Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Kangaroo Tour is the name given to Australia national rugby league team tours of Great Britain and France, tours to New Zealand and the one-off tour to Papua New ...
1949 Kangaroo tour of New Zealand; 1952–53 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France; 1953 Kangaroo tour of New Zealand; 1956–57 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France; 1959–60 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain, France, and Italy; 1961 Kangaroo tour of New Zealand; 1963–64 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France; 1965 Kangaroo tour of ...
The 1921–22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain was the third ever Kangaroo tour. Again an Australasian side rather than an Australian team alone (although the 28-man squad featured only one New Zealander) travelled to Great Britain to contest the Ashes . [ 1 ]
It quotes Johnny Quinlan the tour co-manager "He always set a splendid example in conduct and training – a natural leader" [7] Tour vice-captain was Paddy McCue. Tour managers were Charles H Ford and John Quinlan. The team sailed to England on the RMS Orvieto. The tourists were paid £4/5/ per week and received a bonus of £178 each. [8]
The 1967–68 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France was the twelfth Kangaroo Tour, and saw the Australian national rugby league team travel to Europe and play twenty-one matches against British and French club and representative rugby league teams, in addition to three Test matches against Great Britain and three Tests against the French.
1935 Kangaroo tour of New Zealand; 1937–38 Kangaroo tour; 1948–49 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France; 1949 Kangaroo tour of New Zealand; 1952–53 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France; 1953 Kangaroo tour of New Zealand; 1956–57 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France; 1959–60 Kangaroo tour; 1961 Kangaroo tour of New Zealand
The 1908–09 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain was the first ever such tour for the newly-formed Australia national rugby league team (or 'The Kangaroos'). The tour was to England and Wales and coincided with the first Wallabies Rugby Union tour of Great Britain, which in hindsight put the Kangaroos in a tough position.
The 1952–53 Kangaroo tour was the eighth Kangaroo tour, in which the Australian national rugby league team travelled to Great Britain and France and played forty matches, including the Ashes series of three Test matches against Great Britain and three Test matches against the French. It followed the tour of 1948-49 and the next was staged in ...