Can anybody remember the last time kangaroos visited Bellevue did billy Conway have one hell of scrap with Paul sironan billy 5,5 sirronon 6,6 there was only one winner and he wasnt wearing green and gold

Don't remember the Conway scrap but, it was fantastic to see Wakey playing the Kangaroos, even if it was their mid-week squad.
I think we put more poi9nts on the Aussies than any other club team, although they won comfortably ??

If my memory is right andy mason was brilliant for trinity scored two cracking trys

Think Nick DuToit scored under the posts and got sent off later on, got involved in the scuffle that saw Benny Elias get sent of too?
Must admit, it was really fantastic to have the Aussies playing at BV.

it was 18-36 in 1990

it was a "midweek" team but didn't look that bad to me!

Australia: Wakefield Trinity:
1. Greg Alexander 1. Chris Perry
2. Dale Shearer 2. Phil Eden
3. Kevin Walters 3. Andy Mason
4. Brad Fittler 4. Ged Byrne
5. Chris Johns 5. David Jones
6. Cliff Lyons 6. Tracy Lazenby
7. Ricky Stuart 7. Mark Conway
8. Mark Sargent 8. Adrian Shelford
9. Ben Elias (c) 9. John Thompson
10. Glenn Lazarus 10. Nigel Bell
11. Mark Carroll 11. Nick Du Toit
12. David Gillespie 12. Andy Kelly
13. Brad Mackay 13. Gary Price
Replacements: Replacements:
Mark Geyer for Sargent Phil Wilson for Eden
Mark McGaw for Lyons Richard Slater for Perry
Des Hasler for Walters Bill Conway for Kelly
Lynton Morris for Du Toit
Coach: Bob Fulton

Johnny T had the game of his life. They didn't enjoy dealing with him.
Nick Du Toit was shall we say robust with them too.

Not a bad "second" string that!

Great game which Big Al posted to me on DVD (despite not knowing me) along with a number of other games as a thank you for a club fundraising idea.

Remember coach saying was dirtiest game they had ever been involved in. They scored a try from a high kick which bounced inches from going out dead in goal but it bounced straight up in the air.

What a game and what a night. I think we had two sent off to their one but age dulls the memory. We really rattled them that night and we have never played them again. I remember Des Hasler making a break and being overhauled by Richard Slater much to his surprise.

Remember the game very well.
First time in the stand as a kid and the fight broke out from a scrum straight in front of us.
Remember Nigel Bell running around the scrum to collar whoever it was had upset him.
At one point Mal Meninga was patrolling the sidelines trying to make sure his team didn't get beaten (UP!!).
Will never forget the cold, wet evening - great game. A great Wakefield team.

great game,we played well that night,i was at the back of the posts when they put the high kick up,i could,nt believe it when it bounced inches away from the deadline and bounced back for them to score,but I remember the 60,s when they came and it was fight after fight,the likes of vines and turner,they won the game 29-14,but they lost in the rough stuff

Topo always said Nigel bell is first on team sheet. great player give 500% every match

We scored 4 tries against them I think, no one other than Halifax scored as many tries as Wakefield di that night.
Bobby Fulton had a stand up argument with harry Gration after the match and said something like "What the F--k do you know about Rugby" to him on camera. Australia had two sent off during the game and one after If memory serves me right.

There were a number of brawls which Trinity came out well on top from, the side we played was indeed the midweek team but by the end of the tour it was mostly the Test team.

If my memory serves me correctly billy got sent off for punching brad McKay but could be wrong. Awsome atmosphere and the Aussies knew they had been in a game. Would be interesting to know the crowd, as the old girl was rocking that night.

I remember the match and I think it is the only time I've seen us play a test team.

During that tour both ourselves and Halifax managed to score 18 points past them, no other team did, not even the GB team.

I don't remember Billy Conway (my favourite player of all time) been sent off. I do remember one heck of a scrap between Jonny Thompson and Benny Elias break out in front of me. Both got their marching orders but it was one blood thirsty match to watch. The score may say we were well beaten but we gave them one heck of a match. Classic. (P.S. I'd love a DVD of the game.)

I too would also love a DVD of it, as would my Dad, as a Christmas present, as I'm sure would lots of other people who'd be willing to pay five times what it cost to make, nudge nudge, wink wink to the club!!??

The club couldn't do it unless they had the rights to the video I think

When asked by Harry Gration if it was hard out there JT uttered the immortal words 'I like it 'ard'.

what I read was the crowd was about 7.5k

one of my earliest memories of Belle Vue

I think that's another game and I remember it was John Helm who John T was talking to.

As I remember Fulton was asked by Gration if he felt the Aussies had let people down after they were criticised for rough stuff. Fulton basically questioned whether Gration knew anything about RL and when Gration said that was insulting Fulton said you can stop the interview if you want so Gration did.

Bit of a storm in a teacup.

It was Carroll who was the main Aussie getting involved in scrapping that night. A similar build to Sironen so I can see how memories could get hazy after 24 years.

Those tours were great. I used to get to as many games as possible.

It's often the same in tour games. The tourists feel the locals are just coming out to fight, the locals think the tourists are being too rough and are defending themselves
Happens all the time, but I think we really fronted up to them and they responded in kind so it ended up a very tough game.
Great to see.

I would love a copy of this too. It would be interesting to see if anyone did have the rights to a video of that game.

I think it co-incided with the switch on of the new floodlight so you could actually see the game properly. I might be wrong about that.... my memory is useless.... but I do remember it was a fantastic atmosphere and I have never been so proud of my club in defeat