Welshman Billy Boston is a true legend of Rugby League and at the time of the third World Cup in 1960 he was in his prime, selected in Great Britain’s squad despite being injured on the Saturday before it was named in a league game for Wigan against Whitehaven. He only recovered in time for the decider against Australia at Bradford, scoring the first of Britain’s two tries in typical fashion, handing off his opposite number, Brian Carlson, with his left hand and then powering to the corner.
In all he won 31 caps for Great Britain, initially being selected for the 1954 Lions tour after a mere handful of games for Wigan, scoring a record 36 tries. He scored 571 career tries in total.
Boston missed the 1954 World Cup through injury, but played in two games in the second tournament down under in 1957. On the way home, Great Britain’s 1957 World Cup squad went to South Africa without him when the apartheid laws prevented him travelling with them.