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The First Kangaroos: 1988 Comedy, drama Rugby league Dennis Waterman stars in a story of an Australian team on a tour of Great Britain. Old Scores: 1991 Comedy, drama Rugby union A controversial match between New Zealand and Wales is replayed 25 years later with the original teams. Starring Windsor Davies, Martyn Sanderson, and John Bach. Up 'n ...
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The First Kangaroos is a 1988 British–Australian made for TV sports film directed by Frank Cvitanovich and starring Dennis Waterman, Chris Haywood and Dominic Sweeney. It depicts the 1908–09 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain , the first-ever such tour by the Australia national rugby league team .
Wigan had ended the regular season as the league leaders. The Challenge Cup Winners were Wigan who beat Bradford Northern 8–3 in the final. Wigan's 1948 Challenge Cup Final victory over Bradford Northern was the first ever televised Rugby League match and Cup Final – although it was shown in the Midlands only. [1]
The Ashes series, similar to the cricket series of the same name, was a best-of-three series of test matches between Australia and Great Britain national rugby league football teams. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It had been contested 39 times from 1908 until 2003 largely with hosting rights alternating between the two countries.
The 1947–48 Northern Rugby Football League season's Challenge Cup Final was the first rugby league match to be televised. [17] All spectator sports in the United Kingdom experienced a surge in interest in the years following the end of World War II and rugby league boomed. [ 20 ]
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