On November the 8th 1920, a meeting is held at the School of Arts in Bowns Road, Kogarah. A large group of people will be attending to form a new Rugby League team. BUT no-one who attended the meeting that night at the School of Arts could have imagined, in their wildest dreams, that the…
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Episode 9 – The Dogs of War. Canterbury 1984-1987
The 1980’s was the most successful decade in the history of the Canterbury-Bankstown Rugby League Club. They won premierships in 1980, 1984, 1985 and 1988. But amongst all this success, one team stood out – a team that would create a legacy. A legacy that lasts to the present day. Episode Acknowledgments: Steve Greige is…
Episode 6 – Newtown 1984 to 2019
On September 26, 1983, the New South Wales Rugby League did not invite Newtown to participate in the 1984 premiership. Many thought it was the end for Rugby League’s first club. The club was cocooned for seven years, but in 1991 an osmosis began that would transform the club and take it to new, dizzy…
Episode 2 – The Super League War
It was the most divisive period in Rugby League’s history. Fans, players, officials and clubs turned on each other and behind the scenes, the Packers took on the Murdochs. For most people, hostilities began on April 1st 1995, but the truth is that the divisions had begun many years before. A so-called ‘peace’ was reached…