Australia Rugby League Kangaroos Arthur Beetson was a Rugby League World Cup Winner in 1968. CHILL-OUT SUNDAY THE ELLIS RUGBY – AUSTRALIA RUGBY LEAGUE KANGAROOS ARTHUR BEETSON BOOK PREVIEW Arthur Beetson’s future talents as a ball-playing front-rower were honed in his teenage years. When he played at centre or five-eighth in his home-town of Roma in […]
1972 Rugby League World Cup Winner Mike Stephenson. The autobiography of the Great Britain Rugby League international. CHILL-OUT SUNDAY THE ELLIS RUGBY – RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP WINNER “STEVO” LOOKING BACK BOOK PREVIEW Michael Stephenson MBE was born in Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire. Commonly known as “Stevo”. The nickname that he is known by […]
New Zealand Kiwis 1962 Great Britain Series winners. NEW ZEALAND KIWIS 1962 WAS ONE OF THE STRONGEST TEAMS The 1962 New Zealand rugby league season was the 55th season of rugby league. The highlight was New Zealand defeating Great Britain 2-0 in a Test series. New Zealand won the Test matches 19-0 and 27-8 at […]
CHILL-OUT SUNDAY THE ELLIS RUGBY – RL WORLD CUP BOOK – THEIR FINEST HOUR – BOOK PREVIEW RL World Cup Book – Their Finest Hour. Written by Andrew Marmont ‘Their Finest Hour’: A History of the Rugby League World Cup in 10 Matches. Andrew Marmont is an accomplished freelance sports writer. He is the author […]
CHILL-OUT SUNDAY THE ELLIS RUGBY – THE RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP – THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF RUGBY LEAGUE’S OLDEST GLOBAL TOURNAMENT – BOOK PREVIEW The Rugby League World Cup: The Illustrated History of Rugby’s Oldest Global Tournament. Editor – Tim Butcher Edited by Tim Butcher of League Publications Ltd who also publishes a range of books. Including the […]
RL WORLD CUP WINNERS 1972 GREAT BRITAIN (Part Three) RL World Cup winners of 1972 were Great Britain. They were led by the great Clive Sullivan. The RLWC Final Great Britain Lions v Australia Kangaroos Having beaten Australia, France, and New Zealand in the group stages. Great Britain went through to the final. Australia had […]
RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP WINNERS 1972 GREAT BRITAIN (Part Two) Rugby League World Cup Winners of 1972. Basking in the success over Australia by 27 points to 21 in Perpignan. Great Britain moved on to Grenoble in the shadow of the Alps. There they comfortably beat France 13-3. With Second Row Forward Phil Lowe voted […]
CHILL-OUT SUNDAY THE ELLIS RUGBY – 1972 RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP HERO – CHARLO – BOOK REVIEW 1972 Rugby League World Cup hero Paul Charlton. He was the former Workington Town, Salford, Cumbria and Great Britain Rugby League Lions player. Also, the book named after nickname Charlo is the Story of a Rugby League Great. […]
RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP 1972 GREAT BRITAIN (Part One) The Rugby League World Cup 1972. It was 1954 all over again. As Great Britain scored a memorable triumph to win the sixth World Cup tournament in 1972. And, fittingly, the inspirational captain of the first British World Cup winners in France 18 years before, Dave […]
CHILL-OUT SUNDAY THE ELLIS RUGBY – FRANCE RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD – STILL CROWING – BOOK REVIEW France Rugby League World. In their glory days of the 1950s, France Rugby League had much to crow about. All 62 matches, 1951 to 1960 covered. Includes selective pen pictures of the great players and complete career statistics. Author […]