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Fast forward 22-and-a-bit years. Today, Tomkins, Widdop and Hall are fully-grown blokes aiming to emulate Schofield, Offiah and Edwards.

Of course, Great Britain is now just a dusty relic of rugby league past. That means the modern-day trio are instead representing England but hope to replicate their predecessors' remarkable achievement - upsetting the Kangaroos in Melbourne.

Victory in Australia's 'Second City' will put Steve McNamara's men into the Four Nations final at the expense of their hosts. Which will go down like the proverbial lead balloon.

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Those rugby league fans with a long memory will remember when there was a Great Britain representative side.

Those rugby league fans with an even longer memory will remember when Garry Schofield, Martin Offiah and Shaun Edwards helped Great Britain tear apart Australia to silence a shell-shocked Melbourne crowd.

That famous thrashing came all the way back in June 1992. When the likes of Sam Tomkins, Gareth Widdop and Ryan Hall were still wearing nappies.