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| The title of this thread is Wigan or England, when the first World Cup was held in 1954 the decision for the players was home or England.
The 1954 tourists had just lost a series 2-1 to the Aussies in what was a gruelling and brutal tour, in fact in the match against NSW the Ref walked off the field with 10 minutes left and left the players to fight it out.
The GB tourists played 22 matches in Australia and 12 in New Zealand and remember these men where only part time and most of them had to beg time off work for 3/4 months often with loss of pay.
The French had come up with the idea of an inaugural RL world Cup to counter the immense pressure they where put under by the French RU, the W/c began with 4 teams , France, England, Aus and NZ.
The majority of the England players opted out, quoting that they where spent after only getting home from the tour, which meant that they went into the competition with a scratch team.
England went on to win the competition and what made it unusual was the Captain was a Scotsman, Dave Valantine,
this makes me wonder why the name for the team was changed to England instead of GB which it had always been.
I hope some historian of the game can help on this.
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| I would say England without a doubt if I thought it would raise the sports profile in the country for any more than 24 hours, but even if they do it won’t.
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| Quote: twosevenzero "My favourite kits in all International sport are the green & gold of the kangaroos, the red, white & blue of Great Britain (I know I'm biased), closely followed by the All Blacks RU, simple but right.'"
Love the traditional Aussie shirts. (Not so much their new one as they've changed the colour slightly) As you say mate, simple but right.
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3632_1352982335.jpg Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery.......
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| Quote: Conroy "Love the traditional Aussie shirts. (Not so much their new one as they've changed the colour slightly) As you say mate, simple but right.'"
The 1986 Kangaroo Tour, both jerseys, Aussies Classic, GB's Umbro, awesome !!!
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[quote="Pemps":1dso5atj]I can't confirm Bennett's exact words but I believe they were along the lines of "Strewth Ian, I wouldn't touch him with yours. He's a flammin' Gala". [/quote:1dso5atj]
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| Quote: Conroy "(Not so much their new one as they've changed the colour slightly) As you say mate, simple but right.'"
Yeah i agree
I dont like the lack of a floppy collar. GB RL got rid of theirs after 2006(?) tri-nations and i did not like that either.
For me, a floppy collar is what distinguishes a RL jersey form other sports
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| When Wigan play, Wigan. When England play, England. I want them both to win for different reasons. Obviously Wigan are my club and the two cup wins this year were fantastic, but as others have said, if RL is to get any recognition in this country - however small - we need to win the WC.
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