GB v Australia memories

[Gooleboy]

With the Kangaroos due to visit soon, wouldn't it be great to see crowds like this or bigger. Just under 31k at the iconic Station Road, Swinton in 1963.

[Damien]

Nice photo, looks great. I'm sure we'll get crowds bigger than that, stadiums permitting.

[graveyard johnny]

1 hour ago, Gooleboy said:

With the Kangaroos due to visit soon, wouldn't it be great to see crowds like this or bigger. Just under 31k at the iconic Station Road, Swinton in 1963.

the days before sport lost its soul - download an app and after hours of frustration be confined to a plastic seat for 2 hours if you havent lost interest by then - great picture of better days mate - thanks

[warriors 95]

2 hours ago, Gooleboy said:

With the Kangaroos due to visit soon, wouldn't it be great to see crowds like this or bigger. Just under 31k at the iconic Station Road, Swinton in 1963.

Looks like the Australians are performing some sort of Aussie haka.

[warriors 95]

2 hours ago, Damien said:

Nice photo, looks great. I'm sure we'll get crowds bigger than that, stadiums permitting.

I think with the huge gap between the last ashes series held on English soil and this current England side being strong and very talented will see the  RFL pick 3 inspired choices of venues with the English RL fans flocking to them.

[Gooleboy]

6 minutes ago, warriors 95 said:

Looks like the Australians are performing some sort of Aussie haka.

Yes, they always did a pre match war cry. 

[warriors 95]

9 minutes ago, Gooleboy said:

Yes, they always did a pre match war cry. 

Really?

[Gooleboy]

Just now, warriors 95 said:

Really?

Yes. I can't remember when they stopped doing it. I saw them do it at Featherstone in 73. They did it facing the crowd, not the opposition.

[Dullish Mood]

1 hour ago, graveyard johnny said:

the days before sport lost its soul - download an app and after hours of frustration be confined to a plastic seat for 2 hours if you havent lost interest by then - great picture of better days mate - thanks

Better days?  Why?  Were you much happier then?

[warriors 95]

10 minutes ago, Gooleboy said:

Yes. I can't remember when they stopped doing it. I saw them do it at Featherstone in 73. They did it facing the crowd, not the opposition.

Seems bizarre but the majority of the kiwis team around the same time would have been white of European ancestry as well.

[Gooleboy]

3 minutes ago, warriors 95 said:

Seems bizarre but the majority of the kiwis team around the same time would have been white of European ancestry as well.

They were. Here's the Kangaroos doing the war cry at Wilderspool.

[M j M]

They did it for decades, it's a quite well known bit of RL history.

 

[Gooleboy]

Another bit of Kangaroos nostalgia. Not against GB, but Blackpool Borough!

[Hopie]

The England RL youtube channel is adding highlights of previous encounters as the weeks go by:
https://www.youtube.com/@RugbyLeagueEngland/videos

[Gooleboy]

I don't want to over do it, but here is Terry Ramshaw scoring for Featherstone at a packed POR on a Wednesday afternoon in 1959. The Rovers won, and repated the feat against the 1963 tourists.

[graveyard johnny]

30 minutes ago, Dullish Mood said:

Better days?  Why?  Were you much happier then?

100%

[Dullish Mood]

24 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

100%

Why?

[JT RL]

Jonathon Davies into the corner.. what a turn of pace 

[M j M]

1 hour ago, Dullish Mood said:

Why?

Even when the world is healthier and wealthier, some people just don't like change.

[Liverpool Rover]

2 hours ago, JT RL said:

Jonathon Davies into the corner.. what a turn of pace 

I was sat at the corner where Shaun Edwards was sent off. He spent a while standing in front of us and he got a load of abuse about how he had just cost us the game.

[Anita Bath]

Bradford 2nd test 1978 and Boothferry Park 1st test 1982

 

The end of one era and the start of another. Wonderful games.

[Dullish Mood]

2 hours ago, M j M said:

Even when the world is healthier and wealthier, some people just don't like change.

Exactly, the “good old days” always annoys me tbh.  It’s utter nonsense, be happy where you are now.  

[Adelaide Tiger]

Third Test 1978.  Me (14 years old), my cousin (13) caught the bus into Cas, then onto Leeds bus station and then found the bus for Headingley.  Big crowd, big adventure for us including managing to find our way home.

Shame about the result but we were chuffed to find out that a lot of mates at school had seen us on TV as in those days you could walk along the side of the pitch in front of the South Stand during play.

[Hopie]

Please don't suggest life was better in the past in the nostalgia thread.

[Andy JG]

My first ever test match.. 1978 GB v Australia at Central Park..

I remember it vividly.

Bus with schoolfriends....stood behind the posts at the clubhouse end.

It was a really good, close game. 

GB went ahead well into the 2nd half with a John Bevan kick and chase try scored at our end, but the Aussies scored pretty much immediately to regain the lead. 

Main memories were how Ray Price stared at the posts, arms in the air, with his back to the kicker when Fairbairn was kicking a penalty.

Also a full fist fight between Steve Nash and Tommy Raudonikis both getting sent off.

One of my best ever childhood RL memories.  

Lions 9		–	15 Australia
Match URL	www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7899
Status	Completed
Date	Saturday, 21st October, 1978
Referee	Ron Campbell
Venue	Central Park (Wigan)
Crowd	17,644
Official Player of the Match	Rod Reddy
Match Stats
Halftime Score	6	–	6
Great Britain	Scoresheet			Australia
John BEVAN		T		Kerry BOUSTEAD
				Bob FULTON
George FAIRBAIRN	3	G	4	Michael CRONIN
		FG		Bob FULTON
Steve NASH		OFF		Tom RAUDONIKIS
Great Britain	Teams			Australia
George FAIRBAIRN	1	FB	1	Graham EADIE [Manly]
Stuart WRIGHT	2	W	2	Kerry BOUSTEAD
Eric HUGHES	3	C	3	Steve ROGERS [Cronulla]
Eddie CUNNINGHAM	4	C	4	Michael CRONIN [Parramatta]
John BEVAN	5	W	5	Chris ANDERSON [Canterbury]
Roger MILLWARD (c)	6	FE	6	Bob FULTON (c) [Eastern Suburbs]
Steve NASH	7	HB	7	Tom RAUDONIKIS [Western Suburbs]
Jimmy THOMPSON	8	FR	8	Graham OLLING [Parramatta]
David WARD	9	HK	9	Max KRILICH [Manly]
Paul ROSE	10	FR	10	Craig YOUNG [St George]
George NICHOLLS	11	2R	11	Geoff GERARD [Parramatta]
Len CASEY	12	2R	12	Rod REDDY [St George]
Steve NORTON	13	L	13	Ray PRICE [Parramatta]
John HOLMES	14	B
Phil HOGAN	15	B
Peter FOX		HC		Frank STANTON

 

Edited December 7, 2024 by Andy JG
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