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2018 R7 Fri - Broncos 20-34 Storm @ Suncorp

Round 7: Broncos v Storm


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T-Boon

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I believe this was one of the major reasons that the two codes separated.

It's a little known fact that up until the late stages of World War II, rugby league supporters would refer to their rugby union counterparts as "non-billy punchers". Union supporters called leaguies "slater slappers".

Basically, if you don't agree with punching billy slater, you're pro union and anti league.

Exactly. It is one of the reasons RL was able to go professional as people were willing to pay big shillings to see Slater punched out (even 50 years before his birth) while Union had to stay amateur.
 
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