When the Australian rugby team landed at Heathrow this week to begin a four-Test tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland, they carried the memory of what their predecessors achieved 40 years ago.
In 1984, the Wallabies became the first Australian rugby side to complete the coveted “grand slam”, beating England (19-3), Ireland (16-9), Wales (28-9) and Scotland (37-12).
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James Curran is The Australian Financial Review’s international editor and professor of modern history at Sydney University.
