Billy Boston
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Nov 12, 2026
Andrew FergusonHOST
guys.
Andrew FergusonHOST
The next five, Cameron Smith, Arthur Beetson, Graham Langlands, Sir Billy Boston, Bob Fulton.
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Yeah.
Andrew FergusonHOST
Once again.
Yvonne SampsonGUEST
So like Beetson and Lewis and Meninger and Gasnier and Langlands and, Ronnie Coote, and plus all the best of the Brits.
Yvonne SampsonGUEST
So beautiful Billy Boston, who only recently passed away.
Yvonne SampsonGUEST
Ellery Hanley, who is an absolute superstar.
Yvonne SampsonGUEST
We've got some more contemporary guys like Joey, Freddie and Lockie as well.
Yvonne SampsonGUEST
So like Beetson and Lewis and Meninger and Gasnier and Langlands and, You know, Ronnie Coote and plus all the best of the Brits.
Yvonne SampsonGUEST
So like beautiful Billy Boston, who only recently passed away.
Yvonne SampsonGUEST
Ellery Hanley, who is an absolute superstar.
Yvonne SampsonGUEST
We've got some more contemporary guys like Joey, Freddie and Lockie as well.
Tony CollinsGUEST
And it just looks a terrible game.
Tony CollinsGUEST
The only bright spark is that you see Billy Boston in his pump.
Tony CollinsGUEST
Yeah.
Tony CollinsGUEST
So you can actually go and see a lot of these games on YouTube, which is fantastic.
1 HR 1 MIN LATER
Lee AddisonHOST
and Tony know because you look at the Hall of Fame, you look at the British best 17 from the 20th century.
Lee AddisonHOST
at least half of them were union converts.
Lee AddisonHOST
I'm just going to rattle off some names now, and there'll be loads more, but Billy Boston, Sir Billy Boston, will be union convert.
Lee AddisonHOST
From my lifetime, Martin Ophir, John Devereaux, Jonathan Davis.
Tony CollinsGUEST
Occasionally, there was a bit of violence but by and large I think they're memorable for great football that was played I mean it's interesting you can go on the internet and look at the there's the 1960 World Cup final between Great Britain and Australia and it looks it looks dreadful it's played at Oddsall it's raining Oddsall as usual in those days is just basically a mud heap and it's It just looks a terrible game.
Tony CollinsGUEST
The only bright spark is that you see Billy Boston in his pump.
Tony CollinsGUEST
So you can actually go and see a lot of these games on YouTube, which is a fantastic resource for doing this type of thing.
Tony CollinsGUEST
I suppose the first...
52 MINS LATER
Lee AddisonHOST
and Tony know because you look at the Hall of Fame, you look at the British best 17 from the 20th century.
Lee AddisonHOST
at least half of them were union converts.
Lee AddisonHOST
I'm just going to rattle off some names now, and there'll be loads more, but Billy Boston, Sir Billy Boston, will be union convert.
Lee AddisonHOST
From my lifetime, Martin Ophir, John Devereaux, Jonathan Davis.
Tony CollinsGUEST
And it's, It just looks a terrible game.
Tony CollinsGUEST
The only bright spark is that you see Billy Boston in his pomp.
Tony CollinsGUEST
So you can actually go and see a lot of these games on YouTube, which is a fantastic resource for doing this type of thing.
Tony CollinsGUEST
I suppose the first...
52 MINS LATER
Lee AddisonHOST
and Tony know because you look at the Hall of Fame, you look at the British best 17 from the 20th century.
Lee AddisonHOST
at least half of them were union converts.
Lee AddisonHOST
I'm just going to rattle off some names now, and there'll be loads more, but Billy Boston, Sir Billy Boston will be union convert.
Lee AddisonHOST
From my lifetime, Martin Ophir, John Devereaux, Jonathan Davis.
Joe LydonHOST
cut me into 12,000 pounds a little bit and I could die two hours with an alifax.
Joe LydonHOST
So I signed for Alifax and I always wanted to play for the league because I used to watch Billy Buster on the tie, star in the tie.
Joe LydonHOST
I always liked the game and I thought I'd make the play.
Joe LydonHOST
So I was 19 at the time.
37 MINS LATER
Joe LydonHOST
But, you know, the fact that the Welsh players coming up with other teams nowadays, and they don't have to come now, because they can get more money playing at the Union.
Joe LydonHOST
And, you know, the great players that, you know, Jonathan, I went down and found Jonathan to get him out, and, you know, he's a man of fire, you know, and...
Joe LydonHOST
We had some great players and Barry Watkins went to Salford and there was a lot of them and when you look back even further Lewis Jones, the great Sir Billy, Billy Boston, he brought some wonderful players in from Cardiff and it's incredible really the way that you've gone professional with the union.
Joe LydonHOST
That's why they each tried it because they had to get more money going with the union They don't have to leave it alone.
Andrew FergusonHOST
Greg Inglis, 31.
Andrew FergusonHOST
Billy Boston, 30.
Andrew FergusonHOST
Reg Gasney at 28.
Andrew FergusonHOST
And Billy Slater is on 27.
DaveHOST
Always good to see you.
DaveHOST
Billy's in the chat, as is Rebecca Frey.
DaveHOST
Always good to see our Rebecca in the chat.
DaveHOST
Ian Carney, hello to you.
12 MINS LATER
DaveHOST
Where I'm going with this is what he's done over and above.
DaveHOST
Also what he's done afterwards in the spirit of rugby league for Rob Burrow.
DaveHOST
Now, if I was to go to Edinburgh and say, what do you make of Billy Boston? What do you make of Brian Bevan? Who? If I was to go to Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, what do you make of Billy Boston? Who? What do you make of Kevin Sinfield? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
DaveHOST
Kevin Sinfield has transcended this sport.
Lee AddisonHOST
Great sources of fantastic players.
Lee AddisonHOST
I mean, we've just said goodbye to Billy Boston, who came from Wales.
Lee AddisonHOST
I mean, we used to raid Welsh Rugby Union in particular, and that's why Wales and England would have been so strong, and this started to dry up from here.
Lee AddisonHOST
I'm going to say one sentence, which will... really nail how strong this Australia side was.
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