156. Julia Lee – rugby league trailblazer
To mark International Women's Day 2021, this epis…
155. Rugby League and the Jewish community
The birth of rugby league coincided with a wave o…
154. The Rise, Fall and Re-Rise of the Drop Goal?
As the new NRL season is about to raise the value…
153. Folk Football in Britain – football before ‘football’
Humans have thrown and kicked a ball towards some…
152. The Other Amateur Rugby – the early history of amateur rugby league
Although rugby's great split of 1895 is often por…
151. ‘Rugger Diplomacy’ – The British Foreign Office and Romanian Rugby Union in the 1950s
Romanian rugby boomed in the 1950s, threatening t…
149. Tries, Damned Tries & Statistics (with Neil Ormston)
Facts speak for themselves, don't they? Not alway…
147. The Ghost Player at the Roses Match
It's widely believed that William Wollen's famous…
146. Peter Harvey – From St Helens to Twickenham and Back Again
This week’s episode talks to Peter Harvey, the fo…
144. Puddings, Bullies & Squashes – early public school football
To mark the publication of a new book on the orig…
143. Talking Salary Cap Blues with Sean McGuire
What's the point of rugby league's salary cap? Ru…
142. Once Were Kangaroos – Mark Flanagan on the 1986 tour.mp3
In the wake of the BBC's excellent 'Once Were Lio…
141. Huw Richards on England versus Wales rivalry
It's the England versus Wales rugby union showdow…
140. Mark Evans – State of the Rugby codes, part 2
In the second part of our wide-ranging interview …
139. Mark Evans – State of the Rugby codes in 2020, part 1
This week's episode is the first of a wide-rangin…
137. The Corinthian Spirit, soccer and amateurism, with Dil Porter
You often hear talk about the 'Corinthian Spirit'…