Rugby league history
NZPA Sydney Australia retained the rugby league Ashes with an historic 24-16 defeat of Britain at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday, but only after withstanding a magnificent “backs-to-the-wall effort” by the visitors. For the first time on tour
the spirit of “Mother England” showed itself as the British players threw everything into a desperate bid to keep the series alive. The Australians became the first side in 59 years to win the first two tests of a series between the two countries on Australian soil.
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Press, 2 July 1979, Page 30
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