I was at this game. Couldn't believe after the 82 and 86 Invincibles we could possibly lose. Thankfully we got up in the next two Tests. The 2nd Test at Manchester was the greatest game of Rugby League ever played.
Thanks Shaun. Great memories here. These were the men who inspired a lifelong passion in me for rugby league. Hanley, Meninga, Gregory, Offiah. Still great names these 30 years later. I love the structure of play when you watch these old games: lots of run arounds, double dummy drop offs, etc. I feel like we've lost some of this, in favor of the parallel running lines that are used so often used by the attacking team in the modern game - used too often in my opinion. Still, we've been treated to a great game all these years, and long may it continue. Thanks again Shaun.
@M MacDonalds is also widely consumed; but haute cuisine it is clearly not! Trump was very popular among millions in the US - also not a good indicator of quality. Clearly, quantity doesn't beget quality. Perhaps our palettes are differentially refined? I'll stick to my rugby, thanks, while you pay extortionate prices to watch overpaid millionaires fall on the floor feigning injury, in between abusing the referee. After that, you can wash down the bad taste left in your mouth, with a nice serving of hooliganism outside the stadium, unless the police have arranged the requisite animal caging to preclude your after-match dessert. Unfortunately, I won't be able to join you for this dessert, as in my sport, 12 teams can all play against each other on the same weekend at the same stadium, mixing freely, enjoying each others company, and amicably celebrating the sport they love. We call it 'Magic Weekend', and it would truly require physics-defying magic to make that happen in football. So it seems we'll be deprived of the crowd violence that your sport thrives in, but go ahead, enjoy! By the way, how strange you felt the need to come and post on a rugby league video - if your sport is so enthralling, presumably you'd be watching it, rather than here? But here you are - maybe your subconscious is telling you something? If so, we might welcome you as a fellow supporter, but you'll need to learn some respect, manners and dignity before you join our ranks. We're a more cultivated bunch than your average soccer fan. So maybe you'll need to just stick to MacDonalds?
@M rugby league is the greatest sport on Earth with over 4 Billion fans and massively popular in over 240 countries including dependencies. soccer/football is only popular in 4 countries. Its a minority sport in the UK, France etc. rugby league will always be the number 1 sport in Australia
@@drainmudvayne27 You are actually Very Wrongfully Mistaken by claiming that Football (Soccer) is popular only in (4 Four) Countries but actually Football (Soccer) itself is the Real Football Code and besides it more popular Globally Worldwide Internationally THAN the Football Code of Rugby League & besides that another Football Code of Rugby Union is NOT Very Far behind Football (Soccer) as in other words meaning that Rugby Union Football Code itself is actually being played in a lot more Countries Globally Worldwide Internationally than the Rugby League Football Code itself of course. But even I do love Rugby League Football myself but Very Unfortunately & Very Sadly that's NOT the case of the Rugby League Football Code of being the Number (1 One) Winter Sport as such but actually it's Australian Rules Football as in Aussie Rules Footy itself as &/or is the real Number (1 One) Winter Sport through out of Australia of course.
@@user-we8ue9qy9l and you are wrongfully mistaken if you think that was my comment lol it was a reply to M that always comes on nrl sites claming that soccer is, i just changed soccer for rugby league.. and soccer is the most boring sport on the planet hahahaha
What a time to be a rugby league fan..... different game back then and way more entertaining IMO... Now we got 3 Australians playing for us... and an ozzy coach! Both Hanley n Schofield with chips over leading to try's unheard of now! Cheers Shaun loved it! 👍
@@drainmudvayne27 You are actually Very Wrongfully Mistaken by claiming that Football (Soccer) is popular only in (4 Four) Countries but actually Football (Soccer) itself is the Real Football Code and besides it more popular Globally Worldwide Internationally THAN the Football Code of Rugby League & besides that another Football Code of Rugby Union is NOT Very Far behind Football (Soccer) as in other words meaning that Rugby Union Football Code itself is actually being played in a lot more Countries Globally Worldwide Internationally than the Rugby League Football Code itself of course. But even I do love Rugby League Football myself but Very Unfortunately & Very Sadly that's NOT the case of the Rugby League Football Code of being the Number (1 One) Winter Sport as such but actually it's Australian Rules Football as in Aussie Rules Footy itself as &/or is the real Number (1 One) Winter Sport through out of Australia of course.
