English Rugby League History

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"Those who drink the water, ought remember those who dug the well"

Rugby League history

A collection of articles by Rugby League writer & historian Sean Fagan

"These articles explore the formative era of English Rugby League history - the 1820s through to the 1920s."

	Web Ellis Is A Lie The evolvement of all the football games is lost in the past. What is known is that rugby did not begin in an all-defining moment of picking up the ball.

	The Divide of 1895 The Northern Union was formed to enable club survival and escape oppressive rule. It soon decimated the ruling body and gave birth to a new sport.

	The First 'England' Match - 1904 The start of the 1903/04 season saw the NU schedule an annual New Year's Day fixture between 'England' and 'Other Nationalities'.

	You Are Playing Right v Wrong Sydney 1914: A battered Lions party is forced to play an Ashes deciding Test weeks ahead of schedule. The heroics that followed will never be forgotten.

	The Ben Gronow Mystery In the mid-1920s the best rugby league forward in the world travelled from Huddersfield to rural NSW to play for Grenfell. Why?

For more Rugby League historical articles by Sean Fagan visit www.RL1908.com