Hepplethwaite was related to Shoebottom . He did take his own life shortly after the game. I also seem to remember its the only season that no lap around the field.

Pretty sure they didn’t attend the presentation dinner afterwards. Only team in history not to do so or so I’m told!

Yeah the last minute try by the late, great Ken Hirst must have been one of the most exciting tries scored at Wembley.
Such a tragedy about the missed kick but the conditions were shocking and I will never blame Don Fox for losing us the game. He was a great player, one of the cleverest I ever saw play. The missed kick wasn't the reason we lost.

Neil Fox talks about it in his interview with TC on Trinity TV, well worth a listen if you haven’t seen it already!

What a shame Don Fox is remembered more for the missed goal than for the great player he was one of the finest scrum halves the game as ever seen at Featherstone Rovers and then a forward at Trinity
I was only 5 but remember my grandfather rattling on for days after the game and his dislike of Leeds until his death years latter
I will never forget the joy on his face at Belle Vue in 1980 then Trinity beat Leeds for the first time at a live game i attended then Steve Diamond raced away for the winning try

The squad this year is probably the best since 78-81 but for me with all due respect to Finn we are missing one thing and thats a scrum half

Who knows what this season will bring 12 very good sides who can beat anybody on their day and cant rule anybody out of top 4 or bottom 4

Like I said before if it wasn't for the rain I fully expected the best team in the league to score well over 30 and win by more than 20