The History Of Rugby League Clubs
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The History Of Rugby League Clubs
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Author : Ian Collis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
The History Of Rugby League Clubs written by Ian Collis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Football players categories.
A Short History Of Rugby League In Australia
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Author : William John Evans
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
A Short History Of Rugby League In Australia written by William John Evans and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Rugby League football categories.
An authoritative and entertaining account of the history of rugby league in Australia - charting the league's evolution from union, epic grand finals encounters, and players and coaches who changed the game forever. Chapters include: THE GLORY - an account of the most memorable final round scrambles, the heartache of departing with a runner-up medal and magic moments from past grand finals. THE CLUBS - in-depth analysis of today's teams, in addition to a section on extinct clubs, mergers, rivalries and local derbies, and club colours. AWARDS AND HONOURS - from the Rothmans Medal to the Golden Boot award this chapter celebrates the game's highest achievers with a look at the teams of the decades (and the last century), and Middleton's players of the year. RUGBY LEAGUE AROUND THE WORLD - take a look at other major rugby league nations, from the inherent rivalry between Australia and New Zealand, as well as South Africa, France and America's past performances.
Rugby S Great Split
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Author : Tony Collins
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-10-12
Rugby S Great Split written by Tony Collins and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-12 with History categories.
Since it’s first publication, Rugby’s Great Split has established itself as a classic in the field of sport history. Drawing on an unprecedented range of sources, this deeply researched and highly readable book traces the social, cultural and economic divisions that led, in 1895, to schism in the game of rugby and the creation of rugby league, the sport of England’s northern working class. Tony Collins’ analysis challenges many of the conventional assumptions about this key event in rugby history – about class conflict, amateurism in sport, the North-South divide, violence on the pitch, the development of mass spectator sport and the rise of football. This new edition is expanded to cover parallel events in Australia and New Zealand, and to address the key question of rugby league’s failure to establish itself in Wales. Rugby’s Great Split is a benchmark text in the history of rugby, and an absorbing case study of wider issues – issues of class, gender, regional and national identity, and the impact of the commercialization and recent professionalization of rugby league. This insightful text is for anyone interested in Britain’s social history or in the emergence of modern sport, it is vital reading.
A Social History Of English Rugby Union
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Author : Tony Collins
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2009-01-13
A Social History Of English Rugby Union written by Tony Collins and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-13 with History categories.
From the myth of William Webb Ellis to the glory of the 2003 World Cup win, this book explores the social history of rugby union in England. Ever since Tom Brown’s Schooldays the sport has seen itself as the guardian of traditional English middle-class values. In this fascinating new history, leading rugby historian Tony Collins demonstrates how these values have shaped the English game, from the public schools to mass spectator sport, from strict amateurism to global professionalism. Based on unprecedented access to the official archives of the Rugby Football Union, and drawing on an impressive array of sources from club minutes to personal memoirs and contemporary literature, the book explores in vivid detail the key events, personalities and players that have made English rugby. From an era of rapid growth at the end of the nineteenth century, through the terrible losses suffered during the First World War and the subsequent ‘rush to rugby’ in the public and grammar schools, and into the periods of disorientation and commercialisation in the 1960s through to the present day, the story of English rugby union is also the story of the making of modern England. Like all the very best writers on sport, Tony Collins uses sport as a prism through which to better understand both culture and society. A ground-breaking work of both social history and sport history, A Social History of English Rugby Union tells a fascinating story of sporting endeavour, masculine identity, imperial ideology, social consciousness and the nature of Englishness.
Rugby League In Twentieth Century Britain
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Author : Tony Collins
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2006-09-27
Rugby League In Twentieth Century Britain written by Tony Collins and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-27 with History categories.
Called ‘the greatest game of all’ by its supporters but often overlooked by the cultural mainstream, no sport is more identified with England’s northern working class than rugby league. This book traces the story of the sport from the Northern Union of the 1900s to the formation of the Super League in the 1990s, through war, depression, boom and deindustrialisation, into a new economic and social age. Using a range of previously unexplored archival sources, this extremely readable and deeply researched book considers the impact of two world wars, the significance of the game’s expansion to Australasia and the momentous decision to take rugby league to Wembley. It investigates the history of rugby union’s long-running war against league, and the sport’s troubled relationship with the national media. Most importantly, this book sheds new light on issues of social class and working-class masculinity, regional identity and the profound impact of the decline of Britain’s traditional industries. For all those interested in the history of sport and working-class culture, this is essential reading.
