Girls Playing Rugby

1972 - Timekeepers and sirens are introduced into Rugby League for first time.
1972 - Great Britain regains the Rugby League World Cup in France.
1973 - Rugby Union’s Barbarians defeat the All Blacks at Cardiff Arms Park.
1973 - The British Amateur Rugby League Association sets itself up to run the sport at grassroots level after complaining of neglect by the RFL. Formal re-unification takes 30 years.