Kangaroos until 1981.

[Futtocks]

44 minutes ago, Gomersall said:

Too early for Mortimer. He didn’t debut for the Kangaroos until 1981.

Ah, I saw the post suggesting it was 1982, but you're right about the real date being too early.

[sam4731]

On 02/08/2023 at 16:28, graveyard johnny said:

might post a nostalgia video of England playing them - it seems that long ago

I know its slightly off topic but has there been a longer period of time than the 8 years that it will be between tests between England/GB and Australia?

[Gomersall]

47 minutes ago, sam4731 said:

I know it’s slightly off topic but has there been a longer period of time than the 8 years that it will be between tests between England/GB and Australia?

December 1937 to June 1946.

[Anita Bath]

7 hours ago, Gomersall said:

December 1937 to June 1946.

Those Australians pulled out again did they?