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| Quote: ups and downs "Eddie Cunningham is Keiron's brother, thats some age gap. This is on Wikipedia so could be inaccurate.'"
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"Look, I'd never use injuries as an excuse..." Daryl Powell:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_23603.jpg |
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| Quote: Money Mayweather "And people call the likes of Bailey and Ablett thugs!! ![]()
In its day, that would almost certainly have been regarded as an example of the game being played in the right spirit.
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| Quote: McLaren_Field "Although if you could somehow teleport that Leeds team of 78 to the current date and they somehow kept their youth during the process and you then gave them a very healthy salary and a year to condition themselves and do nothing else all day long but study nutrition, fitness and the tactical aspects of modern RL, then this time next year you'd see a game played on a more equal playing field.
Don't ever lose sight of the fact that none of those players in that 78 final earned a living wage from the sport, many had a trade and all of them had to juggle jobs and training constantly.'"
That's it, just spoil a piece of happy speculation by bringing reality into it.  |
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"If you start listening to the fans it won't be long before you're sitting with them," - Wayne Bennett.:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_438.jpg |
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I thought it was very entertaining. There was more variation in skills than you see nowadays.
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1 Warrington 2 Hull 3 Wigan 4 Castleford 4 Castleford 5 St Helens 6 Leeds 7 Catalans 8 Hudedersfield 9 Widnes 10 Wakefield
11 Salford 12 Leigh
Playoffs:Warrington Hull Wigan Castleford
Four sides rejoining: Widnes Wakefield Salford Leigh
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Did the heart good to see chubby props (Pitchford & Chisnall) battering each other for 80 minutes.
I agree with thos who said it seemed much quicker than current pundits would have us believe but I guess the time taken up with scrums instead of the handover after 6 tackles took time out of the game.
When did the handover replace the scrum after 6 tackles?
It was noticable how little airborne tactical kicking there was, particularly after the hash Leeds made of the 1st one.
Saints only stayed in the game in the second half due to Oulton's poor kicking on the day.
Watching Hynes puffing away on the bench reminded me of Laughton, how some things have changed for the better?
Interestingly I don't think Saints used either of their subs.
Let's hope the BBC show more repeats of these earlier cup finals.
Finally, how stilted were David Watkins comments?
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| Quote: Money Mayweather "And people call the likes of Bailey and Ablett thugs!! ![]()
Considering the players were semi-pros in those days the standard was very good. The advantages of a deeper line of attack and the lines of running and set moves should be studied by some of our current coaches who speed all their time on defence and little on attacking game plans.
It brought back many memories of visits to Wembley.
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it was 1000% more macho than todays game
you gave some and got some back with no trying to con the ref or falling over at the slightest touch and yet the respect for each other and the officials was obvious
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