Brian Bevan was one of a number of Aussie/Kiwis who came over after the second war, the Aussie game was struggling in the forties/ early fifties and the aussies/ KIwis playing in Britain formed the basis of the Other Nationalities team who had a lot of success in that period, most were on long term contracts, and I am lucky? to be old enough to remember Bev,Harry Bath, Ces Mountford,Brian Nordgren, Arthur Clues,,Lionel Cooper, and the Huddersfield team of many talents.Great days but distance gives enchantment, and I do not know which is better then or now. However both times are better than the Wigan dominated thugby of the eighties,with players being frequently out of the game with serious injuries caused by foul play, often lightlly punished

Another great story but lack of Aussie history would be a handicap and almost like an admission that a UK immortal is better than an Aussie...I don't think they'd stomach it.

Isn’t 740 tries in a career by far the record for a player in either code of rugby?

I think for the convenience of the Twickers Brigade ,a record like Bevan's would be airbrushed out of the history of "Rugby".

I was intrigued so I googled "most tries in rugby career".As expected the results were dominated by rugby union stats. However, fair play to them, the results related to international tries not club tries, which makes sense as the standard of club rugby union is pretty variable.

What. They scored tries in RU Internationals. Hardly correct for the kicking purists