What
exactly is the Lance Todd Award and who is it named
after?
Vic Martin, Wembley, Middlesex
THE JUDGE: The Lance Todd Award is decided by a panel
of writers and is presented to the man of the match
in the Challenge Cup Final. The trophy is named after
Lance Todd, a former New Zealand international who
played for Wigan and later coach and managed Salford.
It was instituted in 1946 following his tragic death
in a car smash. A full list of all the winners since
1980 appears in The Judge Book of Sports Answers,
which you can order HERE.
Has
the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final ever been staged
over two legs?
Tony Murphy, Dublin
THE JUDGE: For three years during the war the final
was held over two legs, with the winner decided on
aggregate. The two-leg winners were Dewsbury (16-15 v
Leeds, 1943), Bradford Northern (8-3 v Wigan, 1944),
Huddersfield (13 9 v Bradford Northern, 1945).
With
which League club did Ellery Hanley start his
professional career?
Jack Banks, Sheffield
THE JUDGE: Hanley was signed by Bradford Northern
from his Leeds amateur club in 1978 when he was 17.
It was three years before he made his Division I
debut to launch one of the greatest of all careers.
What
code of rugby did Shaun Edwards play while he was at
school?
L. Heath, Middlesbrough
THE JUDGE: Edwards played both codes, and captained
England schoolboys at both Rugby Union and Rugby
League. He signed professional on his seventeenth
birthday on October 17 1983, and just 201 days later
became the youngest ever player to appear in a
Challenge Cup Final - for Wigan against Widnes.
What
is the most Rugby League games in succession in which
an individual player has scored points?
Ron Taylor, Crewe
THE JUDGE: David Watkins set the record with Salford,
scoring in 82 consecutiive games between August 1972
and April 1974.
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