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Prior to the Super League war, a Kangaroo Tour to England and France was the pinnacle of every rugby league player’s career (apart from winning the respective premierships in Sydney and Brisbane).

In 1982, the Australian rugby league team, the Kangaroos, went on a tour of England and France.

The 1982 Kangaroos had in their side players such as Wally Lewis, Brett Kenny, Max Krilich, Craig Young, Peter Sterling, Steve Rogers, Mal Meninga, Ray Price and Wayne Pearce.

Before the tour, the Kangaroos split into two squads, one team to play Papua New Guinea, the other side Western Australia in an exhibition game. Both games were won in very easy fashion by the Kangaroos.

Coach Frank Stanton made an interesting selection choice prior to the opening tour match against Hull Kingston Rovers, when he named Brett Kenny and Peter Sterling as the five-eighth and half back ahead of Lewis and Steve Mortimer.

Both Kenny and Sterling kept Lewis and Mortimer out of the first Test line-up against Great Britain. Pearce and Eric Grothe also made their Test debuts.

The Kangaroos won 40-4, which sent alarm bells ringing in British rugby league.

In fact, the Kangaroos went on to win every game on the tour of Britain and France, and came home known as ‘The Invincibles.’

Players like Lewis, Kenny, Sterling, Pearce, Meninga heralded a new golden era of Australian rugby league.

That is, until the Super League war began.

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1982 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France

1982 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France explained

The 1982 Kangaroo tour was the fifteenth Kangaroo tour where the Australian national rugby league team played a number of matches against British and French rugby league teams, in addition to the Test matches. The Australia national rugby league team have generally since 1908 barring wartime, toured Great Britain every four years often capping the tour with matches and Tests in France. This regular touring side (and in recent years all Australian representative sides) are known as the Kangaroos .

The 1982 Kangaroos, coached by Frank Stanton dominated, winning both Test series against Great Britain (three Tests) and France (two Tests); winning every match of the tour and earning the nickname The Invincibles . This was the first Kangaroo undefeated touring side winning twenty-two matches played and scoring 1,005 points with 120 against at an average of 45.6 points per game while conceding only 5.4 points per game. The twenty-eight player squad was captained by Max Krilich , with Wally Lewis his deputy. The next Kangaroo Tour was staged in 1986 .

Touring party

The team was coached by the tough and single-minded Balmain Tigers coach Frank Stanton who demanded great discipline and focus from his sides and who was making his third tour. Stanton's first tour came as a player in 1963–64 , while this was his second consecutive as coach after also coaching the 1978 Kangaroo tour . Manly-Warringah 's Max Krilich was making his second Kangaroo tour and was named captain and carried out his duties coolly and with great application. [1] Queensland captain Wally Lewis was named as tour vice-captain.

Interviewed by journalist/author Ian Whiticker in 2004 Krilich said about the talented squad; "The players in that squad were yet to reach their full potential. We were criticised as a weak side, but nobody knew how great a player Wayne Pearce was going to be on the tour. Wally Lewis was still in his early 20s, and many of the Queenslanders were in the early stages of their careers" . He also spoke of Stanton (who was his Manly-Warringah club coach when he had won the 1976 and 1978 NSWRFL premierships, the second of which Krilich was captain of the Sea Eagles): "Frank was a mentally tough coach who totally believed in what he told his players. Great credit must go to Stanton who played down the accomplishment and kept our heads straight." [2]

While the pair did not enjoy an easy relationship, mostly due to Stanton not being impressed with his attitude to training or habits on tour which actually caused him to put on weight, Wally Lewis also found respect for Stanton he had not previously experienced after making his test debut under him against France in 1981. After missing selection for the first Test in Hull in favour of Parramatta 's 1982 premiership winning Brett Kenny , Stanton challenged Lewis to get back into shape and win his way back into the Test team, something he achieved with selection on the bench for the second Test in Wigan and the third Test in Leeds . Lewis later admitted that early on in the tour his poor attitude did not sit well with Stanton and that it had led to his missing first test selection. Although this was his first Kangaroo Tour, it was not the first tour of Great Britain and France for Lewis who had been a member of the 1977 Australian Schoolboys rugby union tour of Japan, Great Britain and France, a team that included future dual-rugby international Michael O'Connor as well as the Ella brothers Mark , Gary and Glen , cousins of 1982 tourist Steve Ella .

Six players from the 1982 NSWRL premiership winning Parramatta Eels were selected in the squad, a new Kangaroo tour record for the club with all six players playing in at least one test each on the tour. Manly, the team they defeated in the inaugural Winfield Cup Grand Final, also had six players selected. One Manly player considered unlucky not to tour was their Queensland back rower Paul Vautin who had made his test debut earlier in the year against New Zealand and was one of Manly's best in their run to the Grand Final. His non-selection came as a shock to many and rumours started that he had missed out due to the NSW vs Qld selection room politics which prevailed at the time and that he had been a trade-off for a NSW player to be selected (ironically Vautin would be back into the test team for the first test against New Zealand in 1983). 1982 Brisbane premiers Wynnum-Manly had two players selected ( Gene Miles and Rod Morris ), while the team they defeated in the BRL Grand Final Souths Magpies were represented by Mal Meninga .

One notable absentee was Western Suburbs Terry Lamb who had represented NSW in the 1981 State of Origin game . Lamb was originally selected to tour but declined to do so due to his upcoming wedding to his fiancé Kim. [3]

Tour managers were the Newtown administrator Frank Farrington and Queenslands, Tom Drysdale. Open Rugby magazine claimed the Australians had brought "a new dimension of excitement and adventure" to the game and former England great Alex Murphy , who called each test for the BBC alongside Ray French , called then "men from another planet." [1]

This was the first Kangaroo tour since the introduction of State of Origin and it allowed Queensland to counter New South Wales' long dominance in representative selection with a record-equalling eleven Queenslanders selected for the tour. [4] This was a considerable increase on the Queensland representation in the 1978 Kangaroos when only three players were selected. Two of those players, Kerry Boustead and Rod Morris , were also members of the 1982 Kangaroos.

Despite there being a record number, the selection of only 11 Queenslander's in the 28 man touring squad was controversial. Queensland had won the 1982 State of Origin series despite being comparatively under prepared due to the NSWRFL clubs refusing to release their Queensland players for pre-series training. Among the Queensland Origin representatives to miss selection were Manly-Warringah's Paul Vautin and Chris Close (who had been the Man of the Match in both Origin games in 1980 and 1981 ), Wynnum-Manly fullback Colin Scott and South Sydney outside back Mitch Brennan .

Future Kangaroos captain Mal Meninga, making the first of his record four consecutive Kangaroo Tours, was the leading point scorer on tour with 166 from 10 tries and 68 goals, including 48 points in the three Tests against Great Britain (2 tries, 21 goals), and 17 points in the two Tests against France (1 try, 7 goals). John Ribot was the leading try scorer on tour with 25 from just 14 games, including a try in the 3rd test against Great Britain. Ribot added 20 goals to his points tally to join Meninga as the only players on tour to score over 100 points.

|- style="background:#ccf;"| Player | Club | Position(s) | Tests | Matches | Tries | Goals | F/Goals | Points |- style="background:#fff;"| Chris Anderson | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | | 0| 12| 8| 0| 0| 24|- style="background:#fff;"| Kerry Boustead | Eastern Suburbs Roosters | | 6| 13| 9| 0| 0| 27|- style="background:#fff;"| Les Boyd | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | | 3| 14| 3| 0| 0| 9|- style="background:#fff;"| Greg Brentnall | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | | 6| 13| 3| 0| 0| 9|- style="background:#fff;"| Ray Brown | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | | 0| 14| 0| 0| 0| 0|- style="background:#fff;"| Greg Conescu | Norths Devils (Qld)| | 0| 14| 2| 1| 0| 8|- style="background:#fff;"| Steve Ella | Parramatta Eels | | 0| 13| 21| 1| 0| 65|- style="background:#fff;"| Eric Grothe | Parramatta Eels | | 4| 14| 21| 1| 0| 65|- style="background:#fff;"| Rohan Hancock | Wattles (Darling Downs, Qld)| | 1| 10| 0| 0| 0| 0|- style="background:#fff;"| Brett Kenny | Parramatta Eels | | 6| 12| 6| 0| 0| 18|- style="background:#fff;"| Max Krilich (c)| Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | | 6| 12| 1| 0| 0| 3|- style="background:#fff;"| Wally Lewis (vc)| Fortitude Valley Diehards (Qld)| | 3| 14| 3| 9| 0| 27|- style="background:#fff;"| Paul McCabe | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | | 3| 13| 7| 0| 0| 21|- style="background:#fff;"| Don McKinnon | North Sydney Bears | | 0| 10| 3| 1| 0| 11|- style="background:#fff;"| Mal Meninga | Souths Logan Magpies (Qld)| | 6| 14| 10| 68| 0| 166|- style="background:#fff;"| Gene Miles | Wynnum-Manly Seagulls (Qld)| | 0| 11| 1| 0| 0| 3|- style="background:#fff;"| Rod Morris | Wynnum-Manly Seagulls (Qld)| | 0| 12| 0| 0| 0| 0|- style="background:#fff;"| Steve Mortimer | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | | 0| 9| 6| 1| 0| 20|- style="background:#fff;"| John Muggleton | Parramatta Eels | | 1| 14| 9| 0| 0| 27|- style="background:#fff;"| Mark Murray | Fortitude Valley Diehards (Qld)| | 0| 10| 4| 1| 0| 14|- style="background:#fff;"| Wayne Pearce | Balmain Tigers | | 5| 13| 5| 0| 0| 15|- style="background:#fff;"| Ray Price | Parramatta Eels | | 3| 9| 2| 0| 0| 6|- style="background:#fff;"| John Ribot | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | | 2| 14| 25| 20| 0| 115|- style="background:#fff;"| Rod Reddy | St George Dragons | | 4| 12| 2| 0| 0| 6|- style="background:#fff;"| Steve Rogers | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | | 5| 16| 10| 7| 0| 44|- style="background:#fff;"| Ian Schubert | Eastern Suburbs Roosters | | 0| 12| 3| 0| 0| 9|- style="background:#fff;"| Peter Sterling | Parramatta Eels | | 5| 12| 8| 0| 0| 24|- style="background:#fff;"| Craig Young | St George Dragons | | 4| 11| 1| 0| 0| 3|-

The touring side was represented by 17 New South Welshmen (N) and 11 Queensland ers (Q).

