Download or read book 100 Years of Rugby League written by Ray Chesterton and published by . This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In March 2008, Rugby League celebrates 100 years of history in this country. Long known as the greatest game of all it is the dominant code in New South Wales and Queensland, and in recent years it has gained a foothold in Victoria, and beyond. This book is the story of the game over those years: the great eras and the great games; the great players from Dally Messenger to Andrew Johns; the always passionate (and sometimes bitter) rivalry of the State of Origin games; the overseas tours; and in recent years, the Super League turmoil, through to the present era. And it looks ahead to increased competition from other football codes It is a popular yet authoritative account, aimed at the general reader, not simply the dedicated fan.
Download or read book The Finals written by Steve Haddan and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "History of 100 years of National Rugby League finals."--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book 100 Years written by John Oliver Coffey and published by Huia Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100 Years: Maori Rugby League 1908-2008 tells the story of the New Zealand Maori Rugby League Team from its origins in 1908 to the present day. The book covers major matches, along with biographies of prominent players and administrators. A rich collection of stories and interviews with former players tells the reader what really happened off and on the field. The book has been thoroughly researched with information coming from England, France, Australia and throughout New Zealand, and it is illustrated with over 200 images. There have been no books specifically written on Maori involvement with rugby league, until now. 100 Years: Maori Rugby League 1908-2008 is about players, administrators and whanau. It's about the fabulous moments, the glories of victory and the agonies of defeat, and it gives a comprehensive story of Maori participation in rugby league.
Download or read book 100 Years of Rugby League written by Sunday Telegraph Staff and published by HarperSports. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rugby League written by Ian Collis and published by New Holland Australia(AU). This book was released on 2008 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written and compiled by respected authors Ian Collis and Alan Whitticker, Rugby League: 100 Years in Pictures is a sentimental journey through a century of Rugby League in Australia. With over 300 pages, hundreds of archived photos of champion players, great teams and rare memorabilia - many never before published, the history of Rugby League comes alive, decade after decade, photo after photo, page after page, This is a book for followers of the game - both young and old - and all lovers of Australian sporting history to savour and enjoy.
Download or read book League of Legends written by Guy Hansen and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "History of Rugby League in Australia; catalogue of objects related to Rugby League in Australia; centenary of rugby league in Australia; League of Legends exhibition."-- Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Rugby s Great Split written by Tony Collins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Kiwis written by John Coffey and published by Hachette Book Group USA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1907 a New Zealand team launched international rugby league by touring Australia, Britain, and Australia (again) against a backdrop of life bans from an outraged rugby union and the tragic death of its young organiser. Since then the Kiwis have played more than 100 test matches each against traditional rivals Australia and Great Britain, have had a 50-year rivalry with France, and competed in World Cup tournaments since 1954. There have been disastrous tours, such as that in 1926-27 when seven forwards went on strike in England and were banned for life, and triumphant ones, such as when the 1971 Grand Slam Kiwis beat Australia, Britain, and France all in one year. Similarly, there have been many momentous matches at home against the Kangaroos, Lions, and French touring teams. Most of the stories have never been told before. For example, the 1912 New Zealand team refused to come home from Australia until it was given time for an end-of-tour party! For 90 of those years the Kiwis were amateurs battling against overseas professionals. The book being prepared to coincide with the centenary in 2007 will include an introduction, 10 sections covering each of the 10 decades, extensive statistics, and many illustrations.
Download or read book Grand Final written by Graham Morris and published by Vertical. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Super League Grand Final is one of the highlights in the sporting calendar. With a narrative and photographs capturing the elation and despair of the winners and losers, the author chronicles the history of this superlative end-of-season event.
Download or read book Halifax Rugby League the First 100 Years written by Andrew Hardcastle and published by . This book was released on 1999-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 100 Years of Rugby League written by Ian Collis and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The History of Rugby League in Australia, covering all championships, series, players and matches."--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book A Centenary of Rugby League 1908 2008 written by Ian Heads and published by Pan MacMillan. This book was released on 2008 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Centenary of Rugby League tells the complete, season-by-season story of rugby league's first 100 years in Australia. Rich in detail, anecdote, history, scandal and triumph, and illustrated by hundreds of extraordinary photographs, A Centenary of Rugby League is the one book every league fan should own. Never before has the game been covered in such comprehensive, year-by-year detail. The book includes not just the story of the first 100 years of the Sydney (now NRL) premiership, but also the many great competitions that have been staged across Australia. As well, the often controversial and always colourful history of matches between Queensland and New South Wales are featured, from the inaugural game in 1908 to the State of Origin battles of today. And Australia's pivotal place in international rugby league - most notably in epic Test matches against Great Britain, on Kangaroo tours of England and France, and in World Cup, World Series and Tri-Series tournaments - is celebrated in word and picture. Australian rugby league's 100 greatest players of all time - from Dally Messenger to Darren Lockyer, as chosen by the ARL especially for the centenary year - are revealed and profiled in the book. And special sections highlight all the famous matches, controversies and incidents that have made league's history so colourful over the last century.
Download or read book Two Tribes written by Steve Mascord and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-04 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nineteen ninety-seven is the most important year in rugby league history - at least since the Great Schism of 1895. It's also the year the sport's current administrators want you to forget, when a pay television war in Australia drove the game to the brink and brutally exposed it's ingrained qualities and flaws in all their bloody glory. Journalist Steve Mascord covered the Super League War for the Sydney Morning Herald and on the 25th anniversary of the divided season has interviewed more than 100 others who lived through it - from Ken Arthurson and John Ribot to Newcastle Knights ballboy Michael Maher - bringing you the absolute definitive story of rugby's Second Great Schism. It's the rugby league's most important story, being told while it's not too late. You'll never quite see the game the same way again.
Download or read book The Centenary of the Greatest Game Under the Sun written by Maxwell Leo Howell and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rugby league Lions written by Robert Gate and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by acclaimed rugby league historian, Robert Gate, 'Rugby League Lions' presents the complete and only record of every test match played by Great Britain.
Download or read book 100 Years of Australian Rugby League written by Ian Collis and published by . This book was released on 2007-11-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting in 1907, this high quality, 2 volume box set tracks each season's most dramatic and memorable games. Also includes events, the final ladder and the final series. Features International matches as well as a variety of memorabilia and statistics. Exclusive photographs never seen before include the Grand Final 2007. Over 5 years in the making to celebrate 100 years of rugby league in March 2008.
Download or read book The Story of Rugby League written by Andrew Ferguson and published by Young Reed. This book was released on 2018-05-21 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, for the first time, is the 110 year history of rugby league in oneinformative book. All the great namesare here with wonderful stories,essential statistics and rare photosof players, clubs and key events.Expertly told by Andrew Ferguson,The Story of Rugby League is boundto inform, entertain and amaze anysporting fan or budding champion.Andrew
