Leeds and Salford to mark Coronation once again!

Leeds and Salford will meet this Friday at Headingley to kick off the Coronation Weekend but it is not the first time the two teams have met to mark the arrival of a new monarch. 

On Coronation Day, 12th May 1937, as King Charles III grandfather George VI was being crowned, Leeds and Salford played an experimental twelve-a-side game at Headingley, with each pack scrummaging in a 2-3 formation. Reports at the time said, it was an extremely interesting and thought-provoking exhibition. This formation, the idea of the late Mr. Lance Todd the Salford Manager, did generally improve the entry of the ball into the scrums, and also quickened up the heeling. Leeds won by 15 points to 9.

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