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On the front cover:
Reg Gasnier and the 1967 Kangaroo touring team.
Features include:
Ready for the Ashes – lots of Anglo-Australian features.
Six decades of the green and gold – every Kangaroo tour since 1959.
See Reg Gasnier’s great first try in England in the 1959 first Test.
Eric Grothe – the ‘guru’ of the flanks in the 1982 Ashes series.
Sir Billy Boston – an affectionate tribute to British Rugby League’s first Knight.
Hunslet celebrate the 60th anniversary of their epic 1965 Wembley Final.
Keighley’s Roy Sabine and the Duke of Wellington Regiment.
Arthur Keegan for Great Britain and in Army days.
Bill Ashurst – a sensational personal interview with the late ‘King Bill’.
From Hawick to Huddersfield - the impact of Scottish players in Rugby League.
Harry Hornby – Bradford Northern’s legendary first man of steel.
Ray French –BBC commentator and a giant figure for St.Helens and Widnes.
The last BBC Floodlit Trophy Final – an all Hull derby at the Boulevard.
Syd Scoop on Saving Salford – and Rugby League selling the silver.
Robin Whitfield – tribute to a top referee and great rugby man.
Claude Teisseire – French great who both played and refereed in the World Cup.
Baggage men, Tea Ladies and Physios – the people vital to every club.
British players playing for clubs in the Sydney competition.
Widnes honour their Cup Kings with entry to the Hall of Fame.
Whitehaven get their heritage numbers – preserving some Cumbrian history.
Salford’s Brian Snape with David Watkins at Wembley in 1969.
Remembering a great Rochdale Hornets win over Leeds.
Warrington’s new Hall of Famers – Derek Finnigan and Chris Reilly.
‘Spanky’ McFarlane leading a tough Workington Town forward pack.
Brian Brady – a cornerstone of the Warrington pack for 12 years.
Andy Whittle – Barrow’s classy centre whose career was cut short by injury.
Laitia Ravouvou – Rochdale Hornets’ gentle giant from Fiji.
Bill Smith – the Whitehaven winger set the club’s first try-scoring records.
Lock Lane of Castleford – one of the great Amateur clubs.
History – the first players to win Championships with two different clubs.
‘A’ team corner – Castleford in 1975, preserving a great ‘A’ team tradition.
Team photos: Oldham (1972-73), Doncaster (late 1970s), St.Helens (1964-65), Leeds 1967-68, Huddersfield (1912-13).
Obituaries and tributes to: Derek Hallas, Peter Banner, Ray French, Gordon Pritchard, Jackie Edwards, Robin Whitfield, Mark Jones, Barry Jackson (Heworth), John Rea and Tommy Dawes (Barrow), Tommy Conroy, Bill Carter (ex-Leeds secretary), Bob Shearman (Liverpool City), Ron Batty (of Whitehaven), Neville Kesha (Kiwi referee), Claude Teissere (France), Dick Poole, Sam Backo and Johnny Mayes (Australia), plus Kiwis Ray Sinel, Graham Matson and Jim Ford.
