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1895 And All That...: Inside Rugby League's Hidden History
1895 And All That. . .: Inside Rugby League's Hidden History [Paperback] Collins, Tony
252 pages, Paperback
First published September 5, 2009
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April 27, 2022
Engrossing history on some of the lesser known elements on the growth of rugby league through the years.
March 17, 2016
Thank you Tony Collins for sticking it to the RFU, for reinvigorating my sense of righteousness in loving Rugby League over the toff-tastic kickfest that is Rugby Union.
The author was preaching to the converted with me, as you might gather from my opening sentence. The book is laid out as a series of articles and could be read as such. I did not expect the author to write about the racial qualities of Rugby League nor the sadly lost camaraderie between the Australian and British Leagues. The book is highly informative and, although I am disappointed with the amount of grammatical and spelling errors in the last quarter I did thoroughly enjoy learning about the split between rugby codes (and the efforts of the RFU to suppress the Working Man's determination to exceed their detrimental limitations.
The author was preaching to the converted with me, as you might gather from my opening sentence. The book is laid out as a series of articles and could be read as such. I did not expect the author to write about the racial qualities of Rugby League nor the sadly lost camaraderie between the Australian and British Leagues. The book is highly informative and, although I am disappointed with the amount of grammatical and spelling errors in the last quarter I did thoroughly enjoy learning about the split between rugby codes (and the efforts of the RFU to suppress the Working Man's determination to exceed their detrimental limitations.
May 3, 2013
The best book I've read about rugby league.
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