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Doug Laughton, rugby league giant and one of the last survivors from Great Britain’s 1970s Ashes triumph

Doug Laughton, rugby league giant and one of the last survivors from Great Britain’s 1970s Ashes triumph


Doug Laughton, who has died aged 80, was one of the four surviving players from the last time Great Britain’s rugby league side triumphed against Australia in the Ashes, in 1970; he also had an illustrious club playing career with St Helens, Wigan and his home town side Widnes, whom he later coached to World Club Challenge glory against Canberra Raiders in 1989.



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