I was shocked for days.I couldn't believe it.The almighty Kangaroos got done,outplayed. The greatest ever Great Britain side I have ever seen.Great players peaking at the same time to produce possibly their finest ever performance against the Kangaroos.Years in the making.It was building and they delivered.Well done Mal Reilly,Ellery and the boys.It was champagne football. A great day for British rugby league.What a magnificent series it was.Some of the finest ever rugby league I've ever seen played on the football field all throughout.Both sides pushing each other to the limit to find their very best.Absolutely outstanding!👏
I defy any right-minded RL fan to dispute that the product was far superior back then. The early 90's were the zenith of RL: intricate rook plays, forwards steaming on to the ball from DEPTH, specialist positions; tactical battles, expansive movement of the ball with sparks of genius from players like Schofield et al. Sad to say, but the dour tactics of the Aussies during the norties, the obsessive expedience of the play the ball and production of raw powerful athletes as oppose to footballers, ruined the game in my eyes. RL these days, in comparison, is a total bore! Five one-up hits from dummy half and a kick. On a good day teams might spin the ball wide inside the opponents 15 metre zone, if you're lucky. Listening to the analysis from pundits is like sitting in a corporate board meeting with a bunch of paper merchants - stats and yardage metres, set completions... etc etc.. dull AF... 😣😣😣😴😴😴😴😴
I became a hardcore fan of the game around this time and a massive fan of the Brisbane Broncos. The electrifying style of open running footy mixed with tough nonsense forwards who played the full 80 mins. Now the game is robotic. The players are douchebags (not all of them) and corporate money dominates. I barely watch the game anymore.
Thanks Shaun! The first rugby league test I ever watched!!! And a brilliant star studded British team. Not sure where the new Hanley Schofield Betts Gregory and Offiahs are, hopefully we will see them and get back to beating the Aussies once in awhile 😉
Used to go to a lot of events at Wembley in those days as my dad worked at the Stadium. I loved going to the Challenge Cup finals but this was the greatest day out at Wembley ever. What a great game, some outstanding players and a great win for GB. Went to Elland Road for the third test but the less said the better. Love Ray French’s commentary.
In this era it was the unpredictability of players like Gregory and Schofield that made the game entertaining. Anything off the cuff has been coached out of players in the modern era to the point were we are watching 26 robots grind each other down.
Thanks for hosting. One of the best tests ever with incredible intensity all game. Schofield got the official Man of the Match, but Hanley was 10/10 - John Monie said he was the best player in the world during the telecast, and as Rugby League Week noted at the time, Dennis Betts "had a picnic up the middle".
Wow what a team GB was back then had world class players all over the pitch. What the hell has happened especially when we have just witnessed that shower of shite not win a single game on their tour Down under, and look at the massive crowd the International game has really gone backwards.
Drew Deca is it because Rugby Union has become more popular due to professionalism and the money that can be earned by players? Has the talent from up north gone to rugby union? Are the new Ellery Hanley’s, Dennis Bett’s, Mike Gregory’s and Martin Offiah’s now playing Union? That is all I can think off. Great rugby players have always come from Lancashire and Yorkshire, are they now being signed by rugby union clubs? It’s a great shame because Rugby League is a truly great game.
Your kidding mate..it wouldn't of mattered who you Poms had playing..you just didn't have a footy ability nor toughness Australian teams have had for the last 50 yrs ..we will soon see it again it Nov when we will again show who is the best Rugby League Nation..to be honest I which it was like the old days when you did put up a fight and gave us great test matches. Australia's miss the 60s and 70's when beating GB was a huge thing..to be honest I can't see you beating the Pacific nations teams this WC
@@brettroberts1452 No im not kidding im telling you, but ill also point out that I don,t give a flying fuck for your opinion, and dont see why you replied to mine. As for November im sure youll win if you can be arsed travelling over unless you get slapped by Tonga again.
You know 3 mins before the end where they gave Hannelly a penalty for saying he was taken out after kicking, that wasn't so at all. He got hit at the same time he kicked it. Lousy decision.
