The Invincibles
The Inside Story of the 1982 Kangaroos, the Team That Changed Rugby Forever
Published on 12. August 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-78531-526-8 (ISBN)
Description
In the autumn of 1982 a youthful Australian rugby league squad embarked on a 22-leg tour of the UK and France, with the highlight of three Test matches against Great Britain. Four years earlier the Kangaroos had won a close-fought series 2-1, and another titanic struggle was expected. But this new generation of Aussies proved extraordinarily brilliant. The likes of Mal Meninga, Brett Kenny, Eric Grothe, Wayne Pearce, Peter Sterling and Wally Lewis played an exhilarating brand of high-risk, free-flowing rugby which dazzled British fans. The tourists made history by winning every game, marking the start of a golden era for Test rugby league - and many of the Australian stars went on to enjoy successful stints playing club rugby in England, famously Meninga (St Helens), Sterling (Hull) and Kenny (Wigan). As a rugby league side the Aussies had everything, and became known as the Invincibles. This is their story, told by those who faced the challenge of tackling one of world sport's greatest ever teams.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hove
United Kingdom
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Weight
582 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78531-526-8 (9781785315268)
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Mark Flanagan has been a sports journalist and author for more than 20 years and a rugby league fan since the early 1980s. He was lucky enough to see all the great Ashes Test matches of the 80s and 90s, the heyday for the sport in the modern era. He has worked on a freelance basis for the League Weekly newspaper for the last ten years, and has spent his whole working life in the heartlands of rugby league.