Martin Offiah

Some real household names from both teams in that era.

I remember Martin Chariots of Fire breaking free early in that game for the Great Britain side.

It took a desperate lunge at the last second by Andrew Eddinghouse, an ET, to push Chariots' foot into touch.

So a lot of talk about Sydney fans falling back in love with the Kangaroos.

But to be fair, they haven't been given much of a chance, Sydneysiders.

I was tech OPing the Hit 40 UK, which basically just involved pressing the Wish FM jingle, uh, when there was an appropriate moment for five seconds, 'cause there was no automated way of doing it.

Um, but then while I was there, someone said to me, "Have you ever done rugby league reports? Uh, and, you know, would you like to?" And it was one of those, well, you know, I remember watching it on Sky Sports, like Martin Offiah, you know, with Wigan Warriors and all that sort of stuff, but I'd not, I'd never done it.

But he just said, "It's okay.

Uh, it's 15-second reports, 15, 20-second reports, um, a few times a half.

A literal who's who of rugby league played for Wigan during this period.

Guys like Shaun Edwards, Martin Offiah, Jason Robinson, Andy Farrell, Dennis Betts, Ellery Hanley, Dean Bell, et cetera, et cetera.

And that is a huge et cetera, et cetera, too, because the list of players throughout this period is extensive.

While the English aren't at the top of their game any longer, back in the day, they were a serious threat, and this team of superstars and this superstar team were as good as any, cementing a legacy that I think we can safely say won't be repeated.

You remember we had Gary Schofield come across.

We had the, uh, the famous Martin Offiah or Offiah, however you want to call him.

I think, I think there was a front-rower for Manly, uh, Kevin Ward.

There was the guy-