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (5): Max Krilich (captain) (N), John Ribot (Q), Les Boyd (N), Paul McCabe (Q), Ray Brown (N)
Parramatta Eels (6): Brett Kenny (N), Peter Sterling (N), Steve Ella (N), Eric Grothe (N), Ray Price (N), John Muggleton (N)
Canterbury Bulldogs (3): Greg Brentnall (N), Chris Anderson (N), Steve Mortimer (N)
Fortitude Valley Diehards (2): Wally Lewis (vice-captain) (Q), Mark Murray (Q)
St George Dragons (2): Rod Reddy (Q), Craig Young (N)
Wynnum-Manly Seagulls (2): Gene Miles (Q), Rod Morris (Q)
Balmain Tigers (1): Wayne Pearce (N)
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (1): Steve Rogers (N)
Eastern Suburbs Roosters (2): Ian Schubert (N), Kerry Boustead (Q)
Norths Devils (1): Greg Conescu (Q)
North Sydney Bears (1): Don McKinnon (N)
Souths Magpies (1): Mal Meninga (Q)
Warwick Wattles (1): Rohan Hancock (Q)

Papua New Guinea and Western Australia

Before flying to England, half the squad, led by Kangaroos vice-captain Wally Lewis , went to Perth to play Western Australia , while the other half, along with coach Stanton, travelled to Papua New Guinea for Australia's first ever Test match against the Papua New Guinea Kumuls , won 38–2 by the Kangaroos. Nine of the players who travelled to PNG with Stanton would go on to play in the first Test against Great Britain. Winger John Ribot crossed for four tries (though he would be overlooked for the first two Ashes Tests in favour of Eric Grothe ), while fullback Greg Brentnall scored twice. Other try scorers for the Kangaroos were Kerry Boustead , Brett Kenny , Mal Meninga and Steve Rogers , while Meninga kicked 4 goals. Peter Sterling , Brett Kenny, Mark Murray and Ray Brown made their test debuts in the match.

Those missing from the 2nd test win over New Zealand earlier in the year at the Sydney Cricket Ground were Michael Cronin who did not tour, and Wally Lewis , Steve Mortimer , Les Boyd and Rod Morris who played in Perth on the same day. Of the quartet that played in Perth, only Boyd would go on to play in the first test against Great Britain.

In Perth, the Kangaroos crossed for 13 tries (with Eric Grothe bagging four) and predictably defeated WA 57–5.

Great Britain

Once on English soil controversy surfaced when the incumbent Australian Test halves from the mid-year tests against New Zealand , Steve Mortimer and Wally Lewis (both had played the game against WA in Perth), were incomprehensibly not chosen for the opening match. Instead, Stanton chose to go with the halves from the test against Papua New Guinea, Parramatta's Grand Final winning duo Peter Sterling and Brett Kenny . The Eels pair took the field against Hull Kingston Rovers and, playing alongside nine of the eventual first Test team, set about locking up their positions for the first Test on 30 October.

Leading up to the first Test at the Boothferry Park ground in Hull , the Kangaroos also played a tour international match against Wales at Ninian Park in Cardiff on 24 October. The match was played in heavy rain in front of 5,617 fans and Australia, captained by Wally Lewis, ran in nine tries to one in a 37–7 rout. The game marked the first time Lewis, who would take over the Test captaincy in 1984, captained Australia in an international match.

Fiery forward Les Boyd enhanced his reputation for the rough play when he was sent off twice on tour. He was sent off in the first game of the tour against Hull Kingston Rovers at Craven Park , and in the second Test against the Lions at Central Park in Wigan . He was also sin-binned in the third Ashes Test at Headingley in Leeds .

Test Venues

The three Ashes series tests took place at the following venues.

Hull KR led the Kangaroos 8–5 at half time but that was as good as it got for Roger Millward's men as the Kangaroos piled on 25 points to just 2 in the second half to run out easy 30–10 winners. Man of the Match Mal Meninga lit up Craven Park on his first taste of football on English soil, scoring a try and kicking 6 goals in the win.----

The Kangaroos played an international against Wales at Ninian Park in Cardiff . This was the first time Wally Lewis (playing in the unfamiliar position of centre) would captain Australia against an international team.

Playing fullback, Steve Ella pressed for test selection by scoring 4 tries in the game. Only two players from the team, second row forward Rod Reddy and reserve winger Kerry Boustead , were considered certainties for selection in the upcoming 1st Ashes test.

The Ashes series

Due to sponsorship reasons, the 1982 Ashes was known as the "Dominion Insurance Test series".

While Australia's side for the opening Test was built around the new breed of young players such as Eric Grothe , Wayne Pearce , Mal Meninga , Brett Kenny and Peter Sterling mixing with veterans Craig Young , Les Boyd , Ray Price , Rod Reddy , Kerry Boustead , Steve Rogers and captain Max Krilich , Great Britain chose five players aged over 30. The only player over the age of 30 for the Kangaroos first test team was Krilich who had turned 33 only five days prior to the test. Great Britain were captained by veteran Leeds hooker David Ward . Making his debut for the Lions was Hull F.C. teenager Lee Crooks who was also handed the goal kicking duties in preference to George Fairbairn . Wayne Pearce was awarded the Man of the Match award after throwing the last pass for four tries and scoring a try himself.

Great Britain did well in the first half to trail by only 10–4 at half time, but the two penalty goals by debutante second rower Lee Crooks was as good as it got for the home side. In the second half the Kangaroos unleashed their skills and fitness, and blazed six tries to leave the British game, and most of the 26,771 strong crowd packed into Hull's Boothferry Park stunned. The game was Australia's 5th straight win over Great Britain, dating back to the final Test of the 1978 Kangaroo Tour and including the 3–0 whitewash of the Lions on their lacklustre 1979 Australasian tour.

In his test debut for Australia, back row forward Wayne Pearce was judged as the Man of the Match thanks to his defensive work and having a hand in a number of tries as well as backing up a break by Max Krilich and Craig Young to race away and score a 45-metre try with only French referee Julien Rascagneres anywhere near him. Centre Mal Meninga, playing his 4th test and the first of what would eventually be a record 17 Ashes tests against Great Britain, scored the opening try of the game after good lead up work by Peter Sterling and Pearce, then easily palming off Les Dyl and outpacing fullback George Fairbairn to score in the corner. Meninga also kicked 8 of 10 goals for a personal haul of 19 points. His 8 goals also broke the record number of goals for an Australian in a test in England, the old record of 7 had been set by Graeme Langlands in the second test of the 1963–64 Kangaroo tour (the famous " Swinton Massacre " test). It also equaled the most goals for an Australian in an Ashes test, the record was previously the sole property of Noel Pidding who kicked 8 in the first test of the 1954 series at the Sydney Cricket Ground .

In commentary for the BBC, former Great Britain and England dual-rugby international forward Ray French stated after the final siren "Well, I've got to eat a little humble pie. I thought Great Britain could do something, but with only those two penalty goals from Lee Crooks its back to the drawing board for the Great Britain selectors I'm afraid" , while his commentary partner, Wigan coach, former Lions halfback and Kangaroos tormentor Alex Murphy said during the first half "We need something to combat this lot." ----

This was the first time that future Australian test halves pair Wally Lewis and Peter Sterling played alongside each other as Australia's five-eighth and halfback.----

Emulating what cross-town rivals Hull Kingston Rovers had done in the opening game of the tour, Hull led the Kangaroos at half time, this time 7–0. It would not be until Leeds led Australia 10–6 at Headingley during the 1990 Kangaroo tour that an English club side would lead the Kangaroos at half time of a tour match. However, a double to Eric Grothe and another to Kerry Boustead, with Meninga kicking 2 goals, along with Australia keeping Hull scoreless in the second saw the Kangaroos keep their undefeated record alive with a 13–7 win in front of 16,049 fans. This was the largest tour match attendance at The Boulevard since Australia defeated a combined Hull / Hull KR XIII 37–14 during the 1956–57 Kangaroo tour. It was also the Kangaroos 9th win in a row over Hull since 1911–12 and the largest tour match attendance of the 1982 tour.

Australia played the game with the same team that would line up in the second test at Wigan just 4 days later.----

Second Test

Despite ten changes to the Lions' side, with only winger Des Drummond and props Trevor Skerrett and Jeff Grayshon (who also took over the captaincy) retained from the first Test thrashing, the second Test was scarcely a contest and the Kangaroos won by 27–6. The only change to the Kangaroos was tour vice-captain Wally Lewis ' inclusion on the bench. With captain Max Krilich in some doubt with a niggling neck injury, hooker forward Ray Brown was also selected on the Kangaroos bench.

Prior to the second test, Phil Larder , the Coaching Director of the British Amateur Rugby League Association (BARLA) spent a week in camp with Frank Stanton and the Kangaroos to observe their training and tactics. After Great Britain's first test humiliation, Larder (who was not actually connected to the Great Britain team in any way) had taken it upon himself to contact Stanton and request the opportunity. English football had begun to fall well behind Australia in recent years and Larder's initiative was rewarded by being made the Coaching Director of the Rugby Football League in 1983. He would also become the assistant coach of the Great Britain side in 1983. [5]

Eric Grothe suffered a knee injury while scoring a try late in the first half and was replaced at half time by Wally Lewis . The injury would see Grothe miss the third Test, played a week later in Leeds . Lewis came straight in to the five-eighth position while Brett Kenny moved to the centres and Mal Meninga out to the wing. Half-way through the second half Lewis showed the 23,126 crowd at Central Park what the British game was missing when he sent a bullet like 20 metre pass to Meninga to score in the corner. The pass did psychological damage to the Lions, who wondered just how good the Kangaroos really were if a player who could pass like Lewis did could not even make the starting XIII.----

Injuries forced Frank Stanton to make three changes to the Kangaroos for the final Test. Eric Grothe's knee injury in the second Test kept him out with the tour's leading try scorer John Ribot re-claiming his test spot on the wing; Rod Morris replaced Craig Young in the front row; while second test man of the match Ray Price was also ruled out with a knee injury and was replaced by Paul McCabe in the second row allowing Wayne Pearce to move to his favoured position at lock forward.

