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5 June 2025
Premiership 1975 side to host long weekend reunion

It's the sort of game that can still get rugby league fans talking 50 years on.

Forbes' 13-11 win in the 1975 reserve grade Group 11 grand final involved 20 minutes extra time and three disallowed tries - the referee had a police escort to leave the ground.

"Astute judges later described the game as one of the most absorbing and entertaining grand finals in group history," newspaper clippings of the...

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