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100 years of the game

 

Rugby league in Australia started as a rebel football competition established in defiance of the New South Wales Rugby Union. With its mix of hardness and athleticism, it has grown to become one of the most popular of Australian sports, a skilful fast-moving game that has the passionate support of its fans.

Here, relive some of the key moments and memorabilia, with photographs which bear testament to the great teams and personalities of the past.

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1983: Super-coach

Photo of coach Jack Gibson addressing his first-grade Parramatta team on an old bus before their training session in 1983

Photo: Newspix/News Limited.
While they waited for the construction of Parramatta Stadium, the Parramatta Eels used Granville Oval as the team's training headquarters and held team meetings on an old bus. Here coach Jack Gibson addresses the first-grade team before training in 1983, the year Parramatta won its third consecutive premiership.


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