BBC Documentary : Mon Mar 12, 2018 7:26 pm  

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b ... debreakers BBC Iplayer - The Rugby Codebreakers. Quite interesting documentary about the Welsh union players who came North to play league, and Halifax get a decent sized mention in the middle too.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b ... debreakers BBC Iplayer - The Rugby Codebreakers. Quite interesting documentary about the Welsh union players who came North to play league, and Halifax get a decent sized mention in the middle too.

Re: BBC Documentary : Mon Mar 12, 2018 8:32 pm  

Halifax1989 wrote:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09w01q4/the-rugby-codebreakers

BBC Iplayer - The Rugby Codebreakers.

Quite interesting documentary about the Welsh union players who came North to play league, and Halifax get a decent sized mention in the middle too.

Halifax still getting good Welsh Boys at the club

Re: BBC Documentary : Mon Mar 12, 2018 8:47 pm  

Thoroughly enjoyed watching that.
Great link. Cheers

Re: BBC Documentary : Mon Mar 12, 2018 11:12 pm  

I cannot access that site here in China, can any one advise if it is broadcast elsewhere. Thanks

Great win last Sunday U T F

Re: BBC Documentary : Tue Mar 13, 2018 1:06 pm  

Try using a VPN. Hola is good!

Re: BBC Documentary : Tue Mar 13, 2018 1:51 pm  

the fax in asia wrote:

I cannot access that site here in China, can any one advise if it is broadcast elsewhere. Thanks

Great win last Sunday U T F

How long has Bangkok been in China ?

Re: BBC Documentary : Tue Mar 13, 2018 5:03 pm  

Just watched it. Very interesting.

Re: BBC Documentary : Tue Mar 13, 2018 8:10 pm  

Really enjoyed that, and the clip in the Wigan boardroom (Duke and Duke) (Statler and Waldorf) was brilliant. Nice to see Freeman and Dixon get a mention, my old man still says that Freeman playing the same position as Boston in that era was very unlucky, nowadays the international teams would just play him on the other wing, and find room for both, but it just wasn’t done then.
There were quite a few names worthy of mention too, plenty of which we saw at Thrum Hall, but i suppose a journalist/reporter has to edit it down.
If you picked all the Welsh greats across the eras in one side, it’d give any Rugby team of any code a run for their money.

Re: BBC Documentary : Tue Mar 13, 2018 9:09 pm  

They certainly DID have to edit it down! My interview for it lasted an hour and mentioned lots of other Fax players. We've actually used 120 Welsh-born players since 1895 and several are in our Hall of Fame.

Re: BBC Documentary : Wed Mar 14, 2018 2:27 am  

Griff thank you for pointing out my lack of updates , I now live in Qingdao , where the lager/beer comes from.
Halifax 1989 I have a vpn BBC i player not available is still not available , but thanks for your reply . i will keep hunting
Thanks for the advice.