Does anyone remember....

[Knight87]

any of these famous World Club Challenge matches from years gone by:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_4HSnEkyiI
(Wigan vs Manly - 1987 at Central Park)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffc94p_YzoQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsEPURI_WF0
(Wigan vs Brisbane - 1992 at Central Park)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNTzD9ZDuc4&feature=related
(Brisbane vs Wigan - 1994 at QE II Stadium)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fug2NMp-Xjo
(St Helens vs Brisbane - 2001 at Reebok Stadium)

Also, does anyone remember any of these old matches (played in the UK):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejJ-Japm1cw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHJRLoa7kaE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehz9WoHPVsI

 

[bartman]

The crowds at Wigan's Central Park sounded fantastic!

Also, does anyone remember any of these old matches (played in the UK):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejJ-Japm1cw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHJRLoa7kaE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehz9WoHPVsI

First one reminds you just how hard Dean Pay was... and the third one is another hefty facial hit on McCracken, in addition to the more well-known one that ended up in court?

 

[dentonblue]

The 1987 game wasn't shown on UK TV at the time - months later (in early 1988 I think) the highlights were shown on the Sunday night Scrumdown show which went out only in the main RL-supporting regions on ITV - and even then they only showed it to fill a gap because it was a Challenge Cup weekend and they only had rights for league games.

One of many occasions when RL had a great opportunity to promote itself in the UK and missed it.