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Wigan line up for the 13 man game was unreal...
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Crasher wrote:Watched the bath v Wigan clashes back... how anyone thought that could be worth doing!
Wigan line up for the 13 man game was unreal...
I remember watching that live. The union half was much closer than expected and Barf got thumped in the League half.
"The Holy Writ of Gloucester Rugby Club demands: first, that the forwards shall win the ball; second, that the forwards shall keep the ball; and third, the backs shall buy the beer." - Doug Ibbotson
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caldiglaws wrote:It paved the way for a lot of league ideas to be taken into union both on and off the pitch the biggest being the move from attack to defence being the most important facet of the game
I think the most important thing to come from league to union after that game, as an England fan, was Jason Robinson
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Number10 wrote:caldiglaws wrote:It paved the way for a lot of league ideas to be taken into union both on and off the pitch the biggest being the move from attack to defence being the most important facet of the game
I think the most important thing to come from league to union after that game, as an England fan, was Jason Robinson
Jason Robinson and JSD are the two players I've seen up close live and come away absolutely certain that their feet never actually touched the ground. Especially when changing direction. Brilliant, the pair of them.
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Russglos wrote:Number10 wrote:caldiglaws wrote:It paved the way for a lot of league ideas to be taken into union both on and off the pitch the biggest being the move from attack to defence being the most important facet of the game
I think the most important thing to come from league to union after that game, as an England fan, was Jason Robinson
Jason Robinson and JSD are the two players I've seen up close live and come away absolutely certain that their feet never actually touched the ground. Especially when changing direction. Brilliant, the pair of them.
Those are my wingers in my All-Time England XV.
"The Holy Writ of Gloucester Rugby Club demands: first, that the forwards shall win the ball; second, that the forwards shall keep the ball; and third, the backs shall buy the beer." - Doug Ibbotson