This is one of my earliest memories of watching Rugby League and in general of a team which I followed losing. I hadn't seen the footage since it happened and it's exactly how I remember it. Etched firmly in my memory bank is the feeling of utter despair, firstly as Martin Offiah sealed the deal and secondly seeing the Poms hanging from the rafters singing along to "We Are the Champions" at the end. Wild. Thanks for posting. PS I would have been 7, first-year playing footy, and as a small kid from Ipswich, Alfie's biggest fan.
@neo-pelagian2 жыл бұрын
Such a pity the GB tours are no longer happening.
@pitaberaciri83667 ай бұрын
Love these games miss this honest tough rugby league
@tigerwarsaw99 Жыл бұрын
Schofield had a stint with the Balmain Tigers in the 80s, champion player.
@MPT19832 жыл бұрын
I'm a Kiwi but there was something special about GB vs Aus matches.
@MrTomskez4 жыл бұрын
Best GB performance I’ve ever seen
@drainmudvayne272 жыл бұрын
@J G rugby league is the greatest sport on Earth with over 4 Billion fans and massively popular in over 240 countries including dependencies. soccer/football is only popular in 4 countries. Its a minority sport in the UK, France etc. rugby league will always be the number 1 sport in Australia
@user-we8ue9qy9l3 ай бұрын
@@drainmudvayne27 You are actually Very Wrongfully Mistaken by claiming that Football (Soccer) is popular only in (4 Four) Countries but actually Football (Soccer) itself is the Real Football Code and besides it more popular Globally Worldwide Internationally THAN the Football Code of Rugby League & besides that another Football Code of Rugby Union is NOT Very Far behind Football (Soccer) as in other words meaning that Rugby Union Football Code itself is actually being played in a lot more Countries Globally Worldwide Internationally than the Rugby League Football Code itself of course. But even I do love Rugby League Football myself but Very Unfortunately & Very Sadly that's NOT the case of the Rugby League Football Code of being the Number (1 One) Winter Sport as such but actually it's Australian Rules Football as in Aussie Rules Footy itself as &/or is the real Number (1 One) Winter Sport through out of Australia of course.
@drainmudvayne273 ай бұрын
@@user-we8ue9qy9l thanks for the 10 page essay lol, and if you had any brains you would know i just copied a clowns post and replaced rugby league for soccer... but cheers anyway.
@user-we8ue9qy9l3 ай бұрын
@@drainmudvayne27 I was just only correcting you about all of Rugby Union Football is being played in more Countries THAN Rugby League Football as a real fact & Australian Rules Football being most popular Winter Football Code right here in Australia THAN the (3 Three) other Football Codes of our Soccer, & both of our Rugby Football Codes is also a real fact of course. Sorry I didn't know at all that you did copy another person's post of course. But all Very Good of course.
@chriswood79263 жыл бұрын
What a game what a result and proud to say I was there. We were part of an Althams Travel Group and what a great group we were.
@farknfreakn931610 ай бұрын
GB flogged us that night . Total beat down
@MetalMayhem19782 жыл бұрын
Hard to believe this was 30 years ago! My god
@JohnJohn-cu7nk Жыл бұрын
The British fans singing , You'll Never walk Alone 😂🙌🙌
@SeriousAboutRL4 жыл бұрын
What a performance 🙌
@pauladaly7 ай бұрын
Platt was another level, Scofield showed his class and Steadmans kicking game was tidy. ET and Wishart had shockers and GB matched the Aussies in the forwards.
@pauladaly7 ай бұрын
Scoey is /was 6ft tall, ive played golf with him
@deklerkverwoerd77213 ай бұрын
@@pauladaly only 5.8 aparently lol
@Soloadriantraveler2 жыл бұрын
I’ve never seen an Australian test team make so many mistakes. There must have been over 20 fumbles and knock ons.
@tigerwarsaw99 Жыл бұрын
It was like an away game for them playing down in miserable Melbourne. Credit to the Brits for sticking it to a team full of to many queenslanders.
@user-we8ue9qy9l3 ай бұрын
@@tigerwarsaw99 At least on the other hand is this &/or that its away better than having a full team of New South Welshmen of course.
@jontydenton18984 жыл бұрын
Quite the tonic...what a player scoey
@paulebrey34494 жыл бұрын
wow what a British side this was.
@davidhart77922 жыл бұрын
I agree, no players in today's game come close.
@michaelallen39183 жыл бұрын
Good win to Great Britain, makes you wonder why Meninga took the kicks for goal when Rod Wishart was a more accomplished kicker? Make little difference to the score, just seems a little strange.
@vantheman12443 жыл бұрын
Meninga had been the Australian kicker since he’d come into the team.
@NARushton2 жыл бұрын
Do you have any of the GB matches from earlier in the tour against PNG?
@joebragg31143 жыл бұрын
all the robotic routines that goalkickers have these days contrast starkly with Paul Eastwoods fidgety prologue.
@stevebrookes45144 жыл бұрын
Darryl Powell 30 odd international caps never made a break.
@popeyedish3 жыл бұрын
That's a little unfair..pretty sure he made a half break once 😂
@darylkanofski93273 жыл бұрын
Would you have game 1 NZ RugbyLeagueVids
@KateAndy-ny2jrАй бұрын
GB could have beaten any state of origin side 😂
@neilrobinson99345 жыл бұрын
This match is basically Australia v Wigan
@dasrhinegold3 жыл бұрын
And ?
@davidhart77922 жыл бұрын
@@dasrhinegold And that's why the won!!!!!!!!!!!!
@matthewhicks31552 жыл бұрын
Steadman, Eastwood, Newlove, Powell Schofield, Harrison, Hulme. Not quite. And only two Wigan players scored...If Mcginty hadn't played for Wigan, would have never seen a GB shirt. Far better second rowers around at that time. Dixon, Fairbank, Eyres...
@neilrobinson99342 жыл бұрын
@@matthewhicks3155 you're not wrong. However it seems Mal Reilly went with established combinations. The Wigan pack as a unit was far ahead of what could effectively have been created using what were technically the "best" players. Got to admit though, McGinty had a storming game
@grahamlowe7388 Жыл бұрын
@@matthewhicks3155 hicks by name hicks and jealous by nature
@kivara3214 жыл бұрын
Do you have game 1?
@HyperHorse2 жыл бұрын
Yes he does, I hope you found it.
@robharris68742 жыл бұрын
How in the hell was Meniga the goal kick, his fucken hopeless