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| 1966 Tourist Carl Dooler |
From 1910
until 1996 Great Britain regularly toured Australia and New Zealand,
customarily playing a three test series against both nations, as well as a
large number of other games against regional, representative and club sides.
Making a Great Britain tour was considered, alongside playing at Wembley, as
the pinnacle of any player’s career. They earned the right to be called Great
Britain Lions. Featherstone Rovers have supplied 14 such players. Three of
these players, Cooper, Dooler and Smales didn’t play in a test match, so never
became full internationals.
A further five
players, namely Terry Clawson, Arnie Morgan, Mal Dixon, Gary Jordan and Peter
Smith won Great Britain caps, but never toured. Morgan and Smith however, as
well as Keith Bridges, Jimmy Thompson and Steve Nash, did “tour” with Great
Britain in World Cup Tournaments.
The official list of Featherstone Rovers’
Great Britain Lions is:
1. Tommy Askin 1928
2. Gary Cooper 1962 (not capped)
3. Don Fox 1962
4. Carl Dooler 1966 (not capped)
5. Jimmy Thompson 1970, 1974
6. Keith Bridges 1974
7. Steve Nash 1974
8. Steve Evans 1979
9. David Hobbs 1984
10. Chris Bibb 1990
11. Deryck Fox 1990, 1992
12. Ian Smales 1990 (not capped)
13. Paul Newlove 1992
14. Steve Molloy 1996
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