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The Rugby League Ashes

Although the Kangaroos have been dominant in recent years, they are only slightly ahead in terms of series and Test matches won Ashes Series won           Australia    20                   GB    19 Test Matches won          Australia    59                   GB    55 Apart from 1911/12, the Kangaroos were beaten in every Ashes series in  Great Britain  from 1908 until 1963. Even in  Australia , the GB Lions triumphed in fourteen Ashes series between 1910 and 1970 The Kangaroos won just four times in 1920, 1950, 1954 and 1966 The GB Lions held the Ashes for thirty years from 1920 – 1950 The Australian Kangaroos currently hold the Ashes and have done since 1973 although they have not been contested since 2003 and not on Australian soil since 1992.