Eastern Suburbs 1908 Season
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The 1908 Eastern Suburbs season was the first in the history of the club Eastern Suburbs
. They competed in the newly formed New South Wales Rugby Football League's inaugural season, reaching the final which they lost to South Sydney
.
in the first premiership decider.
consisted of two double headers. The match involving Eastern Suburbs
was played on 20 April 1908 (the Easter
weekend) at Sydney
's Wentworth Park
ground against the club Newton
.
The line-ups that day were:
Newtown three-quarter Jack Scott had the honour of scoring the first ever try in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership when he took an intercept early in the match. As for Eastern Suburbs, W. Smith had the honour of scoring the first ever try in first grade. It was the only try he ever scored for the club. The try was converted by Lou D'Alpuget and ironically this was also the only goal he ever kicked for Easts while Johnno Stuntz's 4 tries remains the most tries scored on debut in 1st grade.
Eastern Suburbs 32 (4 J. Stuntz
, W. Smith
, L. D'Alpuget
, D. Brown
, H. Miller
Tries
; 2 L. Jones
, L. D'Alpuget
Goals
; H. Miller
Field Goal
) defeated Newtown 16 (J. Scott, H. Hamill, + 2 Tries ; 2 Goals). The referee for the match was E. Hooper, the crowd figure was 3000 and the admittance was sixpence.
Newspaper reports of the match were enthusiastic with one journalist describing the match as, "A capital display considering that the contestants have as yet only a fair acquaintance with the rules." Another, The Sydney Mail
described it as "The best game of the day".
(Metropolitan)
: Dan Frawley, Herb Brackenreg, Horrie Miller, Dally Messenger, Lou D'Alpuget, Jersey Flegg.
(NSW): Dally Messenger, Larry O'Malley, Lou Jones, Herb Brackenreg, Johnno Stuntz, Albert Rosenfeld, Sandy Pearce, Bob Mable.
(QLD): Dally Messenger
(Australia
): Dally Messenger, Albert Rosenfeld, Lou Jones, Sandy Pearce, Dan Frawley, Larry O'Malley.
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...
. They competed in the newly formed New South Wales Rugby Football League's inaugural season, reaching the final which they lost to South Sydney
South Sydney Rabbitohs
The South Sydney Rabbitohs are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Redfern, a suburb of South-central Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital...
.
Players
Draw & results
Easts won 9 of their 11 matches and finished runners up, being defeated by the South Sydney RabbitohsSouth Sydney Rabbitohs
The South Sydney Rabbitohs are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Redfern, a suburb of South-central Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital...
in the first premiership decider.
| Round | Opponent | Result | Easts Score | Opponent Score | Date | Venue | Crowd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newtown Newtown Jets The Newtown Jets are an Australian rugby league football club based in Newtown, a suburb of Sydney's inner west. They currently compete in the NSWRL Premier League competition, having left the top grade after the 1983 NSWRFL season... |
Win | 32 | 16 | 20 April | Wentworth | 3000 |
| 2 | BYE | ||||||
| 3 | South Sydney City of South Sydney The South Sydney City Council was a former local government area covering the inner-eastern and inner-southern suburbs of Sydney, Australia. It was forcibly merged with the Sydney City Council by the New South Wales State Government in 2004. The council chambers were located in the Erskineville... |
Win | 13 | 12 | 16 May | Agricultural | 3000 |
| 4 | Balmain Balmain Tigers The Balmain Tigers are a rugby league football club based in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Balmain. They were a founding member of the New South Wales Rugby League and one of the most successful in the history of the premiership, with eleven titles... |
Win | 21 | 8 | 23 May | Agricultural | 1500 |
| 5 | Western Suburbs Western Suburbs Western Suburbs is an association football club in Porirua, New Zealand. They play their home matches at Endeavour Park in the Porirua suburb of Whitby and compete in the Central Premier League.... |
Win | 9 | 8 | 30 May | Agricultural | 800 |
| 6 | North Sydney North Sydney, New South Wales North Sydney is a suburb and commercial district on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. North Sydney is located 3 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of North Sydney... |
Win | 19 | 11 | 20 June | Agricultural | 1500 |
| 7 | Cumberland | Win | 26 | 5 | 27 June | Agricultural | 4000 |
| 8 | Glebe Glebe Glebe Glebe Glebe (also known as Church furlong or parson's closes is an area of land within a manor and parish used to support a parish priest.-Medieval origins:... |
Lost | 5 | 11 | 4 July | Wentworth | 1200 |
| 9 | Newcastle Newcastle Rebels Newcastle were a rugby league team who played in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership from 1908–1909, one of the nine foundation clubs. After the formation of several clubs in January 1908, members of the NSWRFL came to Newcastle to hold talks with the local footballing community... |
Win | 34 | 17 | 25 July | Agricultural | 400 |