Kangaroos coach Frank Stanton predicted that the third Test would be the best contested of the three, and he was proved correct until the final ten minutes of play. Recalled Widnes halfback Andy Gregory , and Bradford Northern hooker Brian Noble (making his Test debut), led the way for the Lions and provided a service to their speedy outside backs that Britain had lacked in the first two Tests. The Lions made more line breaks in the third Test at Headingley than they had in the previous two Tests combined. The Australian's ran with a very strong breeze in the first half and used this to their advantage, keeping much of the play in Great Britain's half, though they were unable to cross the British try line. Mal Meninga kicked three goals (two from near half-way) while Hull youngster Lee Crooks kicked two long range penalties into the breeze to keep the Lions in the game at 6–4 at half time. Lions winger Des Drummond brought the crowd to its feet mid-way through the half with a 40-metre run from near his own line before he was brought down on half-way by Greg Brentnall and Steve Rogers in cover.

The first try of the game came with just on 50 minutes gone. From deep in his own half, Brentnall made a break down the right wing after breaking a tackle. The play looked like breaking down when he didn't pass to an un-marked Kerry Boustead on his outside and was tackled from behind by a desperate David Stephenson. From there the Kangaroos spread the ball to the opposite wing where Ribot was tackled. Wayne Pearce then broke the British line before passing to Rod Reddy who gave the ball to Ribot flying on his outside. Ribot crashed over in the corner with Lions fullback George Fairbairn clinging to his legs. Pearce then made another break and sent captain Max Krilich on a 30-metre run for his first try of the tour. Krilich scored under the posts giving Meninga an easy conversion and Australia held a 14–4 lead. With just over 10 minutes left to play the Aussies were holding-off Great Britain by 14–8 and an intense finish loomed after Hull F.C. winger Steve Evans had scored the Lions only try of the series (it was also the first try the Australians had conceded in all 11 Tests they'd played since the second Ashes Test of 1979 against the Lions in Brisbane ). It seemed Britain had not been so far behind Australia's standard after all, but in the final 10 minutes the Kangaroos superior fitness told and they ripped the home side apart with 4 tries to Boustead, Pearce, Steve Rogers and Man of the Match Brett Kenny to run out win 32–8 winners and become the first touring side to go through Britain undefeated.

Right on half-time there was a set-to between forwards Les Boyd and Mick Crane which resulted in an all-in brawl. Boyd had hit Lions captain David Topliss (their third captain in as many tests) with a shoulder charge on the half-way line and Topliss had lashed out with his feet at Boyd who then punched Topliss as he lay on the ground, with Crane then coming in and began trading punches with the Australian front rower. As the teams lined up for the second half, referee Rascagneres called out both Boyd and Crane and sent both to the sin-bin for 10 minutes.

The Ashes series win was Australia's 4th straight over the Lions dating back to 1974, and their second straight 3–0 Ashes series win. It also continued the streak started by the 1963–64 Kangaroos of successfully defending The Ashes in England. As of 2017, this was also the last test Australia played at Headingley. Starting with the 1986 Kangaroo tour , all test matches Australia has played in Leeds have been played at the Elland Road stadium, home of the Leeds United soccer club, due to its greater spectator capacity (Elland Road currently holds 37,890 while Headingley has a capacity of 21,062).

The tourists found the French Tests more of a challenge than the British, but in the end the Kangaroos prevailed and finished their tour unbeaten.

During the first half, Wally Lewis dislocated his shoulder while attempting to tackle a French player which ended his tour, though as there were only 2 weeks remaining he remained with the squad until they returned to Australia (the injury was a recurrence of a similar injury he had suffered while touring Great Britain and France with the Australian Schoolboys rugby union team in 1977). He was replaced by Eric Grothe who went to the wing, Mal Meninga moved to his preferred centre with Brett Kenny moving to 5/8. Within 12 minutes of being on the field, Grothe had scored two tries.----

Largest Attendance

26,771 – First test vs Great Britain at Boothferry Park

Largest Club Game Attendance

16,049 – Australia vs Hull F.C. at The Boulevard

Leading Point Scorer

169 by Mal Meninga (11 tries, 68 goals)

Leading Try Scorer

25 by Eric Grothe

The tally of 25 tries by Eric Grothe includes 4 tries scored in the match against Western Australia. The leading try scorer in Great Britain and France was Steve Ella , with 22. Ella also scored one try against Papua New Guinea.

Following the most successful Kangaroo Tour in history, a number of Australians were targeted by English clubs. Over the next 3 years players such as Peter Sterling (Hull F.C.), Brett Kenny and Steve Ella (Wigan), Eric Grothe (Leeds), Wally Lewis ( Wakefield Trinity ) and Mal Meninga ( St Helens ) would have short, but successful stints in England.

Heads, Ian and Lester, Gary (1988) 200 Years of Australian Sport , Lester Townsend, Sydney
Whiticker, Alan (2004) Captaining the Kangaroos , New Holland, Sydney
Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Sydney
Australian cricket team in England in 1948

External links

1982 Kangaroo Tour of Great Britain and France at rl1908.com
1982 Kangaroo Tour of Great Britain and France at rlhalloffame.org.uk
Ashes Series 1982 at rugbyleagueproject.com
"1982 Kangaroos Tour of England and France" by Jason Cave ( theroar.com.au )

Notes and References

Heads, Lester p309
Whiticker p319
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/06/20/1023864479021.html Last Straw for Lamb
News: John MacDonald and Ian Arnold . Kangaroos fly the Maroon flag . . Australia . 50 . 29 June 1989 . 21 February 2011.
Book: McGregor. Adrian. Simply The Best: The 1990 Kangaroos. 1991. University of Queensland Press. Queensland. 0-7022-2370-0. 46–59 The Fall and Rise of England. First.

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About: 1982 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France

Wally Lewis

Five-eighth

Premierships: 1979, 1984, 1986
Kangaroo Tours: 1982, 1986
Australian captain: 24 Tests
Kangaroo Tour captain :1986
Golden Boot award: 1984
Dally M Five-Eighth of the Year: 1988
Harry Sunderland Medal: 1988
Australian Rugby League Team of the Century: 2008
Queensland Team of the Century: 2008
Immortal: 1999
Rated No. 7 in Rugby League Week’s Top 100 players: 1992
Named in NRL Team of the 1980s: 2004

Biography /

Wally Lewis came to embody State of Origin football. A young lock forward in the inaugural Origin game in 1980, he made 30 appearances as five-eighth and captain between 1981 and 1991, winning eight man-of-the match awards.

Lewis made his Test debut in 1981, against France, the only Queensland-based player in the side.

He lost the starting five-eighth job to Brett Kenny on the 1982 Kangaroo tour, but regained the No. 6 jumper in 1983 and was unchallenged as Australian captain from 1984 to 1989.

Lewis was tough, brave and passionate, with a magnificent kicking game and a brilliant pass. In the second Test at Wigan in 1982 he came on in the second half and threw a 25–metre bullet that set up a try for Mal Meninga.

His kicking display on a muddy SCG in game two of the 1984 Origin series was phenomenal, as he kept turning the Blues around to help seal the series.

At the Sydney Football Stadium in 1989, with Queensland shattered by injury, he inspired one of the most courageous victories seen in modern rugby league.

Lewis dominated Brisbane club football in the '80s, with Valleys and then Wynnum-Manly. He was a good but rarely great player with the Brisbane Broncos and Gold Coast Seagulls, but his legendary status was already sealed.

Following his retirement, a bronze statue was erected at Lang Park, and in 1999 he was named an ''Immortal''.

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The 1982 Kangaroo tour was the fifteenth Kangaroo tour where the Australian national rugby league team played a number of matches against British and French rugby league teams, in addition to the Test matches . The Australia national rugby league team have generally since 1908 barring wartime, toured Great Britain every four years often capping the tour with matches and Tests in France. This regular touring side (and in recent years all Australian representative sides) are known as the Kangaroos .

Touring party

The team was coached by the tough and single-minded Balmain Tigers coach Frank Stanton who demanded great discipline and focus from his sides and who was making his third tour and his second consecutive as coach after also coaching the successful 1978 Kangaroo tour . Manly-Warringah 's Max Krilich was making his second Kangaroo tour and was named captain and carried out his duties coolly and with great application. [1] Queensland captain Wally Lewis was named as tour vice-captain.

Interviewed by Whiticker in 2004 Krilich said about the talented squad; "The players in that squad were yet to reach their full potential. We were criticised as a weak side, but nobody knew how great a player Wayne Pearce was going to be on the tour. Wally Lewis was still in his early 20s and many of the Queenslanders were in the early stages of their careers" . He also spoke of Stanton (who was his Manly-Warringah club coach when he had won the 1976 and 1978 NSWRFL premierships, the second of which Krilich was captain of the Sea Eagles): "Frank was a mentally tough coach who totally believed in what he told his players. Great credit must go to Stanton who played down the accomplishment and kept our heads straight." [2]

One notable absentee was Western Suburbs Five-eighth Terry Lamb who had represented NSW in the 1981 State of Origin game . Lamb was originally selected to tour but declined to do so due to his upcoming wedding to his fiance Kim. [3]

This was the first Kangaroo tour since the introduction of State of Origin and it allowed Queensland to counter New South Wales' long dominance in representative selection with a record-equalling eleven Queenslanders selected for the tour. [4] This was a considerable increase on the Queensland representation in the 1978 Kangaroos when only three players were selected. Interestingly, two of those players, Kerry Boustead and Rod Morris , were also members of the 1982 Kangaroos.

The touring side was represented by 17 New South Welshmen (N) and 11 Queenslanders (Q).

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (6): Max Krilich (captain) (N), Kerry Boustead (Q), John Ribot (Q), Les Boyd (N), Paul McCabe (Q), Ray Brown (N)
Parramatta Eels (6): Brett Kenny (N), Peter Sterling (N), Steve Ella (N), Eric Grothe (N), Ray Price (N), John Muggleton (N)
Canterbury Bulldogs (3): Greg Brentnall (N), Chris Anderson (N), Steve Mortimer (N)
St George Dragons (2): Rod Reddy (Q), Craig Young (N)
Valleys Diehards (2): Wally Lewis (vice-captain) (Q), Mark Murray (Q)
Wynnum-Manly Seagulls (2): Gene Miles (Q), Rod Morris (Q)
Balmain Tigers (1): Wayne Pearce (N)
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (1): Steve Rogers (N)
Eastern Suburbs Roosters (1): Ian Schubert (N)
Norths Devils (1): Greg Conescu (Q)
North Sydney Bears (1): Don McKinnon (N)
Souths Magpies (1): Mal Meninga (Q)
Warwick (1): Rohan Hancock (Q)

Papua New Guinea and Western Australia

Australia : Ian Schubert , Eric Grothe , Steve Ella , Gene Miles , Chris Anderson , Wally Lewis (c), Steve Mortimer , Rod Morris , Greg Conescu , Rohan Hancock , Les Boyd , Paul McCabe , Wayne Pearce . Res – Don McKinnon

In Perth, the Kangaroos crossed for 13 tries (with Eric Grothe bagging four) and predictably defeated WA 57–5.

