215. The Early History of York RLFC with Ian Lockwood
Super League's York rugby league club are one of …
214. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ebenezer Cobb Morley
As the FIFA World Cup reaches its climax, 'Rugby …
213. What Was The Original Derby Match?
Where did the term 'Derby Match' come from? How d…
212. The History of the Sydney Cricket Ground with Geoff Armstrong
The Sydney Cricket Ground has played a pivotal ro…
211. Todd Carney, Antonio Gramsci and rugby league intellectuals
Our guest today in rugby league journalist and an…
Podcast 210 – Jonty Parkin: the man who invented the modern scrum-half
In this episode I'm joined by Lee Robinson to tal…
209. Did Scotland Invent Football?
This week's episode looks at how soccer emerged i…
208. ‘Blood and Thunder’ the history of rugby in Ireland with Liam O’Callaghan
This week we talk to Dr Liam O’Callaghan about th…
207. What the hell is going on in British rugby league?
The new Rugby Reloaded looks at the current state…
206. Oldham Rugby League Hall of Fame
This week we sit down with Kevin Fitzpatrick, a m…
205. The Global Spread of Football with Thomas Adam
This week we delve deep into the origins of the f…
204. A Cultural History of the Ashes (part two)
With rugby league's Ashes series imminent, part t…
203. The Boston Game and the Origins of Football in America
Our new episode investigates the origin story of …
202. A Cultural History of the RL Ashes (Part 1)
As the countdown for the Rugby League Ashes serie…
201. David Goldblatt on Injury Time
On this week's episode I talk to David Goldblatt …
199. Nan Halafihi, the Tongan Trailblazer
This episode talks to Dr Nick Halafihi about the …
198. France’s Expulsion from the 5 Nations (part 2)
We travel back to the 1940s and 1950s to look at …
197. Harry Jepson: A Life in League
In Richard Hoggart's classic book 'The Uses of Li…