Bastille Day Of Days Past

[The Partisan]

For the history buffs....

The 1951 touring French Rugby League took on the NSW State team on their national day.

The game ended in a draw but the visitors drew inspiration from the result as they beat the Australian team a week later to win the Test series before being lauded at home upon their return.

Tres bon !


( PS. Recommend the " Champagne Rugby" book by Henri Garcia / Roger Grime".)

 

[RedVee]

Thanks

 

[The Voice of Reason!]

Was looking this game up and stumbled over this interesting nugget: Aust v France in Melbourne. Note that there were two Victorians in the Australian team:

 

[The Voice of Reason!]

Here's the game the OP was talking about:

 

[The Voice of Reason!]

And just b'cos:

 

[miguel de cervantes]

You just don't read articles with that honest tone anymore. They actually reported the news back then.

 

[RedVee]

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