Mal Reilly seems such a nice fellow but on reading some of the autobiography's of some of the old players he was a proper hard case and a bit of a dirty barsteward just shows you cant judge a book by the cover; and how old was betts when he started playing 12 he seemed to be around forever best forward GB ever had
@@shaun123387 hes the best in my lifetime , who do you think was better ,and please dont go back to the billy boston and vollenhoven days (wingers) and I am not a wigan fan
@@stevocharlie1821 Betts was agood forward in is own right..But i was thinking more Andy Farrell..Paul Sculthorpe..Ellery Hanley..Just to name a few..And not forgetting the legand Malcolm Reilly..Betts was,nt in the same class as those.
United Munich interesting, as an aussie i'd definitely rate Betts over Andy Farrell, playing us anyways. Some players really impressed the press down there and Betts in the forwards was the pundits pick.
The years of the one eyed ref.. game was played by hard men who copped dodgy calls and hits. No massive blowups just cop it on the chin, get up play the ball and get him back later. Oh the good old days
Had to laugh at the way the Poms celebrated after this win..it looks like they just won the Series which is of course not what ended up happening..but just beating Australia was a big achievement for any Country & still is ..but to beat them twice is just about impossible these days as we will soon see again in November in the World Cup in England
The largest island, one of approximately 188 inhabited islands in the British Isles, is called Great Britain, and as such the country we inhabit is called The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which incidentally, is the longest name of any UN sovereign state in the world. "Great" refers to the relative size of it, as the largest. However I'm sure you knew all that, and were just being facetious. You were, weren't you? Cheeky scamp.
I was at this game.
Couldn't believe after the 82 and 86 Invincibles we could possibly lose.
Thankfully we got up in the next two Tests.
The 2nd Test at Manchester was the greatest game of Rugby League ever played.
Thanks Shaun. Great memories here. These were the men who inspired a lifelong passion in me for rugby league. Hanley, Meninga, Gregory, Offiah. Still great names these 30 years later. I love the structure of play when you watch these old games: lots of run arounds, double dummy drop offs, etc. I feel like we've lost some of this, in favor of the parallel running lines that are used so often used by the attacking team in the modern game - used too often in my opinion. Still, we've been treated to a great game all these years, and long may it continue. Thanks again Shaun.
@M MacDonalds is also widely consumed; but haute cuisine it is clearly not! Trump was very popular among millions in the US - also not a good indicator of quality. Clearly, quantity doesn't beget quality. Perhaps our palettes are differentially refined? I'll stick to my rugby, thanks, while you pay extortionate prices to watch overpaid millionaires fall on the floor feigning injury, in between abusing the referee. After that, you can wash down the bad taste left in your mouth, with a nice serving of hooliganism outside the stadium, unless the police have arranged the requisite animal caging to preclude your after-match dessert. Unfortunately, I won't be able to join you for this dessert, as in my sport, 12 teams can all play against each other on the same weekend at the same stadium, mixing freely, enjoying each others company, and amicably celebrating the sport they love. We call it 'Magic Weekend', and it would truly require physics-defying magic to make that happen in football. So it seems we'll be deprived of the crowd violence that your sport thrives in, but go ahead, enjoy! By the way, how strange you felt the need to come and post on a rugby league video - if your sport is so enthralling, presumably you'd be watching it, rather than here? But here you are - maybe your subconscious is telling you something? If so, we might welcome you as a fellow supporter, but you'll need to learn some respect, manners and dignity before you join our ranks. We're a more cultivated bunch than your average soccer fan. So maybe you'll need to just stick to MacDonalds?
@M rugby league is the greatest sport on Earth with over 4 Billion fans and massively popular in over 240 countries including dependencies. soccer/football is only popular in 4 countries. Its a minority sport in the UK, France etc. rugby league will always be the number 1 sport in Australia
@user-gu4tv4hp6sobsessed 😂😂😂
@@drainmudvayne27 You are actually Very Wrongfully Mistaken by claiming that Football (Soccer) is popular only in (4 Four) Countries but actually Football (Soccer) itself is the Real Football Code and besides it more popular Globally Worldwide Internationally THAN the Football Code of Rugby League & besides that another Football Code of Rugby Union is NOT Very Far behind Football (Soccer) as in other words meaning that Rugby Union Football Code itself is actually being played in a lot more Countries Globally Worldwide Internationally than the Rugby League Football Code itself of course.
