2021 was both a year to remember and a year some of us will want to forget. But before it’s too far gone, let’s take some time to remember some of the rugby league greats who left us for good in 2021. Dave Bolton Bolton was a ridiculously talented half, five-eighth or fullback who was […]
2021 was both a year to remember and a year some of us will want to forget. But before it’s too far gone, let’s take some time to remember some of the rugby league greats who left us for good in 2021. Dave Bolton Bolton was a ridiculously talented half, five-eighth or fullback who was […]
A massive night for rugby league in Townsville. Forget Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth … the first game every year should go to a major regional centre in either NSW or Queensland as long as the state governments are prepared to pay for it. Make it Newcastle next year.
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LOWLIGHT As predicted no Gus Gould or Fatty Vautin in the Channel 9 commentary box for the match call. It wasn t the same without the two Origin legends and their madness alongside Rabs.
1967 grand final rewind: Souths end an era, kick off a new one
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It was the end of an era and the start of a new one.
When South Sydney won the 1967 grand final it broke St George s world record sequence of 11 straight premierships, a feat that has never been matched and no other team is likely to even come close to.
For the Rabbitohs, it was the start of a golden run of success - they won four of the next five premierships only being denied five straight by Balmain s remarkable upset triumph on grand final day in 1969.