Throwback: Boulevard Battle Between FC & Australia
(WorldNews Europe)

37 years to the day since the Black & Whites took on the Australian touring side the The Boulevard, hullfc.com takes a look back at the famous clash in West Hull. It may have been defeat for the hosts, but FC took plenty of pride from the game. In a world tour that featured 24 fixtures for the Aussies, Hull were only one of three teams that cam anywhere near challenging them in terms of closeness of scores, with Bradford Northern and Wigan also coming close. A 7-13 defeat was by no means a disgrace, with Australian coach Frank Stanton showing much respect to Hull by naming a full strength team just days before their second test against Great Britain, and declaring that FC were the toughest...