Forty years after the historic 1984 Wallabies’ tour of the UK and Ireland, Mark Ella and teammates recount how he scored a try in every Test win - and then shocked the world by retiring.
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.In October 1984, a squad of 30 Wallabies, two coaches and a manager departed for an 18-game tour of the UK and Ireland. They played four Tests, against England, Ireland, Wales and Scotland. No Australian team had ever won all four – known as a Grand Slam - but under new coach Alan Jones, the 1984 Wallabies achieved the historic feat, which has not been repeated.
The Wallabies’ imposing lineout, led by Steve “Skylab” Cutler, proved a major strength all tour, and it was a stolen lineout that led to Ella’s try at Landsdowne Road.: It was just instinctive. It wasn’t a planned move at all because they were throwing the ball in line-out. So we won the line-out and they were slow coming up, so I just kept on running up to them.Ella
Farr-Jones helped set up two tries for the Wallabies via short-side runs, first to Lawton and then to Lynagh. In the second-half, the Wallabies then silenced the home crowd by scoring a pushover try against the mighty Welsh pack, finished by Tuynman.: That was kind of like, holy heck. That doesn’t happen, we’re from Australia.
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