The worst tackle in Rugby League history…

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pedro
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dirty prick, loved the retribution at the test, led by schofield until the pack turned up
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One of the worst I saw live was in the battle of Fartown: Huddersfield v Wigan in 2nd Division, 1981.

A clothes line tackle on Huddersfield 2nd row, a black lad called Johnson, by either Alan Hodkinson or Eddie Bowman. The match was shown on ITV, I think it's on YouTube. Six sent off?

https://youtu.be/IPCR7idsvv8
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Re: The worst tackle in Rugby League history…

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morley pie eater wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 11:31 pm One of the worst I saw live was in the battle of Fartown: Huddersfield v Wigan in 2nd Division, 1981.

A clothes line tackle on Huddersfield 2nd row, a black lad called Johnson, by either Alan Hodkinson or Eddie Bowman. The match was shown on ITV, I think it's on YouTube. Six sent off?

https://youtu.be/IPCR7idsvv8
they were normal about that time :D
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morley pie eater wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 11:31 pm One of the worst I saw live was in the battle of Fartown: Huddersfield v Wigan in 2nd Division, 1981.

A clothes line tackle on Huddersfield 2nd row, a black lad called Johnson, by either Alan Hodkinson or Eddie Bowman. The match was shown on ITV, I think it's on YouTube. Six sent off?

https://youtu.be/IPCR7idsvv8
Bit before i started watching rugby as we never played at our primary school, so wasnt aware of the game

have seen it on you tube and its a little bit of a battle :)
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