1982 Kangaroo Tour..1st Test..GB v Australia..

[@MattMc33]

One of, if not the greatest Australian team ever.

[@darylkanofski9327]

Totally agree, they say the -players now are fit but the rules are very different from back then which I believe makes this team unbelievable

[@matcole1975]

I remember my uncle waking me up to watch the Australian team. I was playing junior league with my brother and cousin as a kid. Great Memories

[@johncater7861]

Talking about Oz, the ball is thrown around like a hot potato, unlike the attack and defensive set plays of league in 2022. The players seem to play ad lib on instinct, always looking to pass, always backing up. Exciting and entertaining unlike the football in 2022 I feel.

[@martinhardcastle9970]

The difference is nowadays you have backs that are bigger than the forwards 20 years ago and faster than the backs.

[@davidcalland850]

The best Australian team ever to come over here have got the dvd

[@martinharvey3990]

This is like the 2 teams playing in a time zone... GB in the 70s - slow, concentrating on scrums, mixing it and the Kangaroos - 80s open, athletic, professional football!

[@martinharvey3990]

@J G Thanks for your reply, even though it has very little to do with my comment. Maybe you meant to reply to someone else.

[@drainmudvayne27]

@J G rugby league is the greatest sport on Planet Earth with 4.5 Billion fans and massively popular in over 240 countries including dependencies. soccer/football is a micro sport on the global stage popular in only 4 countries. Its a minority sport in the UK, France, Lebanon, Iraq etc. rugby league will be and still is the number 1 sport in Australia and NZ by 2050

[@bobbytreetop1701]

@JG-bw6luBoston Jim - gobshite

[@darylkanofski9327]

Well said

[@darrylmackie9184]

​​@@drainmudvayne27there are not 240 Countries in The World ! ya Goose. Not even 200.

[@imanenigma3348]

Ah, the good old days, like early motor racing, this era of Rugby League was easily the best to watch. Variety in the build, size and different strengths of the players.

[@robharris6874]

How`s the British commentator, "Max has come back from his breather whether he had a cup of tea or not I don`t know "!! 🤣

[@conandis5542]

Not to mention Australia's fullback being renamed to Gary Brentnall instead of Greg Brentnall 🤣🤣

[@GreenDistantStar]

Helluva team that could leave Steve Ella on the bench.

[@stevenguegens9516]

And how can you not remember ONE Mr Wally Lewis who didn't get picked as a reserve until the next test

[@GreenDistantStar]

@@stevenguegens9516 despite him being a Queenslander, Wally Lewis was the best all-round Rugby League player I've ever seen. He could do everything. Brilliant in attack, solid in defence, and he read a game better than anyone. He could change a game in the blink of an eye, which he often did against my beloved Blues. He made excellent players look like hacks, he was indeed The King.

[@rovert-rj7bg]

Mal was a fast moving mountain...unstoppable action man...

[@jonwalker5050]

I always remember this game for the disgusting late and high shot of fairburn on prop craig young, swinging arm to his throat and i bet the idiot was proud of himself. As a kiwi i always admired the ozzies for their discipline and professionalism despite being on the receiving end of plenty of cheap shots from both the poms and the kiwis

[@zabaleta66]

Don't worry, they dished it out too.

[@charliez7697]

mighty side what a team. including the grett Brett kenny

[@MachineThatCreates]

Probably my favourite Kangaroo side ever. Had a bit of everything,nice mix of Qld & NSW,class, mongrel and fitness. Sterlo tackling around the socks just for fun.

[@glenchapman3899]

It really is hard to pick a favorite from that era. From 1978 to 1990 the Kangaroo teams just oozed talent and strength.

[@user-mb2bf3zk7n]

Peter Stirling, what a player

[@goonerpak2977]

6 players from the great Parramatta side in the 80's.

[@saxonost7]

Thanks for uploadng these. I made the tragic mistake of watching another of your uploads just before I switched on the TV to watch St George vs the Tigers recently and was horrified by the latest game. Soft, formulaic and the idea that more points equals more entertainment remains tragically wrong. Give me RL from the 50s through to the 90s any day! Great to see Laurie Nichols up there shadow boxing in the stand. I met him once at Cooma RSL when I was on an end of season trip for The Entrance Tigers. A lovely bloke.