Great Britain

Leading up to the first Test at the Boothferry Park ground in Hull , the Kangaroos also played a tour international match against Wales at Ninian Park in Cardiff on 24 October. The match was played in heavy rain in front of 5,617 fans and Australia, captained by Wally Lewis, ran in nine tries to one in a 37-7 rout. The game marked the first time Lewis, who would take over the Test captaincy in 1984, captained Australia in an international match.

Hull Kingston Rovers : George Fairbairn , Steve Hubbard, Mike Smith , Ian Robinson , Garry Clark , Steve Hartley , James Walsh, Roy Holdstock , David Watkinson , Steve Crooks, Andy Kelly , Chris Burton , Gary Prohm . Res – Phil Lowe . Coach – Roger Millward

Australia : Greg Brentnall , Eric Grothe , Mal Meninga , Steve Rogers , John Ribot , Brett Kenny , Peter Sterling , Craig Young , Max Krilich (c), Rod Morris , Les Boyd , Rod Reddy , Ray Price . Res – Wally Lewis , John Muggleton

Hull KR led the Kangaroos 8–5 at half time. It would not be until Leeds led Australia 10–6 at Headingley during the 1990 Kangaroo tour that an English club side would lead the Kangaroos at half time of a tour march.

Wigan : Barry Williams, Dennis Ramsdale, David Stephenson , Colin Whitfield , Henderson Gill , Martin Foy, Gary Stephens , Lee Bamber, Nicky Kiss , Glyn Shaw , Brian Juliff , Mick Scott , John Pendlebury . Res – Jimmy Fairhurst, Danny Campbell . Coach – Alex Murphy

Australia : Ian Schubert , Chris Anderson , Steve Ella , Gene Miles , Kerry Boustead , Wally Lewis (c), Steve Mortimer , Don McKinnon , Ray Brown , Rohan Hancock , Paul McCabe , John Muggleton , Wayne Pearce . Res – Steve Rogers , Ray Price

Barrow : Steve Tickle, Keith Bentley , Ron O'Regan , Ralph McConnell, Michael James, Mel Mason , David Cairns , Malcolm Flynn, Les Wall, Peter Gee, Eddie Szymala , Mark Gillespie, Derek Hadley . Res – Steve Herbert. Coach – Frank Foster

Australia : Ian Schubert , Chris Anderson , Steve Ella , Gene Miles , John Ribot , Wally Lewis (c), Mark Murray , Rohan Hancock , Greg Conescu , Rod Morris , Les Boyd , Rod Reddy , Wayne Pearce . Res – Ray Brown , Steve Rogers

St Helens : Clive Griffiths , Barry Ledger , Chris Arkwright , David Fairclough, Denis Litherland, Stephen Peters, Neil Holding , Mel James , Michael Glover, Brian Gelling, Roy Mathias , Paul Forber, Andy Platt . Res – John Smith , Paul Brownbill. Coach – Billy Benyon

Australia : Greg Brentnall , Kerry Boustead , Mal Meninga , Steve Rogers , Eric Grothe , Brett Kenny , Peter Sterling , Craig Young , Max Krilich (c), Les Boyd , Wayne Pearce , John Muggleton , Ray Price . Res – Wally Lewis , Rod Morris

Leeds : Neil Hague , Alan Smith , Ian Wilkinson , Les Dyl , Andrew Smith, John Holmes , Mark Conway , Roy Dickinson , David Ward (c), Tony Burke, Keith Rayne , Wayne Heron, David Heron . Res – Mark Massa, Andrew Sykes. Coach – Robin Dewhurst

Australia : Greg Brentnall , Kerry Boustead , Mal Meninga , Steve Rogers , Eric Grothe , Brett Kenny , Peter Sterling , Craig Young , Max Krilich (c), Les Boyd , Paul McCabe , John Muggleton , Wayne Pearce . Res – Steve Ella , Rod Morris

The Kangaroos played a non-test international against Wales at Ninian Park in Cardiff .

The Ashes series

Due to sponsorship reasons, the 1982 Ashes was known as the "Dominion Insurance Test series".

Great Britain did well in the first half to trail by only 4-10 at half time, but the two penalty goals by Hull second rower Lee Crooks in his test debut was as good as it got for the home side. In the second half the Kangaroos unleashed their skills and fitness, and blazed six stunning tries to leave the British game, and most of the 26,771 strong crowd at Hull's Boothferry Park stunned. The game was Australia's 5th straight win over Great Britain, dating back to the final Test of the 1978 Kangaroo Tour and the 3-0 whitewash of the Lions on their lacklustre 1979 Australasian tour.

In his test debut for Australia, back row forward Wayne Pearce was judged as the Man of the Match. Centre Mal Meninga, playing in the first of what would eventually be a record 17 Ashes tests against Great Britain, scored the opening try of the game after good lead up work by Peter Sterling and Pearce, then palming off Les Dyl and outpacing fullback George Fairbairn to score in the corner. Meninga also kicked 8 of 10 goals for a personal haul of 19 points.

In commentary for the BBC, former England international Ray French stated after the final siren "Well, I've got to eat a little humble pie. I thought Great Britain could do something but with only those two penalty goals from Lee Crooks its back to the drawing board for the Great Britain selectors I'm afraid" , while his commentary partner, former Lions halfback and Kangaroos tormentor Alex Murphy said during the Kangaroos second half onslaught "We need something to combat this lot."

Leigh : Mick Hogan, Des Drummond , John Henderson, Steve Donlan , Graham Worgan, John Woods , Ken Green, Alf Wilkinson, Ray Tabern , Derek Pyke , Eric Chisnall , Geoff Clarkson, Ian Potter . Res - Steve Tomlinson, Edwin Hunter. Coach - Colin Clarke

Australia : Steve Ella , Chris Anderson , Mal Meninga , Gene Miles , John Ribot , Wally Lewis (c), Steve Mortimer , Don McKinnon , Ray Brown , Rod Morris , Paul McCabe , John Muggleton , Ian Schubert

Bradford Northern : John Green, David Barends , Keith Mumby , Richard Davies, Steve Pullen, Bill Kells , Alan Redfearn , Jeff Grayshon , Brian Noble , Gary Van Bellen , Graham Idle , Dick Jasiewicz , Alan Rathbone . Res - Dean Carroll , Chris Parrott. Coach - Peter Fox

Australia : Greg Brentnall , Chris Anderson , Gene Miles , Steve Rogers (c), Eric Grothe , Brett Kenny , Mark Murray , Craig Young , Greg Conescu , Rohan Hancock , Rod Reddy , Paul McCabe , Ray Price . Res - Ray Brown

Cumbria : Lyn Hopkins, Bob Mackie, Dean Bell , Ralph McConnell, Terry Moore, Mel Mason , David Cairns , Steve Herbert, Alan McCurrie , Malcolm Flynn, Bill Pattison, Peter Gorley , Derek Hadley . Res – David Beck, Ian Hartley

Australia : Greg Brentnall , Kerry Boustead , Mal Meninga , Steve Ella , John Ribot , Wally Lewis , Peter Sterling , Don McKinnon , Max Krilich (c), Rohan Hancock , John Muggleton , Ian Schubert , Wayne Pearce . Res – Steve Rogers , Ray Price

Fulham : David Eckersley , Adrian Cambriani , David Allen, Steve Diamond , Hussein M'Barki , John Crossley, Reg Bowden (c), Harry Beverley , John Dalgreen , Tony Gourley , Martin Herdman , Peter Souto, John Doherty. Res – Neil Tuffs. Coach - Reg Bowden

Australia : Steve Ella , Chris Anderson , Gene Miles , Wally Lewis (c), John Ribot , Mark Murray , Steve Mortimer , Don McKinnon , Ray Brown , Les Boyd , Paul McCabe , John Muggleton , Ian Schubert . Res – Greg Conescu

Hull : Gary Kemble , Dane O'Hara , Steve Evans , James Leuluai , Paul Prendiville , David Topliss (c), Tony Dean , Mick Harrison , Keith Bridges , Paul Rose , Wayne Proctor , Lee Crooks , Mick Crane . Res – Barry Banks , Mick Sutton. Coach – Arthur Bunting

Australia : Greg Brentnall , Kerry Boustead , Mal Meninga , Steve Rogers , Eric Grothe , Brett Kenny , Peter Sterling , Craig Young , Max Krilich (c), Les Boyd , Wayne Pearce , Rod Reddy , Ray Price . Res – Wally Lewis

Second Test

Despite ten changes to the Lions' side, with only winger Des Drummond and props Trevor Skerrett and Jeff Grayshon , who also took over the captaincy, retained from the first Test thrashing, the second Test was scarcely a contest and the Kangaroos won by 27-6.

Australia's fiery forward Les Boyd was sent off late in the first half for kicking a tackled player on the ground. The touch judge, only seeing Boyd's kick and not that it was in reaction to tackled Lions hooker John Dalgreen lashing out with a boot at Boyd while he was on the ground, came on with his flag up and French referee Julien Rascagneres, who did not actually see the incident, did not hesitate in sending Boyd off, leaving the Kangaroos to play out the remaining 46 minutes with twelve men. Eric Grothe suffered a knee injury while scoring a try late in the first half and was replaced at half time by Wally Lewis . The injury would see Grothe miss the third Test, played a week later in Leeds . Lewis came straight in to the five-eighth position while Brett Kenny moved to the centres and Mal Meninga out to the wing. Half-way through the second half Wally showed the Lions what the British game was missing when he sent a bullet like 20 metre pass to Meninga to score in the corner. The pass did psychological damage to the Lions, who wondered how good the Kangaroos were if they had reserves could pass like Lewis did.

