A VOTE FOR LEAGUE
Writing in the “Spectator,” “Quoodle” had some illuminating views on the recent British Rugby League Cup final when Wigan beat Hunslet, 20-16, before 92,000 spectators at Wembley Stadium. He wrote: “Old prejudices die hard and no-one could be more prejudiced in favour of Rugby Union than ‘Quoodle.’ All the same, the best game I’ve seen this year in either code was the Rugby League final between Wigan and Hunslet at Wembley. The goal-kicking alone would have won any Rugby Union international match played last season. “And I have an uneasy suspicion that the Wigan team I saw (on television) last Saturday, or the St. Helens side I saw play at St Helens early in the season, would have beaten any side that played Rugby Union last season. Lamentable, perhaps, but I fear it is true.”
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30760, 26 May 1965, Page 15
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