But even I do love Rugby League Football myself but Very Unfortunately & Very Sadly that's NOT the case of the Rugby League Football Code of being the Number (1 One) Winter Sport as such but actually it's Australian Rules Football as in Aussie Rules Footy itself as &/or is the real Number (1 One) Winter Sport through out of Australia of course.
@@user-we8ue9qy9l and you are wrongfully mistaken if you think that was my comment lol it was a reply to M that always comes on nrl sites claming that soccer is, i just changed soccer for rugby league.. and soccer is the most boring sport on the planet hahahaha
What a time to be a rugby league fan..... different game back then and way more entertaining IMO... Now we got 3 Australians playing for us... and an ozzy coach! Both Hanley n Schofield with chips over leading to try's unheard of now! Cheers Shaun loved it! 👍
@@drainmudvayne27 You are actually Very Wrongfully Mistaken by claiming that Football (Soccer) is popular only in (4 Four) Countries but actually Football (Soccer) itself is the Real Football Code and besides it more popular Globally Worldwide Internationally THAN the Football Code of Rugby League & besides that another Football Code of Rugby Union is NOT Very Far behind Football (Soccer) as in other words meaning that Rugby Union Football Code itself is actually being played in a lot more Countries Globally Worldwide Internationally than the Rugby League Football Code itself of course.
But even I do love Rugby League Football myself but Very Unfortunately & Very Sadly that's NOT the case of the Rugby League Football Code of being the Number (1 One) Winter Sport as such but actually it's Australian Rules Football as in Aussie Rules Footy itself as &/or is the real Number (1 One) Winter Sport through out of Australia of course.
AND STILL CANT WIN
@@drainmudvayne27 BUT WE DONT COMMENT ON THAT SHIT GAME
@@user-we8ue9qy9l YOU ARE DUMBER THAN HE IS
I was shocked for days.I couldn't believe it.The almighty Kangaroos got done,outplayed.
The greatest ever Great Britain side I have ever seen.Great players peaking at the same time to produce possibly their finest ever performance against the Kangaroos.Years in the making.It was building and they delivered.Well done Mal Reilly,Ellery and the boys.It was champagne football.
A great day for British rugby league.What a magnificent series it was.Some of the finest ever rugby league I've ever seen played on the football field all throughout.Both sides pushing each other to the limit to find their very best.Absolutely outstanding!👏
I defy any right-minded RL fan to dispute that the product was far superior back then. The early 90's were the zenith of RL: intricate rook plays, forwards steaming on to the ball from DEPTH, specialist positions; tactical battles, expansive movement of the ball with sparks of genius from players like Schofield et al.
Sad to say, but the dour tactics of the Aussies during the norties, the obsessive expedience of the play the ball and production of raw powerful athletes as oppose to footballers, ruined the game in my eyes. RL these days, in comparison, is a total bore! Five one-up hits from dummy half and a kick. On a good day teams might spin the ball wide inside the opponents 15 metre zone, if you're lucky. Listening to the analysis from pundits is like sitting in a corporate board meeting with a bunch of paper merchants - stats and yardage metres, set completions... etc etc.. dull AF...
😣😣😣😴😴😴😴😴
I became a hardcore fan of the game around this time and a massive fan of the Brisbane Broncos. The electrifying style of open running footy mixed with tough nonsense forwards who played the full 80 mins. Now the game is robotic. The players are douchebags (not all of them) and corporate money dominates. I barely watch the game anymore.
Thanks Shaun! The first rugby league test I ever watched!!! And a brilliant star studded British team. Not sure where the new Hanley Schofield Betts Gregory and Offiahs are, hopefully we will see them and get back to beating the Aussies once in awhile 😉
Them where the days, when rugby league was free to watch on tv.cheers Shaun 👊
Used to go to a lot of events at Wembley in those days as my dad worked at the Stadium. I loved going to the Challenge Cup finals but this was the greatest day out at Wembley ever. What a great game, some outstanding players and a great win for GB. Went to Elland Road for the third test but the less said the better. Love Ray French’s commentary.
In this era it was the unpredictability of players like Gregory and Schofield that made the game entertaining. Anything off the cuff has been coached out of players in the modern era to the point were we are watching 26 robots grind each other down.
