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…
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Episode 7 – The Birth of a Super Coach- Eastern Suburbs 1967
Eastern Suburbs failed to win a match in the 1966 Premiership Season. It was only the fourth time in the history of the NSWRL that a team had failed to win a match in a premiership season (Annandale 1918, Sydney University 1935, South Sydney 1946). Most experts were predicting similar dire straits for Easts for…
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…