| 10 | Western Suburbs Western Suburbs Western Suburbs is an association football club in Porirua, New Zealand. They play their home matches at Endeavour Park in the Porirua suburb of Whitby and compete in the Central Premier League.... |
Win | 24 | 2 | 8 August | Agricultural | |
| Minor Semi | North Sydney North Sydney, New South Wales North Sydney is a suburb and commercial district on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. North Sydney is located 3 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of North Sydney... |
Win | 23 | 10 | 15 August | Agricultural | 400 |
| Grand Final | South Sydney City of South Sydney The South Sydney City Council was a former local government area covering the inner-eastern and inner-southern suburbs of Sydney, Australia. It was forcibly merged with the Sydney City Council by the New South Wales State Government in 2004. The council chambers were located in the Erskineville... |
Lost | 12 | 14 | 29 August | Agricultural | 4000 |
NSWRFL ladder
| Rank | Team | P | W | D | L | B | For | Against | Diff | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sydney City of South Sydney The South Sydney City Council was a former local government area covering the inner-eastern and inner-southern suburbs of Sydney, Australia. It was forcibly merged with the Sydney City Council by the New South Wales State Government in 2004. The council chambers were located in the Erskineville... |
9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 194 | 53 | 18 | |
| 2 | Eastern Suburbs Sydney Roosters The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League... |
9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 183 | 90 | +93 | 18 |
| 3 | Glebe Glebe Glebe Glebe Glebe (also known as Church furlong or parson's closes is an area of land within a manor and parish used to support a parish priest.-Medieval origins:... |
9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 106 | 63 | 16 | |
| 4 | North Sydney North Sydney, New South Wales North Sydney is a suburb and commercial district on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. North Sydney is located 3 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of North Sydney... |
9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 155 | 66 | 14 | |
| 5 | Newcastle Newcastle Rebels Newcastle were a rugby league team who played in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership from 1908–1909, one of the nine foundation clubs. After the formation of several clubs in January 1908, members of the NSWRFL came to Newcastle to hold talks with the local footballing community... |
9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 151 | 116 | 10 | |
| 6 | Balmain Balmain Tigers The Balmain Tigers are a rugby league football club based in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Balmain. They were a founding member of the New South Wales Rugby League and one of the most successful in the history of the premiership, with eleven titles... |
9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 86 | 113 | ||
| 9 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Newtown Newtown Jets The Newtown Jets are an Australian rugby league football club based in Newtown, a suburb of Sydney's inner west. They currently compete in the NSWRL Premier League competition, having left the top grade after the 1983 NSWRFL season... |
9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 70 | 148 | ||
| 5 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Western Suburbs Western Suburbs Western Suburbs is an association football club in Porirua, New Zealand. They play their home matches at Endeavour Park in the Porirua suburb of Whitby and compete in the Central Premier League.... |
9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 47 | 190 | ||
| 4 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Cumberland | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 38 | 191 | ||
| 4 |
Pointscorers
| player | tries | goals | field goals | pts total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horrie Miller Horrie Miller (rugby league) Horrie Miller was an Australian rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership. A wing-threequarter with the Eastern Suburbs club in 1908 and 1909, the first years of the new code.... |
15 | - | 1 | 47 |
| Herb Brackenreg Herb Brackenreg Herb Brackenreg was a rugby league player in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership's inaugural season - 1908. An Eastern Suburbs rugby union player, Brackenreg had been a member of the rebel New South Wales sides that played against the New Zealand 'All Golds' in the 1907 series... |
2 | 17 | - | 40 |
| Dan Frawley Dan Frawley Dan Frawley was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer, a national representative player. He played his career as a winger with the Eastern Suburbs club in Sydney and is considered one of the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century... |
8 | |||
| 24 | ||||
| Dally Messenger Dally Messenger Herbert Henry "Dally" Messenger was an Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer, recognised as one of the greatest ever players in either code. Messenger, or 'The Master' as he was dubbed, represented his country in both rugby football codes, playing two rugby union tests and seven... |
