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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Ian Laybourn

Mike Stephenson recalls low-key fanfare when Britain won Rugby League World Cup

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There was no fanfare, no open-top bus parade and certainly no visit to Number 10 when Britain last won the Rugby League World Cup.

The heroes of 1972 made an unheralded return from France, where they lifted the trophy after a 10-10 draw in the final against Australia in Lyon, as Mike Stephenson recalls.

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