Rugby league history

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Paul "Sirro" Sironen - a dead-set Balmain Tiger legend


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Hard to recognise without the black tape !

 

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JIMMY LEIS!

Wests Magpies Legend back in the day .......

"Jimmy’s entrance into first grade in 1980 was nothing short of a sensation.
As seen in the attached photo, this classic post-match moment captures Jimmy sitting down after a fiery clash against the Penrith Panthers at Lidcombe Oval - his first-ever home game for the Magpies -
proudly letting his four fingers tell the story of the spectacular four tries he bagged that day."

 

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Balmain Tigers forward David Brooks was a pretty good toe-poker/goal kicker too back in the day .....

 

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Hard to recognise without the black tape !

Pretty sure he always wore white
Benny green
Maybe Junior had black

 

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2 August 1947

Crowd in attendance to a rugby league game played between Newtown and Western Suburbs pictured sheltering from the rain outside the Sydney Cricket Ground.
The game was played in front of a crowd of 18,115 spectators with Newtown winning 29 - 16.

 

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What's a packet of .........