2 | 8 | ||
| 22 | ||||
| Lou Jones Lou Jones (rugby league) Lou 'Baby' Jones was one of the earliest rugby league players in the Australian competition - the New South Wales Rugby League premiership.A forward, Jones played for the Eastern Suburbs club in the years 1908 to 1910... |
2 | 6 | ||
| 18 | ||||
| Johnno Stuntz Johnno Stuntz For the American historian, see Jean A. Stuntz.Johnno Stuntz was an Australian pioneer rugby league footballer and soldier who served in World War I and died on the Western Front... |
4 | |||
| 12 | ||||
| Albert Rosenfeld Albert Rosenfeld Albert Aaron Rosenfeld was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer, a national representative whose club career was played in Sydney and in England... |
3 | |||
| 9 | ||||
| Lou D'Alpuget Lou D'Alpuget Lou D'Alpuget was a rugby league player in the New South Wales Rugby League competition who played for the Eastern Suburbs and Annandale clubs.D'Alpuget, a halfback, played rugby league in 1908 - the founding year of the sport in Australia... |
2 | 1 | ||
| 8 | ||||
| Dave Brown Dave Brown (1900s athlete) Dave Brown was a pioneer of rugby league football in Australia. He played in the opening 2 seasons of the new sport for Eastern Suburbs, one of 9 foundation clubs that competed in the New South Wales Rugby League competition during that first season.... |
2 | |||
| 6 | ||||
| Sid Pearce | 2 | |||
| 6 | ||||
| Larry O'Malley Larry O'Malley Larry 'Jersey' O'Malley was an Australian rugby league player for the Eastern Suburbs club. He was the fifth Australian rugby league captain and the second from the Eastern Suburbs Club.... |
2 | |||
| 6 | ||||
| Jersey Flegg Jersey Flegg Henry Harry "Jersey" Flegg was an English-Australian rugby league identity. Both a player and administrator, he was a leading figure in the birth of the sport in Australia.... |
2 | |||
| 6 | ||||
| W Smith W. Smith (rugby league) W. Smith was a rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership, Australia's first major competition in the sport.... |
1 | |||
| 3 | ||||
| Hash Thompson | 1 | |||
| 3 | ||||
| Harold Kelley Harold Kelley (rugby league) Harold Kelley was a rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership in rugby league's founding season in Australia.Kelley played for the Eastern Suburbs club in the years 1908 and 1909... |
1 | |||
| 3 | ||||
| Mick Frawley Mick Frawley Mick Frawley was an Australian rugby league footballer who played for the Eastern Suburbs club in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership.... |
1 | |||
| 3 | ||||
| Percy McNamara Percy McNamara Percy McNamara was a was a rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership. He played with the Eastern Suburbs club in the codes innaugral season - 1908.... |
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| 1 | 2 | |||
| |50 | 32 | 2 | 218 |
Inaugural match
The opening round of the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiershipNew South Wales Rugby League premiership
The New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the first rugby league football club competition established in Australia. Run by the New South Wales Rugby League from 1908 until 1994, the premiership was the state's and later the country's elite rugby league competition...
consisted of two double headers. The match involving Eastern Suburbs
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...
was played on 20 April 1908 (the Easter
Easter
Easter is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday...
weekend) at Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
's Wentworth Park
Wentworth Park
Wentworth Park is a multi-purpose sporting facility in the suburb of Glebe in New South Wales, Australia.that is used for various sports including rugby union, rugby league, soccer and greyhound racing. Wentworth Park is located 2 kilometres from the Sydney central business district...
ground against the club Newton
Newtown Jets
The Newtown Jets are an Australian rugby league football club based in Newtown, a suburb of Sydney's inner west. They currently compete in the NSWRL Premier League competition, having left the top grade after the 1983 NSWRFL season...
.
The line-ups that day were:
- Eastern Suburbs: Fred Fry; Johnno StuntzJohnno StuntzFor the American historian, see Jean A. Stuntz.Johnno Stuntz was an Australian pioneer rugby league footballer and soldier who served in World War I and died on the Western Front...
, W. Smith (replaced by Horrie MillerHorrie Miller (rugby league)Horrie Miller was an Australian rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership. A wing-threequarter with the Eastern Suburbs club in 1908 and 1909, the first years of the new code....
after he hurt his shoulder during the match), Dave BrownDave Brown (1900s athlete)Dave Brown was a pioneer of rugby league football in Australia. He played in the opening 2 seasons of the new sport for Eastern Suburbs, one of 9 foundation clubs that competed in the New South Wales Rugby League competition during that first season....