Widnes : Mick Burke , John Basnett , Joe Lydon , Keiron O'Loughlin , Chris Camilleri , Andy Gregory , David Hulme , Kevin Tamati , Keith Elwell , Steve O'Neill , Keith Newton, Eric Prescott , Tony Myler . Res - John Myler. Coach – Doug Laughton

Australia : Steve Ella , Chris Anderson , Mal Meninga , Steve Rogers , John Ribot , Wally Lewis (c), Steve Mortimer , Craig Young , Ray Brown , Rod Morris , Les Boyd , Paul McCabe , Ian Schubert . Res – Mark Murray , John Muggleton

Injuries forced Frank Stanton to make three changes to the Kangaroos for the final Test. Eric Grothe's knee injury in the second Test kept him out with the tour's leading try scorer John Ribot coming onto the wing; Rod Morris replaced Craig Young in the front row; while Ray Price was also ruled out with a knee injury and was replaced by Paul McCabe in the second row allowing Wayne Pearce to move to his favoured position at lock forward.

Stanton predicted that the third Test would be the best contested of the three, and it was up until the final ten minutes. Recalled Widnes halfback Andy Gregory , and Bradford Northern hooker Brian Noble (on Test debut), led the way for the Lions and provided a service to their speedy outside backs that Britain had lacked in the first two Tests. The Lions made more line breaks in the third Test at Headingley than they had in the previous two Tests combined. The Australians ran with a very strong breeze in the first half and used this to their advantage, keeping much of the play in Great Britain's half, though they were unable to cross the British try line. Mal Meninga kicked three goals (two from near half-way) while Hull youngster Lee Crooks kicked two long range penalties into the breeze to keep the Lions in the game at 6-4 at half time. Winger Des Drummond brought the crowd to its feet mid-way through the half with a 40-metre run from near his own line before he was brought down on half-way by Greg Brentnall and Steve Rogers in cover.

The first try of the game came with just on 50 minutes gone. From deep in his own half, Brentnall made a break down the right wing after breaking a tackle. The play looked like breaking down when he didn't pass to an un-marked Kerry Boustead on his outside and was tackled from behind by a desperate David Stephenson. From there the Kangaroos spread the ball to the opposite wing where Ribot was tackled. Wayne Pearce then broke the British line before passing to Rod Reddy who gave the ball to Ribot flying on his outside. Ribot crashed over in the corner with Lions fullback George Fairbairn clinging to his legs. Pearce then made another break and sent captain Max Krilich on a 30-metre run for his first try of the tour. Krilich scored under the posts giving Meninga an easy conversion and Australia held a 14-4 lead. With just over 10 minutes left to play the Aussies were holding-off Great Britain by 14-8 and an intense finish loomed after Hull winger Steve Evans had scored the Lions only try of the series (it was also the first try the Australians had conceded in all 11 Tests they'd played since the second Ashes Test of 1979 against the Lions in Brisbane ). It seemed Britain had not been so far behind Australia's standard after all, but in the final 10 minutes the Kangaroos superior fitness told and they ripped the home side apart with 4 tries to Boustead, Pearce, Steve Rogers and Man of the Match Brett Kenny to run out win 32-8 winners and become the first touring side to go through Britain undefeated.

The Ashes series win was Australia's 4th straight over the Lions dating back to 1974, and their second straight 3-0 series win. It also continued the streak started by the 1963-64 Kangaroos of successfully defending The Ashes in England. As of 2015, this was also the last test Australia played at Headingley. Starting with the 1986 Kangaroo tour , all internationals Australia has played in Leeds have been played at the Elland Road stadium, home of the Leeds United soccer club, due to its greater spectator capacity (Elland Road currently holds 37,914 while Headingley has a capacity of 21,062).

The tourists found the French Tests more of a challenge than the British, but in the end the Kangaroos prevailed and finished their tour unbeaten.

During the first half, Wally Lewis dislocated his shoulder while attempting to tackle a French player which ended his tour, though as there were only 2 weeks remaining he remained with the squad until they returned to Australia . He was replaced by Eric Grothe who went to the wing, Mal Meninga moved to his preferred centre with Brett Kenny moving to 5/8.

Leading Try Scorer

25 by John Ribot

Leading Point Scorer

166 by Mal Meninga (10 tries, 68 goals)

Largest Attendance

26,771 - First test vs Great Britain at Boothferry Park

Largest Club Game Attendance

16,049 - Australia vs Hull at The Boulevard
1 2 Heads, Lester p309
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↑ Last Straw for Lamb
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External links

1982 Kangaroo Tour of Great Britain and France at rl1908.com
1982 Kangaroo Tour of Great Britain and France at rlhalloffame.org.uk
Ashes Series 1982 at rugbyleagueproject.com
"1982 Kangaroos Tour of England and France" by Jason Cave ( theroar.com.au )

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Brian Juliff

Brian "Mad Dog" Juliff born in Mountain Ash, is a Welsh former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Brian Noble (rugby league)

Brian David "Nobby" Noble MBE (born 14 February 1961) is an English rugby league coach and former player.

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Brisbane is the capital of and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia.

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Brisbane Rugby League premiership

The Brisbane Rugby League Premiership was a rugby league football club competition in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

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British Amateur Rugby League Association

The British Amateur Rugby League Association (BARLA) is an association for social and recreational rugby league.

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Brunton Park

Brunton Park is a football stadium and the home of Carlisle United F.C. It is situated in the city of Carlisle, Cumbria and has a certified capacity for the 2011/12 season of 18,202.

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Brynmor Williams

David Brynmor Williams (born 29 October 1951 in Cardigan) is a Welsh dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer.

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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney.

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Captain (sports)

In team sports, captain is a title given to a member of the team.

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Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital of, and largest city in, Wales, and the eleventh-largest city in the United Kingdom.

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Carlisle, Cumbria

Carlisle (or from Cumbric: Caer Luel Cathair Luail) is the county town of Cumbria.

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Central Park (Wigan)

Central Park was a rugby league stadium in Wigan, England, which was the home of Wigan RLFC before the club moved to the JJB Stadium in 1999.

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Chris Anderson (rugby league)

Christopher “Chris” Anderson (born 2 May 1952) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s, and coach of the 1990s and 2000s.

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Chris Arkwright

Christopher "Chris" Arkwright is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

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Chris Camilleri (rugby)

Chris Camilleri is a Welsh former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Chris Close

Christopher "Choppy" Close (born 5 February 1959) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

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Christopher Burton

Christopher "Chris" Burton (born 5 October 1956) is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

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Clive Griffiths (rugby)

Clive Ronald Griffiths (born) is a Welsh former dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s, and rugby union, and rugby league coach of the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.

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Colin Clarke (rugby league)

Colin Clarke is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 1970s, and coach of 1980s.

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Colin Scott (rugby league)

Colin Scott (born 22 March 1960 in North Queensland) is an Indigenous Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Colin Whitfield

Colin Whitfield is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s, and coach of the 1990s.

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Craig Young

Craig Young (born 25 June 1956) is an Australian former representative rugby league footballer for the Australia national rugby league team, the New South Wales Blues and a stalwart player over 11 seasons from 1977 to 1988 with the St. George Dragons in the NSWRL premiership competition.

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Craven Cottage

Craven Cottage is a football stadium located in Fulham, London.

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Craven Park, Barrow-in-Furness

Craven Park is a rugby league stadium in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England.

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Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian semi-professional rugby league team based in Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, New South Wales.

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Cumbria rugby league team

The Cumbria rugby league team (known as Cumberland from 1898-1973) is an English representative rugby league team consisting of players who were born in the county of Cumbria and the historic county of Cumberland.

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Dane O'Hara

Dane Bradford Mark O'Hara is a former rugby league player who represented New Zealand.

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Danny Campbell (rugby league)

Danny Campbell is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who played professionally for Wigan.

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David Barends

David Barends is a South African professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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David Cairns (rugby league)

David Cairns (1 March 1959) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

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David Eckersley

David Eckersley (born), also known by the nickname of "Dave", is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

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David Heron

David Heron (birth unknown), also known by the nickname of "Dave", is an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

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David Hulme (rugby league)

David Hulme (born 6 February 1964) is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s.

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David Stephenson

David Stephenson is an English former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.

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David Topliss

David Topliss (29 December 1949 – 16 June 2008) was an English World Cup winning professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and coach of the 1980s and 1990s.

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David Ward (rugby league)

David J. Ward (born 16 December 1953) is an English rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s, and coach of the 1980s and 1990s.

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David Watkins (rugby)

David Watkins MBE (born 5 March 1942) is a Welsh former dual-code rugby international, having played both rugby union, and rugby league football for both codes' national teams between 1963 and 1974.

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David Watkinson

David Watkinson (birth unknown) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Dean 'Deano'/'Mean Dean' Bell is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer, and coach.

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Dean Carroll

Dean "Deano" Carroll (third ¼ 1962 – 24 May 2015) was an English professional rugby league footballer, and cricketer of the 1980s and 1990s.

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Derek Hadley

Derek Hadley born in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and referee.

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Derek Pyke (birth registered fourth ¼ 1959) is an English former rugby league footballer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

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Des Drummond

Desmond Lloyd Drummond is an English/Jamaican (born 17 June 1958 in Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica) former professional rugby league footballer, he played on the.

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Dick Jasiewicz

Richard "Dick" Jasiewicz (second ¼ 1957) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s.

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Don McKinnon (rugby league)

Don McKinnon (born 29 April 1955) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Donald Parry

Donald "Don" Parry is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s.

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Doug Laughton

Charles Douglas "Doug" Laughton (born 13 May 1944) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and coach of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

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Eddie Szymala

Edmund "Eddie" 'Smiler' Szymala (second ¼ 1954) born in Barrow-in-Furness district, Lancashire, is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Elland Road

Elland Road is a football stadium in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, which has been the home of Leeds United F.C. since the club's foundation in 1919.

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England national rugby league team

The England national rugby league team represents England in international rugby league.

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Eric Chisnall

Eric Chisnall (born 5 July 1946) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980.

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Eric Grothe Sr.

Eric "Guru" Grothe Sr. (born 6 January 1960 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Eric Hughes

Eric Hughes (born) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and coach of the 1980s and 1990s.

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Eric Prescott

Eric Prescott (born 21 June 1948) is an English former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

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Fortitude Valley Diehards

The Fortitude Valley Diehards, often referred to simply as Valleys, are an Australian semi-professional rugby league football club based in the Brisbane suburb of Fortitude Valley.

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France national rugby league team

The France national rugby league team represent France in international rugby league tournaments.

