Castleford Tigers boss Daryl Powell reveals his favourite match

Castleford Tigers boss Daryl Powell has recalled his favourite match, an epic GB win over Australia.

In 1990 Great Britain came agonisingly close to ending Australia’s dominance of the Ashes and Daryl Powell has chosen the first Test in that epic series as his favourite game. He played in all three games and was one of the stars of the Lions’ stunning 19-12 victory in the opener at Wembley.

Great Britain, who have not won the Ashes since 1970, were within seconds of drawing the second Test at Old Trafford before Mal Meninga scored a dramatic winner and the tourists were too strong in the decider, easing to a 14-0 victory at Elland Road. Powell, who was a Sheffield Eagles player then, was at centre for the Three Lions in the first Test, which he remembers as a “pretty special game for me”. “Wembley is a pretty special place and we beat the Aussies which was massive for us, for the country and for rugby league - and we had a real go at winning the series that year," said Powell. “I had a hand in Paul Eastwood’s try in the corner so that was a massive game. I was so nervous; I have only ever taken sleeping tablets once before a game and that was the game. "I couldn’t sleep. It was a huge game - looking at their centres, Meninga and [Mark] McGaw, they were huge individuals and there was me and Carl Gibson on the other side, probably the smallest international centre pairing going around, so it was an interesting battle.” Source- Yorkshire Post

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