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This is a very rare Chairman's XIII Official Umbro Player Worn Rugby League Shirt from the 1987 game v Auckland.
CONDITION - Shirt is in very good condition
CONDITION DETAILS - Colours are good. Number and other logos are excellent. There is some staining on the white section under the Trophy logo and some small marks on the right sleeve.
SIZE - Adults 40" - Medium.
Armpit to armpit 21 inches/ 53cm. Top of shoulder to bottom of the shirt 32 inches/ 81cm.
Please check the measurements as sizes from previous periods can be different to todays standard sizes.
MADE BY - Umbro of 100% cotton
FEATURES - Chairman's XIII v Auckland stitched on the chest. Official Umbro Number 14 patch stitched on the back
DETAILS - One of the hardest league shirts to get hold of. Used in one game only v Auckland. Shirt believed to have been issued to sub Mark Forster. The game was held on 10th November 1987 at Headingley, Leeds and the Chairman's team beat Auckland 12-6.
The Chairman's team was;
J Myler (Widnes), Ford (Bradford N), Schofield (Leeds), Whitfield (Halifax), Offiah (Widnes), Edwards (Wigan), Fox (Featherstone), Crooks (Leeds, Captain), McCallion (Halifax), Powell (Leeds), Fairbank (Bradford N), Roberts (Warrington), Platt (St Helens). Subs Dixon (Halifax), Forster (Warrington)
Tries scored by Offiah and Ford. Goals - Whitfield 2
Auckland Team
J Ropati, Panapa, T Ropati, Tuimavave, S Horo, Cooper, Freeman, Brown, Hooker, Goulding, Kaiser, P Ropati, M Horo
Try - S Horo. Goal - Brown
Half Time 6-2
Referee John Holdsworth
Attendance 3,636
Report from the Rothmans Yearbook
An unexciting finale to the six match tour was marred by the sending off of two players and another being sent to the sin bin. The dull match flared up in the 59th minute with a brief melee which ended with home skipper Crooks and opposite number Brown being dismissed, broken nose victim Roberts, of Warrington, being replaced by Halifax's Dixon. Late in the game Wigan's Edwards was sin-binned after a clash with Cooper.
Great Britain coach Malcolm Reilly, in charge of the Chairman's XIII as a tour trial, did not learn a lot, the Man of the Match award going to Auckland scrum half Freeman.
One outstanding lesson, however was the lack of effective use of outstanding wingers Ford and Offiah, who each scored a try with sparse possession. Whitfield contributed two goals, Brown replying with one kick on target before, in the last minute, winger Shane Horo grabbed his sixth try of the tour.
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