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Frank Farrington (rugby league)

Frank Farrington (18 November 1926 – 9 December 2014) was an Australian rugby league player of the 1950s and later a long-serving administrator with the Newtown club in Sydney.

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Frank Foster (rugby league)

Frank Foster is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 1970s, and coach of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Frank Stanton (rugby league)

Frank "Biscuits" Stanton (born 7 February 1940 in St Leonards, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, and a successful club, and national representative coach of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Fred Lindop

George Frederick "Fred" Lindop MBE (born Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire) is a former British rugby league referee.

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Garry Clark

Garry Clark (birth unknown) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s.

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Gary Albert Ella (born 23 July 1960) is an Australian former rugby union player.

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Gary Kemble

Gary Edward Kemble is a New Zealand rugby league coach and former player.

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Gary Prohm is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer, and coach who represented his country, including in matches that counted towards the 1988 World Cup.

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Gary Stephens

Gary Stephens (birth unknown) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and coach of the 1980s and 1990s.

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Gary Van Bellen

Gary R. Van Bellen (October→December 1957) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s.

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Gene Miles (born 21 July 1959 in Townsville, Queensland) is a retired Australian rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s.

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George Fairbairn (rugby league)

George Fairbairn is a Scotish former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s, and rugby league coach of the 1980s and 1990s.

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Glen Ella (born 5 June 1959) is an Australian former rugby union player.

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Glyndwr "Glyn" Shaw (born 11 April 1951) is a Welsh dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Graeme Langlands

Graeme Frank Langlands, MBE, (2 September 1941 – 20 January 2018) was an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 1970s.

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Graham Idle

Graham Idle (birth registered first ¼ 1950) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Great Britain national rugby league team

The Great Britain national rugby league team represents Great Britain in rugby league.

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Greg Brentnall

Greg Brentnall (born 5 December 1956 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales) is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Greg Conescu

Greg Conescu (born 24 May 1960) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer.

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Guy Delaunay

Guy Delaunay is a French rugby league player who represented his country.

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Guy Laforgue

Guy Laforgue is a French rugby league player who represented his country, including in Rugby League World Cup matches.

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Halton Stadium

The Halton Stadium (historically known as Lowerhouse Lane and Naughton Park) is a rugby league stadium in Widnes, Cheshire, England.

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Harry Beverley (rugby league, born 1947)

Harry Beverley (birth registered second ¼ 1947) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Headingley Rugby Stadium

Headingley Rugby Stadium, (known as Emerald Headingley Stadium due to sponsorship), shares the same site as Headingley Cricket Ground and is home to both Leeds Rhinos and Yorkshire Carnegie rugby teams.

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Headingley Stadium

Headingley Stadium in Headingley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, is the home of Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Leeds Rhinos rugby league and Yorkshire Carnegie rugby union clubs.

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Henderson Gill

Henderson C. Gill (born 16 January 1961 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire) is an English former professional rugby league footballer.

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Hilton Park (stadium)

Hilton Park was a multi-purpose stadium in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England.

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Hull Football Club, commonly referred to as Hull or Hull F.C., is a professional rugby league football club established in 1865 and based in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Hull Kingston Rovers

Hull Kingston Rovers are a professional rugby league club based in Hull, Yorkshire, England, formed in 1882.

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Hussein M'Barki

Hussein M'Barki (born 29 May 1956) is a Moroccan former rugby union, and rugby league footballer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

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Ian Potter (rugby league)

Ian Potter (born 6 August 1958) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Ian Robinson (rugby league)

Ian Robinson is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Ian Schubert

Ian 'Shoey' Schubert (born 22 August 1956 in Wauchope, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Ian Wilkinson (rugby league)

Ian Wilkinson (born 3 September 1960) is an English rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s, who played at representative level for Great Britain (non-Test matches), and Yorkshire, and at club level for Leeds, Halifax, and Bradford Northern, as a, or.

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Ifiso Segeyaro

Ifiso Segeyaro was a Papua New Guinean rugby league player (Kumul #70) who represented his country.

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Ivan Grésèque

Ivan Grésèque is a French former rugby league footballer, coach and manager who represented his country.

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James Leuluai

A'au James Leuluai is a New Zealand former international rugby league player.

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Jeff Grayshon

Jeffrey Grayshon MBE (born 4 March 1949) also known by the nickname of "Jeff", is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and coach of the 1990s.

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Joe Lydon (rugby)

Joseph Paul Lydon (born 26 November 1963) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s, rugby union coach of the 2000s and 2010s, and rugby league and rugby union administrator of the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.

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John Basnett

John Basnett (birth registered first ¼ 1957) is an English rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s.

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John Bevan (rugby)

John Charles Bevan (born 28 October 1950) is a Welsh international rugby footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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John Crossley Jr.

John Crossley (birth registered October→December 1956), also known by the nickname of "Jay Cee", is an English cricketer, and professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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John Dalgreen

John Dalgreen (birth registered third ¼ 1955) is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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John Holdsworth

John Holdsworth was a rugby league referee from Kippax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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John Holmes (rugby league)

John Holmes (21 March 1952 – 26 September 2009) was an English World Cup winning professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

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John Keith Bridges

John H. "Keith" Bridges (born 2 April 1952) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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John Muggleton

John Muggleton (born 16 January 1960) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who represented the Parramatta Eels in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership, New South Wales in State of Origin competition and the Australian national team (1982).

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John Pendlebury (rugby league)

John Pendlebury (18 April 1961) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and Coach of the 1990s.

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John Ribot (born John Ribot de Bresac on 3 February 1955) is an Australian sports administrator and former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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John Smith (rugby league)

John Smith is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who represented his country in the 1975 and 1977 World Cups.

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John Woods (rugby league)

John Woods is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and coach of the 1980s.

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Johnny Whiteley

John William Whiteley MBE (born is an English former World Cup winning professional rugby league footballer, and coach. A Great Britain international representative forward, and later coach, he played his entire club football with Hull F.C..

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Kangaroo Tour

Kangaroo Tour is the name given to Australian national rugby league team tours of Great Britain and France, tours to New Zealand and the one off tour to Papua New Guinea (1991).

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Keiron O'Loughlin

Keiron O'Loughlin is an English former rugby league footballer who played for Wigan, Workington Town, Widnes, Salford and Leigh.

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Keith Bentley

Keith Bentley is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Keith Elwell

Keith Elwell (birth registered first ¼ 1950) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Keith Mumby

Keith 'Sir Keith' Mumby (born) is an English rugby league footballer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, who most famously played for Bradford Northern between 1973 and 1993, and Sheffield Eagles, and Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 1076), as a, or.

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Keith Rayne

Keith Rayne is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and coach of the 1990s.

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Ken Kelly (rugby league)

Kenneth Kelly (birth unknown), also known by the nickname of "Ken", is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

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Kerry Boustead

Kerry Boustead (born 12 August 1959) is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Kevin Tamati

Kevin Ronald Tamati (born 23 September 1953) is a New Zealand former rugby league representative player and coach.

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Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull, is a city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Knowsley Road

Knowsley Road in Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, was the home ground of St. Helens from 1890 until its closure in 2010.

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Kungas Kuveu

Kungas Kuveu was a Papua New Guinea rugby league player.

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Lee Crooks (rugby league)

Lee Crooks (born) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s, and coach of the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.

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Leeds is a city in the metropolitan borough of Leeds, in the county of West Yorkshire, England.

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Leeds Rhinos

The Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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Leeds United F.C.

Leeds United Football Club is a professional association football club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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Leigh Centurions

Leigh Centurions are a professional rugby league club in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, who compete in the Championship.

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Leigh, Greater Manchester

Leigh is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, southeast of Wigan and west of Manchester, on low-lying land northwest of Chat Moss.

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Les Boyd (born 17 November 1956) is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Leslie "Les" P. Dyl is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Leslie "Les" N. Gorley (born 1950) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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List of Papua New Guinea national rugby league team players

This is a list of Papua New Guinea national rugby league team players.

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London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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London Broncos

The London Broncos are a professional rugby league club in Ealing, London, who compete in the Championship, the second tier of professional rugby league football.

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Lynn Hallett

Lynn Hallett is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s.

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Lynn Hopkins

Lynn Hopkins is a Welsh former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Mal Meninga

Malcolm Norman Meninga (born 8 July 1960) is the head coach of the Australian national team and an Australian former rugby league footballer.

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Manly Warringah Sea Eagles

The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league team named after the Manly and Warringah areas of Sydney's Northern Beaches in which the club is based.

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Mark Conway

Mark Conway (31 January 1964) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s.

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Mark Gordon Ella, AM (born 5 June 1959) is an Australian former rugby union player, often considered as one of his country's all-time greats in that sport.

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Mark McJennett

Mark 'Macker' McJennett (born) is a Welsh former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Mark Murray (rugby league)

Mark Murray (born 1 May 1959) is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach.

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Martin Herdman

Martin Herdman (born 24 July 1956) is an English actor, boxer and former professional rugby league footballer.

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Max Chantal

Max Chantal is a French rugby league player who represented his country in the 1977 and 1985–1988 Rugby League World Cups.

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Max Krilich

Max Krilich (born 25 October 1950 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Mel James is a Welsh former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

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Mel Mason is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Michael O'Connor (rugby)

Michael David O'Connor (born 30 November 1960) is a former dual-code rugby international rugby league and rugby union footballer who represented Australia in both codes.

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Michael Burke is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Michael "Mick"/"Mike" Crane is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Mick Cronin (rugby league)

Michael William "Mick" Cronin OAM (born 28 June 1951 in Kiama, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach.

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Mick Harrison (rugby league)

Michael "Mick"/"Mike" Harrison is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

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Michael "Mick" Scott is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

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Mike O'Neill (rugby league)

Michael "Mike" O'Neill (born 29 November 1960) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

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Mike Smith (rugby league)

Michael "Mike" Smith is an English rigger, and professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Hull Kingston Rovers, as a,, i.e. number 3 or 4, or 6.

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Mitch Brennan

Mitch Brennan (born 30 October 1954) is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach.

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Narbonne (Occitan: Narbona,; Narbo,; Late Latin:Narbona) is a commune in southern France in the Occitanie region.

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Neil Courtney

Neil Courtney is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s.

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Neil Hague (rugby league)

Neil Hague (born 7 September 1953) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Neil Holding

Neil A. Holding (born) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and coach of the 1990s.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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New South Wales Rugby League premiership

The New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the first rugby league football club competition established in Australia and predecessor to today's National Rugby League.

