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Not heard of this before. I expect our Wembley squad won't be playing.

Did Huddersfied win this tournament last year?

did we ever defend our british coal nines trophy??

Did nt mark forster once win the sprint challenge...

remember watching it on sports night 1988 i think? anyone know the team for that famous win can only think of brian carbutt? mark forster, mike gregory

Ronnie Duane was definitely involved. Wire still reigning champs AFAIK.


Beat 'Rest of World' in final, and I'm fairly sure Allan Langer was playing for them. However, the whole thing appears to have been airbrushed from history as I can't find owt about it on the web...

cant find anything either, google just keeps saying "did you mean british coal mines" lol, any one got any pics or info on this remember us playing other teams to get to the final but cant remember who any help would be great and im sure the trophy was a mining lamp

Langer did play. Wasn't it at Central Park?

yes it was, on a wednesday night and the highlights were on sportsnight later that night

It doesn't rank very highly on the "I Was There" charts but, nonetheless, I was actually there. If anyone's interested in forming a rival group to the Perpignan 52 then let me know.

Memories of the night include a Wigan steward letting us in for a couple of quid cheaper than the admission price by opening a gate for us and the very exotic Papua New Guinea fielding a team. Up to that night I'd never actually believed they played rugby there.

Oh yes, and we won it.
The squad that night was:
Mike Gregory
John Woods
Mark Roberts
Mark Forster
David Lyon
Rocky Turner
Ronnie Duane
Garry Sanderson
Billy McGinty
Brian Carbert
and, and I'm so glad because you know people are going to leap on this,
John Thursfield.

Rd 1 = Warrington 12 Wigan 6 (T: Turner, McGinty G: Woods 2)
Semi = Warrington 6 St Helens 0 (T: Forster G: Woods)
Final = Warrington 24 Rest of the World (T: Forster 2, Carbert, Roberts G: Woods 4)

Yes, of course I remembered all of that off the top of my head.
Oh OK, I had a little help from Google and the following page (which also has a great photo).

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Yes they did. We didn't enter last year.

If for some reason we don't reach the Challenge Cup final this year, I would like to see a strong squad sent down for this one, with some exciting outside backs from the reserves included.

Our best chance of silverware, since we won the prestigious Wire FM trophy. In Smith we trust.

Can't see it tbh. I think its more than likely the side will be made up of half the reserve team.

ah but as one of the 52 i was also there as well!


mixed loyalties

Hudds won it last year with first team players in the squad, it would be nice if teams did take it seriously and at least had 5 or 6 first teamers in there.

Kevin Penny would surely enjoy the space.