Great Britain 1972 World Cup reunion
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On November 11, 2022, Rugby League Cares reunited eight of the 10 surviving members of Great Britain’s 1972 World Cup-winning team.
On a memorable night at Elland Road, the World Cup winners came together 50 years to the day since Clive Sullivan hoisted the World Cup trophy in Lyon.
The players received a rousing reception from the crowd at the Australia v New Zealand semi-final when they were led onto the pitch at half-time by Clive’s wife, Ros.
The eight players - Paul Charlton, David Jeanes, Brian Lockwood, Phil Lowe, Dennis O’Neill, George Nicholls, David Redfearn, Mike Sullivan - had a fantastic evening been hosted by RLWC2021 and John Ledger from Rugby League Cares.
This short video captures the half-time presentation largely missed on BBC TV’s coverage plus highlights of Great Britain’s two games against Australia in 1972. Half a century ago...
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One of the great brtish sporting moments ...as good as the union one in 2003 .
Regardless of any try that never was, what can't be denied is that this team won over a team which included two of Australia's original Rugby League Immortals in Langlands and Fulton. Not to mention other class players in the Aussie line up. The Final in Lyon on 11 November 1972 might ended in a 10-all draw in the end, but Great Britain's form through the tournament was undeniable, winning all 3 of their matches: Great Britain def. Australia 27-21 @ Stade Gilbert Brutus in Perpingnan (29 October) Great Britain def. France 13-4 @ Stade Lesdiguières in Grenoble (1 November) Great Britain def. New Zealand 53-19 @ Stade du Hameau in Pau (4 November) I'm an Aussie, but Great Britain were deserved 1972 World Cup Champions.
Sullivan was a fantastic winger. Terry Clawson played a couple of seasons in the Newcastle, 🇦🇺 competition. A pity they didn’t show Langlands’ chip kick to Ward which was incorrectly disallowed. In those days we had strong international competition.
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It was actually a bomb from Dennis Ward that Graeme Langlands chased through and caught. The sad thing is that the replay showed him to be about a metre onside. After the game, referee Georges Jameau happened to see a replay while he was getting changed and realising his error in disallowing the try, went to the Australian change room to personally apologize to Langlands. But then, how do you really apologize knowing that your mistake cost a team the World Cup?
If they played rah rah , they would have been worshiped by the Union loving media .