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New Zealand national rugby league team

The New Zealand national rugby league team (Māori: Tīma rīki motu Aotearoa) has represented New Zealand in rugby league since 1907.

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Newtown Jets

The Newtown Jets are an Australian rugby league football club based in Newtown, a suburb of Sydney's inner west.

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Nicholas "Nicky" S. Kiss is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Ninian Park

Ninian Park was a football stadium in the Leckwith area of Cardiff, Wales that was used as the home of Cardiff City F.C. for 99 years.

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Noel Pidding

Noel Pidding (1927 – 17 August 2013) was an Australian rugby league player.

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North Sydney Bears

The North Sydney Bears are an Australian rugby league football club based in North Sydney, New South Wales.

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Norths Devils

The Northern Suburbs Devils, Norths for short, are a rugby league club representing the northern suburbs of Brisbane, Australia.

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Odsal Stadium

Odsal Stadium, is a sports stadium in Odsal, Bradford, West Yorkshire.

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Old Craven Park

Old Craven Park was a rugby league and greyhound racing stadium in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Pamiers (Pàmias) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France.

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Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea (PNG;,; Papua Niugini; Hiri Motu: Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an Oceanian country that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia.

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Papua New Guinea national rugby league team

The Papua New Guinea national rugby league team represents Papua New Guinea in the sport of rugby league football.

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Parc des Sports (Avignon)

Parc des Sports is a multi-purpose stadium in Avignon, France.

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Parramatta Eels

The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta.

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Paul McCabe

Paul McCabe (born 4 August 1959 in Toowoomba, Queensland) is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Paul Prendiville

Paul 'Taffy' Prendiville is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Paul Ringer

Paul Ringer (born) is an English-born Welsh dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer.

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Paul Rose (rugby league)

Paul Rose (birth unknown) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

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Paul Vautin

Paul "Fatty" Vautin (born 21 July 1959) is an Australian football commentator and formerly a professional rugby league footballer, captain and coach.

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Perpignan (Perpinyà) is a city, a commune, and the capital of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

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Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia.

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Peter Fox (rugby league, born 1933)

Peter Fox (born 30 March 1933) is an English rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 1960s, and coach of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

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Peter Gorley

Peter Gorley (born 10 July 1951) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Peter Smith (rugby league)

Peter Smith (born 17 September 1955) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

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Peter Sterling

Peter Maxwell John "Sterlo" Sterling OAM (born 16 June 1960) is an Australian rugby league commentator and former player.

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Phil Larder

Philip John Larder MBE (born 20 March 1945), is an English rugby league and rugby union coach and former player in both codes.

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Phil Lowe (born 19 January 1950) is an English former World Cup winning professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and coach of the 1980s.

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PNG Football Stadium

PNG Football Stadium (known as Lloyd Robson Oval until 2015) is a sporting ground in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

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Port Moresby

(Tok Pisin: Pot Mosbi), also referred to as Pom City or simply Moresby, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea and the largest city in the South Pacific outside of Australia and New Zealand.

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Queensland (abbreviated as Qld) is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Queensland rugby league team

The Queensland rugby league team represents the Australian state of Queensland in rugby league football.

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Ray Brown (rugby league)

Ray Brown (born 1957) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played the 1970s and 1980s.

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Raymond James "Ray" French, MBE (born 23 December 1939) is an English former rugby union, and rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 1960s, and former rugby league commentator.

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Ray Price (rugby)

Ray Price OAM, is an Australian former dual-code international (rugby union and rugby league) footballer.

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Raymond "Ray" Tabern is a rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s.

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RC Roanne XIII

Racing Club de Roanne XIII are a French Rugby League club based in Roanne, Loire in the Rhône-Alpes region.

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Reginald Bowden (born in Widnes, Lancashire) is an English former rugby league footballer and coach.

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Roanne (Rouana in Arpitan) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

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Rod Morris is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Rod Reddy (born 1 March 1954) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach.

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Roger Millward

Roger Millward (16 September 1947 – 2 May 2016) was an English rugby league footballer of the 1960s and '70s, and coach of the 1980s and '90s.

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Rohan Hancock

Rohan Hancock (born 18 June 1955 in Toowoomba, Queensland) is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Ron O'Regan

Ronald Phillip O'Regan is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer, and coach who represented his country between 1983 and 1986.

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Roy Dickinson

Roy Dickinson is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s, and coach of the 1990s.

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Roy Holdstock

Roy Gordon Holdstock (26 December 1955) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Roy Mathias

Roy Mathias (born) is a Welsh dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league, and footballer of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

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Rugby Football League

The Rugby Football League is the governing body for professional rugby league in England.

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Rugby union

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Skerry Palanga

Skerry Palanga is a Papua New Guinean rugby league coach who coached his country during the 1980s and 1990s.

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South Sydney Rabbitohs

The South Sydney Rabbitohs are a professional Australian rugby league team based in Redfern, a suburb of inner-southern Sydney, New South Wales.

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Souths Logan Magpies

The Souths Logan Magpies, more commonly referred to by their former name Souths or simply Magpies, are a rugby league football club based in the southern suburbs of Brisbane, Australia.

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St Helens R.F.C.

St Helens R.F.C. is a professional rugby league club in St Helens, Merseyside currently competing in the Super League, the top tier of competition for rugby league in Europe.

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St Helens, Merseyside

St Helens is a large town in Merseyside, England.

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St. George Dragons

The St George Dragons was an Australian Rugby league football club in St George, Sydney, New South Wales playing in the then-top-level New South Wales competition from 1921 until 1998 when, in 1999, they formed a joint venture with the Illawarra Steelers, creating the St George Illawarra Dragons team which competes in the National Rugby League.

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Stade des Minimes

Stade des Minimes is a rugby league stadium in Toulouse, France.

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Stade Gilbert Brutus

Stade Gilbert Brutus is a rugby league stadium in Perpignan, France, which is the home ground of the Catalans Dragons.

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State of Origin

State of origin is the state or territory from which something originates.

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Station Road, Swinton

Station Road was a stadium in Pendlebury, near Manchester, England.

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Steve Diamond

Steve Diamond is a Welsh former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Steve Donlan

Steve Donlan (4 September 1954) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Steve Ella (born 28 July 1960 in Mount Pritchard, New South Wales) is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1980s.

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Steve Evans (rugby league)

Steve Evans (1957/58 – 16 September 2017) was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Steve Fenwick

Steven Paul Fenwick (born 23 July 1951 in Caerphilly) is a Welsh former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Steve Hartley

Stephen "Steve" Hartley is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Steve Mortimer

Steve Mortimer OAM, (born 15 July 1956), nicknamed Turvey after Turvey Park in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, where he hailed from, is an Australian former rugby league halfback.

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Steve Nash (rugby league)

Steve Nash (born) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and coach of the 1980s.

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Steve Norton

Steve "Knocker" Norton is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s, and coach of the 1990s.

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Steve O'Neill (rugby league)

Steve O'Neill is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and coach of the 1990s and 2000s.

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Steve Rogers (rugby league)

Steve Rogers (20 November 1954 – 3 January 2006) was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Sydney Cricket Ground

The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) is a sports stadium in Sydney, Australia.

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Sydney Roosters

The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney.

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Terry Lamb OAM, (born 15 September 1961) is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach.

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The Ashes (rugby league)

The Ashes series, similar to the cricket series of the same name, was a best-of-three series of test matches between the British and Australian national rugby league football teams.

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The Boulevard (stadium)

The Boulevard was a multi-purpose stadium in Hull, England.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a daily compact newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia.

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Tommy David

Thomas Patrick David (born 2 April 1948 in Pontypridd) is a former Wales international rugby union, and rugby league player.

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Tony Dean (rugby league)

Tony Dean (1949 — 18 July 2014) born in Pontefract, was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and Coach of the 1980s.

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Tony Gourley

Tony Gourley is an English former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Tony Myler (born 1 October 1960) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s who also became a coach.

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Toulouse (Tolosa, Tolosa) is the capital of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the region of Occitanie.

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Trevor Skerrett

Trevor Skerrett (born 6 March 1953) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Villeneuve-sur-Lot

Villeneuve-sur-Lot (in the Languedocien dialect of Occitan language: Vilanuèva d'Òlt) is a town and commune in the southwestern French department of Lot-et-Garonne.

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Wakefield Trinity

Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, that plays in the Super League.

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Wales national rugby league team

The Wales national rugby league team represents Wales in international rugby league football matches.

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Wally Lewis

Walter James Lewis AM (born 1 December 1959) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

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Wayne Pearce

Wayne John Pearce OAM (born 29 March 1960 in Balmain, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach.

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Wayne Proctor (rugby league)

Wayne Proctor is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s.

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Western Australia rugby league team

The Western Australia rugby league team has represented the Australian state of Western Australia in rugby league football.

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Western Australian Rugby League

The Western Australian Rugby League (WARL) is responsible for administering the game of rugby league football in the state of Western Australia mainly the Perth metropolitan competition.

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Western Suburbs Magpies

The Western Suburbs Magpies (originally Western Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club) is an Australian rugby league football club based in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales.

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Widnes is an industrial town in Halton, Cheshire, Northwest England.

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Widnes Vikings

The Widnes Vikings are an English professional rugby league club based in Widnes, Cheshire that plays in the Super League, the top tier of European rugby league.

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Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas, south-west of Bolton, north of Warrington and west-northwest of Manchester.

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Wigan Warriors

Wigan Warriors is a professional Rugby League club based in Wigan, England.

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Winfield Cup

The Winfield Cup was an Australian rugby league trophy awarded to the winner of the New South Wales Rugby League premiership's (NSWRL) Grand Final from 1982 to 1994, and to the winner of the Australian Rugby League (ARL) Grand Final in 1995.

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Wynnum Manly Seagulls

The Wynnum-Manly Seagulls are an Australian rugby league football club based at Kougari Oval, which is in the Eastern Brisbane suburb of Manly West.

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XIII Catalan

XIII Catalan were a semi professional rugby league team from Perpignan in the Pyrénées-Orientales region of southern France.

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1911–12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain

The 1911–12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain was the second ever Kangaroo tour and was actually a tour by an "Australasian" squad including four New Zealand players in addition to twenty-four Australian representatives.

