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Super League is 21 Years Old
User 40900729 Mar 2017 - 17:31
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On March 29th 1996 Super League was born. The first game was Paris St Germain v Sheffield Eagles at the Stade Sébastien Charléty in Paris.
PSG went on to win the match 30-24 with the first ever Super League try being scored by Frédéric Banquet.
RFL chief executive Maurice Lindsay was bullish following the opening night, to say the least. “Some reporters came for a funeral and had to write about a party,” he said. “This is what Super League is all about. Just imagine, within a short time we could have Brisbane playing Paris.” Well, not quite.
Sheffield Eagles, under coach Gary Hetherington went on to finish 7th in the inaugral Super League season, four places above their opening night victors who managed just two further wins in the following 21 rounds.
Watch the PARIS V SHEFFIELD highlights
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