The Indomitables - Rugby League's Greatest Tour
The 1946 Tour to Australia & New Zealand
Huw Richards author Martin Whitcombe author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:St David's Press
Published:2nd Jul '26
Should be back in stock very soon
The 1946 Indomitables made themselves the most memorable touring team in British rugby league history with their remarkable achievements in the face of unprecedented challenges.
Published to mark the tour's 80th anniversary and lavishly illustrated with over 300 photographs, The Indomitables - who were named after the aircraft carrier that transported the 26 rugby players to Australia - is the most comprehensive and authoritative account of the 1946 tour ever written.
Crossing the world by boat - so soon after many of them had served during the Second World War - before travelling across Australia and New Zealand to play a gruelling itinerary of incredibly physical matches in front of sell-out crowds, made sporting legends of the 15 Englishmen and 11 Welshmen (including the captain, Gus Risman) and won the respect of both nations.
These were The Indomitables - and this is their sensational story.
'The Indomitables were an example to all of us and set the standards for everyone who followed them.' Sir Billy Boston; 'Australians admire the best in sport, and The Indomitables showed they were the very best.' Pat Devery; 'The 1946 Indomitables Tour was the stuff of legend, and this brilliant book brings the tour to life in a way that's never been done before. Sports history at its very best.' Jim Mills; 'If you want to know why I and so many other league players wanted, more than anything, to be selected for an Ashes tour - then read this book. It's a sensational story of the greatest team that created the tradition we were all so proud to be part of.' Andy Gregory; 'What a tour. What a story. Great rugby players and tough, tough men.' Martin Johnson;
ISBN: 9781902719702
Dimensions: 244mm x 170mm x 25mm
Weight: unknown
490 pages