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1963–64 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France

The 1963-64 Kangaroo tour was the eleventh Kangaroo tour, during which the Australian national rugby league team traveled to Europe and played thirty-six matches against British and French club and representative teams.

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1978 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France

The 1978 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France comprised the Australia national rugby league team's fourteenth tour of Great Britain and ninth tour of France, and took place from September to December 1978.

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1980 State of Origin game

The 1980 State of Origin game was the first game between the Queensland Maroons and the New South Wales Blues rugby league teams to be played under "state of origin" selection rules.

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1981 State of Origin game

The 1981 State of Origin game was the second such match between arch rivals Queensland and New South Wales to be played under State of Origin selection rules.

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1986 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France

The 1986 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France was the sixteenth Kangaroo tour in which the Australian national rugby league team (known as the Winfield Kangaroos due to sponsorship) plays a number of tour matches against British and French teams, in addition to the Test matches.

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1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France

The 1990 Kangaroo Tour was the seventeenth Kangaroo Tour, where the Australian national rugby league team (known as the XXXX Kangaroos due to sponsorship reasons) travelled to Europe and played eighteen matches against British and French club and representative rugby league teams, in addition to three Test matches against Great Britain and two Tests against the French.

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1982 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France

The 1982 Kangaroo tour was the fifteenth Kangaroo tour where the Australian national rugby league team played a number of matches against British and French rugby league teams, in addition to the Test matches . The Australia national rugby league team have generally since 1908 barring wartime, toured Great Britain every four years often capping the tour with matches and Tests in France. This regular touring side (and in recent years all Australian representative sides) are known as the Kangaroos .

1.1 By club
2 Papua New Guinea and Western Australia
3.2.1 First Test
3.2.2 Second Test
3.2.3 Third Test
4.1.1 First Test
4.1.2 Second Test
5 Statistics
6 Footnotes
7 References
8 External links

Touring party

This was the first Kangaroo tour since the introduction of State of Origin and it allowed Queensland to counter New South Wales' long dominance in representative selection with a record-equalling eleven Queenslanders selected for the tour. [4] This was a considerable increase on the Queensland representation in the 1978 Kangaroos when only three players were selected. Interestingly, two of those players, Kerry Boustead and Rod Morris , were also members of the 1982 Kangaroos.

The touring side was represented by 17 New South Welshmen (N) and 11 Queenslanders (Q).

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (6): Max Krilich (captain) (N), Kerry Boustead (Q), John Ribot (Q), Les Boyd (N), Paul McCabe (Q), Ray Brown (N)
Parramatta Eels (6): Brett Kenny (N), Peter Sterling (N), Steve Ella (N), Eric Grothe (N), Ray Price (N), John Muggleton (N)
Canterbury Bulldogs (3): Greg Brentnall (N), Chris Anderson (N), Steve Mortimer (N)
St George Dragons (2): Rod Reddy (Q), Craig Young (N)
Valleys Diehards (2): Wally Lewis (vice-captain) (Q), Mark Murray (Q)
Wynnum-Manly Seagulls (2): Gene Miles (Q), Rod Morris (Q)
Balmain Tigers (1): Wayne Pearce (N)
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (1): Steve Rogers (N)
Eastern Suburbs Roosters (1): Ian Schubert (N)
Norths Devils (1): Greg Conescu (Q)
North Sydney Bears (1): Don McKinnon (N)
Souths Magpies (1): Mal Meninga (Q)
Warwick (1): Rohan Hancock (Q)

Papua New Guinea and Western Australia

In Perth, the Kangaroos crossed for 13 tries (with Eric Grothe bagging four) and predictably defeated WA 57–5.

Great Britain

Leading up to the first Test at the Boothferry Park ground in Hull , the Kangaroos also played a tour international match against Wales at Ninian Park in Cardiff on 24 October. The match was played in heavy rain in front of 5,617 fans and Australia, captained by Wally Lewis, ran in nine tries to one in a 37-7 rout. The game marked the first time Lewis, who would take over the Test captaincy in 1984, captained Australia in an international match.

Hull Kingston Rovers : George Fairbairn , Steve Hubbard , Mike Smith , Ian Robinson , Garry Clark , Steve Hartley , James Walsh , Roy Holdstock , David Watkinson , Steve Crooks , Andy Kelly , Chris Burton , Gary Prohm . Res – Phil Lowe . Coach – Roger Millward

Wigan : Barry Williams , Dennis Ramsdale , David Stephenson , Colin Whitfield , Henderson Gill , Martin Foy , Gary Stephens , Lee Bamber , Nicky Kiss , Glyn Shaw , Brian Juliff , Mick Scott , John Pendlebury . Res – Jimmy Fairhurst , Danny Campbell . Coach – Alex Murphy

Barrow : Steve Tickle , Keith Bentley , Ron O'Regan , Ralph McConnell , Michael James , Mel Mason , David Cairns , Malcolm Flynn , Les Wall , Peter Gee , Eddie Szymala , Mark Gillespie , Derek Hadley . Res – Steve Herbert . Coach – Frank Foster

St Helens : Clive Griffiths , Barry Ledger , Chris Arkwright , David Fairclough , Denis Litherland , Stephen Peters , Neil Holding , Mel James , Michael Glover , Brian Gelling , Roy Mathias , Paul Forber , Andy Platt . Res – John Smith , Paul Brownbill . Coach – Billy Benyon

Leeds : Neil Hague , Alan Smith , Ian Wilkinson , Les Dyl , Andrew Smith , John Holmes , Mark Conway , Roy Dickinson , David Ward (c), Tony Burke , Keith Rayne , Wayne Heron , David Heron . Res – Mark Massa , Andrew Sykes . Coach – Robin Dewhurst

The Kangaroos played a non-test international against Wales at Ninian Park in Cardiff .

The Ashes series

Due to sponsorship reasons, the 1982 Ashes was known as the "Dominion Insurance Test series".

Leigh : Mick Hogan , Des Drummond , John Henderson , Steve Donlan , Graham Worgan , John Woods , Ken Green , Alf Wilkinson , Ray Tabern , Derek Pyke , Eric Chisnall , Geoff Clarkson , Ian Potter . Res - Steve Tomlinson , Edwin Hunter . Coach - Colin Clarke

Australia : Steve Ella , Chris Anderson , Mal Meninga , Gene Miles , John Ribot , Wally Lewis (c), Steve Mortimer , Don McKinnon , Ray Brown , Rod Morris , Paul McCabe , John Muggleton , Ian Schubert

Bradford Northern : John Green , David Barends , Keith Mumby , Richard Davies , Steve Pullen , Bill Kells , Alan Redfearn , Jeff Grayshon , Brian Noble , Gary Van Bellen , Graham Idle , Dick Jasiewicz , Alan Rathbone . Res - Dean Carroll , Chris Parrott . Coach - Peter Fox

Cumbria : Lyn Hopkins , Bob Mackie , Dean Bell , Ralph McConnell , Terry Moore , Mel Mason , David Cairns , Steve Herbert , Alan McCurrie , Malcolm Flynn , Bill Pattison , Peter Gorley , Derek Hadley . Res – David Beck , Ian Hartley

Fulham : David Eckersley , Adrian Cambriani , David Allen , Steve Diamond , Hussein M'Barki , John Crossley , Reg Bowden (c), Harry Beverley , John Dalgreen , Tony Gourley , Martin Herdman , Peter Souto , John Doherty . Res – Neil Tuffs . Coach - Reg Bowden

Second Test

Widnes : Mick Burke , John Basnett , Joe Lydon , Keiron O'Loughlin , Chris Camilleri , Andy Gregory , David Hulme , Kevin Tamati , Keith Elwell , Steve O'Neill , Keith Newton , Eric Prescott , Tony Myler . Res - John Myler . Coach – Doug Laughton

Injuries forced Frank Stanton to make three changes to the Kangaroos for the final Test. Eric Grothe's knee injury in the second Test kept him out with the tour's leading try scorer John Ribot coming onto the wing; Rod Morris replaced Craig Young in the front row; while Ray Price was also ruled out with a knee injury and was replaced by Paul McCabe in the second row allowing Wayne Pearce to move to his favoured position at lock forward.

The first try of the game came with just on 50 minutes gone. From deep in his own half, Brentnall made a break down the right wing after breaking a tackle. The play looked like breaking down when he didn't pass to an un-marked Kerry Boustead on his outside and was tackled from behind by a desperate David Stephenson. From there the Kangaroos spread the ball to the opposite wing where Ribot was tackled. Wayne Pearce then broke the British line before passing to Rod Reddy who gave the ball to Ribot flying on his outside. Ribot crashed over in the corner with Lions fullback George Fairbairn clinging to his legs. Pearce then made another break and sent captain Max Krilich on a 30-metre run for his first try of the tour. Krilich scored under the posts giving Meninga an easy conversion and Australia held a 14-4 lead. With just over 10 minutes left to play the Aussies were holding-off Great Britain by 14-8 and an intense finish loomed after Hull winger Steve Evans had scored the Lions only try of the series (it was also the first try the Australians had conceded in all 11 Tests they'd played since the second Ashes Test of 1979 against the Lions in Brisbane ). It seemed Britain had not been so far behind Australia's standard after all, but in the final 10 minutes the Kangaroos superior fitness told and they ripped the home side apart with 4 tries to Boustead, Pearce, Steve Rogers and Man of the Match Brett Kenny to run out win 32-8 winners and become the first touring side to go through Britain undefeated.

French Tests

The tourists found the French Tests more of a challenge than the British, but in the end the Kangaroos prevailed and finished their tour unbeaten.

During the first half, Wally Lewis dislocated his shoulder while attempting to tackle a French player which ended his tour, though as there were only 2 weeks remaining he remained with the squad until they returned to Australia . He was replaced by Eric Grothe who went to the wing, Mal Meninga moved to his preferred centre with Brett Kenny moving to 5/8.

Leading Try Scorer

25 by John Ribot

Leading Point Scorer

166 by Mal Meninga (10 tries, 68 goals)

Largest Attendance

26,771 - First test vs Great Britain at Boothferry Park

Largest Club Game Attendance

16,049 - Australia vs Hull at The Boulevard
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Heads, Ian and Lester, Gary (1988) 200 Years of Australian Sport , Lester Townsend, Sydney
Whiticker, Alan (2004) Captaining the Kangaroos , New Holland, Sydney
Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney

External links

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Ashes Series 1982 at rugbyleagueproject.com
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