130 years discrimination against British rugby league

[RL The greatest game]

Rugby league honours: Anger at no knighthoods in 130 years

The Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle joins protests at the lack of knighthoods for rugby league players.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Perth Red]

Nothing new, southern biased media and toffs looking down on RL since 1895!

 

[Perth Red]

Billy Boston to become the games first Knight. Lovely man and amazing player.

Billy Boston to become first ever rugby league knight

The former Wigan player will be the first rugby league player to receive a knighthood in 130 years of the sport's history.

www.bbc.com

 

[RL The greatest game]

Billy Boston to become the games first Knight. Lovely man and amazing player.

Billy Boston to become first ever rugby league knight

The former Wigan player will be the first rugby league player to receive a knighthood in 130 years of the sport's history.

www.bbc.com

Yes about time and long over due.

 

[Chief_Chujo]

Billy Boston to become the games first Knight. Lovely man and amazing player.

Billy Boston to become first ever rugby league knight

The former Wigan player will be the first rugby league player to receive a knighthood in 130 years of the sport's history.

www.bbc.com

That's fantastic news. The way the Welsh treated him was disgusting.

 

[Perth Red]

 

[AdelaideSharky]

Sensational news.

 

[RedVee]

That's fantastic news. The way the Welsh treated him was disgusting.

???

 

[AdelaideSharky]

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He was a union player in Wales before heading northeast to play our game.

Cardiff RFC never picked him up as they had never picked black players before at that time so he switched to league a year later.

The lost Welsh rugby heroes Wales wouldn't pick because they were black

I discovered the hidden history of the great black Welsh players who were shamefully ignored

www.walesonline.co.uk

 

[RedVee]

He was a union player in Wales before heading northeast to play our game.

Cardiff RFC never picked him up as they had never picked black players before at that time so he switched to league a year later.

Thanks for explaining.
I think I missed Billy Boston, but I remember watching (tv) Clive Sullivan. Also Welsh I think.

 

[Perth Red]

Thanks for explaining.
I think I missed Billy Boston, but I remember watching (tv) Clive Sullivan. Also Welsh I think.

Sully should have got a knighthood as well. First black person to Capt a British/England team in any sport, won CC, won world cup as Capt. Became a legend in Hull.
Travesty he wasnt knighted.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Genuine question, if England cam to Australia and won the world cup next year, would any of the players be knighted? And how much national attention would it get? Considering it would have been England / GB's first World Cup win in decades and the first team you'd assume to beat Australia since 2006.

 

[Perth Red]

Genuine question, if England cam to Australia and won the world cup next year, would any of the players be knighted? And how much national attention would it get? Considering it would have been England / GB's first World Cup win in decades and the first team you'd assume to beat Australia since 2006.

Probably not, you have to play cricket, soccer or union to get recognised!
Seriously though it wouldn't be a knighthood, they are reserved for a few, only been about 20 in soccer, 10 in Union.
Union coach got a knighthood when england won 2003 World cup rest of the team got other honours (MBE's, OBE's), but I wouldnt hold my breath though that RL would get the same recognition!

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Probably not, you have to play cricket, soccer or union to get recognised!
Seriously though it wouldn't be a knighthood, they are reserved for a few, only been about 20 in soccer, 10 in Union.
Union coach got a knighthood when england won 2003 World cup rest of the team got other honours (MBE's, OBE's), but I wouldnt hold my breath though that RL would get the same recognition!

How about the mainstream media? Do you think they'd get behind it?

 

[RL The greatest game]

How about the mainstream media? Do you think they'd get behind it?

Never in the UK is my experience of living and working there for 10 years
Union in the UK has the majority of the media in it's pocket

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Never in the UK is my experience of living and working there for 10 years
Union in the UK has the majority of the media in it's pocket

Yeah but would a world cup win move the needle?

 

[Perth Red]

Yeah but would a world cup win move the needle?

Of it had been in Uk it would have had more impact but in Aus probably less so. We can but hope!

 

[RL The greatest game]

Yeah but would a world cup win move the needle?

Unlikely I would have thought with union having a majority of the media in their pockets, but we can but hope

 

[Jack Deth]

???

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