Spot On 100% Mark..
What a great test match with a massive crowd the strongest Great Britain ever play against Roos!
Great tough game, some superstars on that pitch
Stevie Hampson was immense that day while ellery Hanley and Gary schoefield were simply world class.
Thanks for hosting. One of the best tests ever with incredible intensity all game. Schofield got the official Man of the Match, but Hanley was 10/10 - John Monie said he was the best player in the world during the telecast, and as Rugby League Week noted at the time, Dennis Betts "had a picnic up the middle".
Wow what a team GB was back then had world class players all over the pitch. What the hell has happened especially when we have just witnessed that shower of shite not win a single game on their tour Down under, and look at the massive crowd the International game has really gone backwards.
Drew Deca is it because Rugby Union has become more popular due to professionalism and the money that can be earned by players? Has the talent from up north gone to rugby union? Are the new Ellery Hanley’s, Dennis Bett’s, Mike Gregory’s and Martin Offiah’s now playing Union? That is all I can think off. Great rugby players have always come from Lancashire and Yorkshire, are they now being signed by rugby union clubs? It’s a great shame because Rugby League is a truly great game.
Thanx for the upload this match was sensational Garry schofield proving why he was the best in the world at that time,he led the aussies a merrydanve
Great game Britain had a backline to win that series unfortunately most of them were watching on grandstand
Your kidding mate..it wouldn't of mattered who you Poms had playing..you just didn't have a footy ability nor toughness Australian teams have had for the last 50 yrs ..we will soon see it again it Nov when we will again show who is the best Rugby League Nation..to be honest I which it was like the old days when you did put up a fight and gave us great test matches. Australia's miss the 60s and 70's when beating GB was a huge thing..to be honest I can't see you beating the Pacific nations teams this WC
@@brettroberts1452 No im not kidding im telling you, but ill also point out that I don,t give a flying fuck for your opinion, and dont see why you replied to mine. As for November im sure youll win if you can be arsed travelling over unless you get slapped by Tonga again.
More entertaining than now
Sensational
👍
You know 3 mins before the end where they gave Hannelly a penalty for saying he was taken out after kicking, that wasn't so at all. He got hit at the same time he kicked it. Lousy decision.
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Mal Reilly seems such a nice fellow but on reading some of the autobiography's of some of the old players he was a proper hard case and a bit of a dirty barsteward just shows you cant judge a book by the cover; and how old was betts when he started playing 12 he seemed to be around forever best forward GB ever had
You think Dennis Betts was GBs Best ever forward...Thats got to be a miss print ain,t it..
@@shaun123387 hes the best in my lifetime , who do you think was better ,and please dont go back to the billy boston and vollenhoven days (wingers) and I am not a wigan fan
@@stevocharlie1821 Betts was agood forward in is own right..But i was thinking more Andy Farrell..Paul Sculthorpe..Ellery Hanley..Just to name a few..And not forgetting the legand Malcolm Reilly..Betts was,nt in the same class as those.
United Munich interesting, as an aussie i'd definitely rate Betts over Andy Farrell, playing us anyways. Some players really impressed the press down there and Betts in the forwards was the pundits pick.
Mal Reilly was a hard player back in the day, nobody fucked with him
The years of the one eyed ref.. game was played by hard men who copped dodgy calls and hits. No massive blowups just cop it on the chin, get up play the ball and get him back later. Oh the good old days
Had to laugh at the way the Poms celebrated after this win..it looks like they just won the Series which is of course not what ended up happening..but just beating Australia was a big achievement for any Country & still is ..but to beat them twice is just about impossible these days as we will soon see again in November in the World Cup in England
Looking forward to seeing you in the UK .
Why do they call themselves GREAT??? Britain????
The largest island, one of approximately 188 inhabited islands in the British Isles, is called Great Britain, and as such the country we inhabit is called The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which incidentally, is the longest name of any UN sovereign state in the world. "Great" refers to the relative size of it, as the largest.
However I'm sure you knew all that, and were just being facetious. You were, weren't you? Cheeky scamp.
god different rules for poms and aussies,why don't they just send all the aussies off and play with themselves
Get back to your crayons , you whining turd .
Sending my tinnitus nuts but great video
Go tha Aussies yyyeeeeeewwwwww 🤙