, Dan FrawleyDan FrawleyDan Frawley was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer, a national representative player. He played his career as a winger with the Eastern Suburbs club in Sydney and is considered one of the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century...
; Albert RosenfeldAlbert RosenfeldAlbert Aaron Rosenfeld was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer, a national representative whose club career was played in Sydney and in England...
, Lou D'Alpugent; Bob MableBob MableRobert 'Bob' Mable was a rugby league footballer who played in the New South Wales Rugby League competition. Mable played for the Eastern Suburbs club in the years 1908 to 1910...
, Larry O'MalleyLarry O'MalleyLarry 'Jersey' O'Malley was an Australian rugby league player for the Eastern Suburbs club. He was the fifth Australian rugby league captain and the second from the Eastern Suburbs Club....
, Lou JonesLou Jones (rugby league)Lou 'Baby' Jones was one of the earliest rugby league players in the Australian competition - the New South Wales Rugby League premiership.A forward, Jones played for the Eastern Suburbs club in the years 1908 to 1910...
, Herb BrackenregHerb BrackenregHerb Brackenreg was a rugby league player in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership's inaugural season - 1908. An Eastern Suburbs rugby union player, Brackenreg had been a member of the rebel New South Wales sides that played against the New Zealand 'All Golds' in the 1907 series...
, Sandy PearceSandy PearceSidney Charles Pearce , better known as Sandy, was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer and boxer...
, and Jersey FleggJersey FleggHenry Harry "Jersey" Flegg was an English-Australian rugby league identity. Both a player and administrator, he was a leading figure in the birth of the sport in Australia....
(c). - Newtown: E. Hurlford, Jack Scott, C. Meredith, Frank CheadleFrank CheadleFrank Cheadle was a pioneer Australian rugby league player and soldier who fell in World War I. A national representative centre, he was reputedly the first Sydney rugby union player to sign with the new breakaway league in its earliest formative days in late 1907.-Early life:Born in Wollongong,...
, L. Fairburn; E. Burdett, J. MacFarlane; T. McIntosh, E. Courtney, J. Williams, H. Hamill, B. Noble, and C. Powell.
Newtown three-quarter Jack Scott had the honour of scoring the first ever try in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership when he took an intercept early in the match. As for Eastern Suburbs, W. Smith had the honour of scoring the first ever try in first grade. It was the only try he ever scored for the club. The try was converted by Lou D'Alpuget and ironically this was also the only goal he ever kicked for Easts while Johnno Stuntz's 4 tries remains the most tries scored on debut in 1st grade.
Eastern Suburbs 32 (4 J. Stuntz
Johnno Stuntz
For the American historian, see Jean A. Stuntz.Johnno Stuntz was an Australian pioneer rugby league footballer and soldier who served in World War I and died on the Western Front...
, W. Smith
W. Smith (rugby league)
W. Smith was a rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership, Australia's first major competition in the sport....
, L. D'Alpuget
Lou D'Alpuget
Lou D'Alpuget was a rugby league player in the New South Wales Rugby League competition who played for the Eastern Suburbs and Annandale clubs.D'Alpuget, a halfback, played rugby league in 1908 - the founding year of the sport in Australia...
, D. Brown
Dave Brown (1900s athlete)
Dave Brown was a pioneer of rugby league football in Australia. He played in the opening 2 seasons of the new sport for Eastern Suburbs, one of 9 foundation clubs that competed in the New South Wales Rugby League competition during that first season....
, H. Miller
Horrie Miller (rugby league)
Horrie Miller was an Australian rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership. A wing-threequarter with the Eastern Suburbs club in 1908 and 1909, the first years of the new code....
Tries
Try
A try is the major way of scoring points in rugby league and rugby union football. A try is scored by grounding the ball in the opposition's in-goal area...
; 2 L. Jones
Lou Jones (rugby league)
Lou 'Baby' Jones was one of the earliest rugby league players in the Australian competition - the New South Wales Rugby League premiership.A forward, Jones played for the Eastern Suburbs club in the years 1908 to 1910...
, L. D'Alpuget
Lou D'Alpuget
Lou D'Alpuget was a rugby league player in the New South Wales Rugby League competition who played for the Eastern Suburbs and Annandale clubs.D'Alpuget, a halfback, played rugby league in 1908 - the founding year of the sport in Australia...