[@drainmudvayne27]

@J G rugby league is the greatest sport on Planet Earth with 4.5 Billion fans and massively popular in over 240 countries including dependencies. soccer/football is a micro sport on the global stage popular in only 4 countries. Its a minority sport in the UK, France, Lebanon, Iraq etc. rugby league will be and still is the number 1 sport in Australia and NZ by 2050

[@Antechynus]

Laurie Nichols was a great bloke and die hard tigers fan... he'd be as disgusted with the current NRL in Australia, its become a full on woke wankfest full of pretenders and Tiktok losers...

[@stewright539]

Fairbairn was crap during this tour,offered nothing.All he could do was a hight shot after the ball was passed

[@kenjones6441]

Like watching St Helens v Siddal

[@warmonger8799]

AWESOME

[@karlhunt2727]

The pitch looked huge compered 2 modern times

[@tersay2632]

W Pearce - have to be man of the match

[@stephenwright1476]

So good to see snorkel with hair-do you reckon he can remember?

[@darylkanofski9327]

I think the Poms went into this series thinking they could win, but there was nothing going to stop the Aussies with these performances

[@zabaleta66]

A huge gulf in playing standards.

[@cousy65nc61]

How did fairbairn or Burke ever get in the team before mumby still baffles me .

[@marksheehan8026]

Wayne pearces try the ref was striding right next to him very impressive.

[@scarey2me]

31:50 Craig Young copped a head high.

[@michaelokeefe8935]

Yep, crap ref and linesman. Should have been a send off!

[@markcrean6689]

And junior copped a nasty one at 13:04 bloke would have been sent for at least five weeks if hed done that in todays nrl

[@johnhoggard4640]

George Fairbairn, the GB fullback, committed at least 3 acts of foul play any one of which should have been a send-off. He stuck out his boots as Meninga went in for his try. At 13:04 he hit Wayne Pearce with a late high elbow to the head and did the same to Craig Young as you pointed out. Nothing but a dirty thug who was regarded as a legend at his club.

[@JonnyDredd]

Yeh and bousted copped a high shot in the lead up to les boyds try

[@thomasdaniel2669]

No Glamor men here. And thankfully technology was behind at the time, unlike every size, shape of camera to be poking in their face. And they still say today "there's stories we cannot share about that tour" 🤣🤣🤣 Thank the Lord social media was non existent 😅

[@MrPaul1collins]

The English always seem obsessed with being rough & ready...punches and swinging arms etc...I don't doubt they are hard guys..but it's not enough. Australian club Rugby League is fast & athletic and they can mix it if need be but they also know it's not how you get results. Not in the long run anyway. Now that guys like the Burgess brothers play in the NRL they are getting much better. With Wayne Bennett as coach they almost won the last World Cup

[@charliez7697]

magnificent side nothing else to say these guys may not as big or as fit as todays players but ohh lord they would eat todays players fir breakfeast 💪💪💪✝️✝️👍

[@bondoqbn7318]

Great Britain grubs

[@jonrichardson8461]

Ah the old NSW and Queensland vs Yorkshire and Lancashire. AKA Aus vs GB. But some great players. Still before the 4 point try so they still had stupid boring 2 point penalty goals , as at the beginning. Thankfully changed not long after. Rugby union still hasn’t learned. Completely ridiculous points system.

[@markcrean6689]

juniour playing like a man possessed

[@jandavis9871]

No point celebrating has beens.

[@imanenigma3348]

Better a "Has been", than a "never was", we can celebrate those who have done , as opposed to those who haven't.

[@Failedcivvy]

Were you born a muppet or did it take practice? I’m just trying to wonder why you would watch a 40 min video and then go to the lengths of making a comment like that…clearly you have some sort of problem and I wish you all the luck in the world in getting some help with that.

[@charliez7697]

what a miserable comment open your eyes