Western Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club
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Author : Western Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club (Brisbane, Qld.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
Western Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club written by Western Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club (Brisbane, Qld.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Rugby League football categories.
London
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Author : Richard Pitchfork
language : en
Publisher: Paragon Publishing
Release Date : 2010-03
London written by Richard Pitchfork and has been published by Paragon Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03 with History categories.
Rugby League is a northern Working Class sport. Since its inception, when breaking away from the Rugby Football Union in 1895 over the issue of "Broken Time Payments," it has been entrenched in what is now known as its "Northern Heartlands." The sport has tried to break away many times from these heartlands and establish itself in other areas of the country. This is the story of one of these attempts when it attempted, and very nearly succeeded, to establish itself in the Capital. The 1930s was the decade to try and break into London. Only years after the Empire Stadium at Wembley opened and hosted, for the first time, the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final. The Northern Working Class was moving around the country to find work and professional sport was growing in popularity. Using letters from the owners of the clubs in London, supporters and from the Rugby Football League the book shows how close Rugby League came to establishing itself in London with initially 2 well run teams and eventually what could have been, as originally planned, a 6 team Southern Division. The Rugby League landscape and the sporting landscape of Britain as a whole could have been very different.
Rugby League Through The Decades
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Author : Ian Collis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Rugby League Through The Decades written by Ian Collis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Rugby League football categories.
Since the arrival of the New Zealand 'All Golds' who introduced the game to Australian shores in 1907, rugby league has had a colourful and controversial history. Rugby League Through the Decades is a celebration of each decade in that history; showcasing champion players, countless matches and suburban football clubs, many now gone forever. Including hundreds of images, many never before published; rare memorabilia, season records and international details, this books packs 110 years of sporting history into its 560 pages. Written in the style of 'unfolding history' to give the reader a sense of 'being there' at each historic moment in the game's evolution, the different era's of the game are reflected in the language and fashions of the times, and wonderfully portray the drama and emotion of the 'greatest game of all!'
The Oval World
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Author : Tony Collins
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2015-08-27
The Oval World written by Tony Collins and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-27 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Rugby has always been a sport with as much drama off the field as on it. For every thrilling last-minute Jonny Wilkinson drop-goal to win the world cup or Jonah Lomu rampage down the touchline for a try, there has been a split, a feud or a controversy. The Oval World is the first full-length history of rugby on a world scale – from its origins in the village-based football games of medieval times up to the globalised sport of the twenty-first century,now played in well over 100 countries. It tells the story of how a game played in an obscure English public school became the winter sport of the British Empire, spread to France, Argentina, Japan and the rest of the world and commanded a global television audience of over four billion for the last world cup final. And how American football – and other games such as Australian, Canadian and Gaelic football – emerged from rugby and highlight just how much the modern gridiron game owes to its English cousin. Featuring the great moments in the game's history and its great names – such as Jonah Lomu, David Duckham, Serge Blanco, Billy Boston and David Campese alongside Rupert Brooke, King George V, Boris Karloff, Charles de Gaulle and Nelson Mandela – The Oval World investigates just what it is about rugby that enables it to survive and thrive in countries with very different traditions and cultures. This is the the definitive world history of a truly global rugby.
The Top 10 Of Rugby League
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Author : Alan Whiticker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
The Top 10 Of Rugby League written by Alan Whiticker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Rugby League football categories.
In an era when the modern game is dissected by every possible statistic, The Top 10 Of Rugby League is bound to settle many arguments .. and start many more in the years to come.Who was the greatest player in the history of rugby league ? the greatest halfback, try-scorer or coach? What are the best matches ever played, the top 10 Tests and the greatest grand finals? What about the most successful club, the most memorable teams or the best decade? These questions, and many more like them, have fired the imagination of rugby league fans for years. The Top 10 of Rugby League answers all of these questions and many more. Alan Whiticker and Ian Collis, the best-selling authors of ?100 Years of Rugby League? and ?The History of Rugby League Clubs?, have spent the past three years compiling the ?Top 10? of everything in rugby league. League fans are encouraged to supply their own ?Top 10? in the space provided in each chapter.