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SOMEWHERE around the Eiffel Tower, on the rooftop area of a barge carrying 400 people along the Seine, I encounter Thomas Bosc. “This is a great day,” the celebrated French halfback half-whispers as we pass. Bosc was only 11 when the ’94 Kangaroos came to France and he was not here in the capital, of course.

THROUGHOUT this rather extravagant raking of coals, it’s doubtful the author experienced a more transcendent moment that on November 5, walking down Wellington Street in Leeds headed for the Crowne Plaza. This book is about the 1994 Kangaroos - not me.

THE truth is, I have no recollection at all of visiting the ‘Wembley Of The North” with the Kangaroos. I was clearly there - my match report from that day tells of a 40-0 win in which utility Jason Smith starred, leading to coach Bob Fulton admitting that he may push for Test selection. My visit to Odsal decades later while working on this thi…

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Hi everybody, Steve here. We’re just two days away from the start of the 2026 Super League season and there’s a lot happening at rugbyleaguehub.com. The biggest job I have over these two days is to bring back rugbyleague.com radio. This year it will operate Thursday morning to Sunday night UK time.

THIS was a stop on the old Wild Ghost Chase I was dreading - because a ghost that’s very special to me resides in Warrington. When I was 13 I wrote to Harry Edgar’s Open Rugby magazine looking for a penpal. I can still remember the excitement when I found a copy of that magazine in suburban Wollongong newsagent, begging my mother for enough money to buy …

WHEN we flew into Manchester at the start of the tour, I briefly convinced my Australian Associated Press colleague Jeff Dunne the Illawarra Mercury was on sale at the news agency in the terminal. Dunney picked up the rental car, we drove to Leeds with me checking the maps and the weird (to us, then) traffic information on the radio that came on without …

After seven years living here, having survived motorway traffic jams so intense you could get out and walk to the services before returning to your car to wait longer, I take the train where possible.

WHEN 11-year-old Sebastien Munoz heard the mighty Kangaroos were staying at a hotel just north of Perpignan’s town centre, he could barely contain himself. A day or two before the match against a Catalans-Roussillon Selection at Stade Gilbert Brutus, Sebastien walked up and down the street outside the hotel, hoping to meet a player. “My father said ‘it’s…

By STEVE MASCORD Under a new system, players not involved in each match were asked to award points on a 3-2-1 basis. Going into yesterday’s 74-0 Test win against France, Fittler appeared unbeatable with 12 votes, leaving Lazarus and second-rower David Fairleigh needing a man-of-the-match performance to tie. That’s exactly what Lazarus did, taking the award from centre Steve Renouf and winger Andrew Ettingshausen.