Goals
Field goal (rugby)
A drop goal, also referred to as a dropped goal or field goal, is a method of scoring points in rugby union and rugby league. A drop goal cannot be scored in open play by punting the ball, and instead must be scored by drop kicking the ball over the crossbar and between the uprights. After the...
; H. Miller
Horrie Miller (rugby league)
Horrie Miller was an Australian rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership. A wing-threequarter with the Eastern Suburbs club in 1908 and 1909, the first years of the new code....
Field Goal
Field goal (rugby)
A drop goal, also referred to as a dropped goal or field goal, is a method of scoring points in rugby union and rugby league. A drop goal cannot be scored in open play by punting the ball, and instead must be scored by drop kicking the ball over the crossbar and between the uprights. After the...
) defeated Newtown 16 (J. Scott, H. Hamill, + 2 Tries ; 2 Goals). The referee for the match was E. Hooper, the crowd figure was 3000 and the admittance was sixpence.
Newspaper reports of the match were enthusiastic with one journalist describing the match as, "A capital display considering that the contestants have as yet only a fair acquaintance with the rules." Another, The Sydney Mail
The Sydney Mail
The Sydney Mail was an Australian magazine published weekly in Sydney. The weekly edition of The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, it ran from 1860 to 1938....
described it as "The best game of the day".
Season summary
- Eastern Suburbs finished runners up to South Sydney in rugby league's first premiership decider. Both sides were without their leading players who had left a few weeks earlier on the first Kangaroo TourKangaroo TourKangaroo Tour is the name given to Australian national rugby league team tours of Great Britain and France. The first Kangaroo Tour was in 1908. Traditionally, Kangaroo Tours took place every four years and involved a three-Test Ashes series against Great Britain and a number of tour matches...
. - Eastern Suburbs won the reserve grade competition.
- Horrie MillerHorrie Miller (rugby league)Horrie Miller was an Australian rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership. A wing-threequarter with the Eastern Suburbs club in 1908 and 1909, the first years of the new code....
was the top try scorer in the NSWRLNew South Wales Rugby LeagueThe New South Wales Rugby League is the governing body of rugby league in New South Wales and is a member of the Australian Rugby League. It was formed in Sydney on 8 August 1907 and was known as the New South Wales Rugby Football League until 1984 when forward thinking marketing managers decided...
in its first season scoring 15 tries. - Horrie MillerHorrie Miller (rugby league)Horrie Miller was an Australian rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership. A wing-threequarter with the Eastern Suburbs club in 1908 and 1909, the first years of the new code....
was the top point scorer in the NSWRL first season scoring 47 points. - The first AboriginalIndigenous AustraliansIndigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....
to play rugby league, George Green, made his debut for Eastern Suburbs in the Semi-Final. - Representatives to come from the Eastern Suburbs club during 1908 were:-
(Metropolitan)
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
: Dan Frawley, Herb Brackenreg, Horrie Miller, Dally Messenger, Lou D'Alpuget, Jersey Flegg.
(NSW): Dally Messenger, Larry O'Malley, Lou Jones, Herb Brackenreg, Johnno Stuntz, Albert Rosenfeld, Sandy Pearce, Bob Mable.
(QLD): Dally Messenger
(Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
): Dally Messenger, Albert Rosenfeld, Lou Jones, Sandy Pearce, Dan Frawley, Larry O'Malley.
- Dally Messenger, Albert Rosenfeld and Lou Jones (res) played in Australia's first test match.
- Dally Messenger was the first Australian captain to come from the Eastern Suburbs club.
- While on tour with the first Kangaroos Dally Messenger was officially recognised with kicking a world record length goalField goal (rugby)A drop goal, also referred to as a dropped goal or field goal, is a method of scoring points in rugby union and rugby league. A drop goal cannot be scored in open play by punting the ball, and instead must be scored by drop kicking the ball over the crossbar and between the uprights. After the...
. This kick, measuring 73.2 metres, was recorded in earlier versions of the Guinness World Book of Records but has faded out over the years. - On the first Kangaroo TourKangaroo TourKangaroo Tour is the name given to Australian national rugby league team tours of Great Britain and France. The first Kangaroo Tour was in 1908. Traditionally, Kangaroo Tours took place every four years and involved a three-Test Ashes series against Great Britain and a number of tour matches...
Eastern Suburbs forward Larry O’Malley played in 35 matches, which remains as the most matches ever played on a Kangaroo tour.