BOOKS

The Other Rugby

Rugby League Clubs

The Other Rugby tells the story of thirty five years of amateur rugby league in Rotherham.

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Making Up The Numbers

Rugby League

In 1897, when the first Cup competition took place, all the clubs playing Northern Union were able to take part. This book tells the story of how and why that changed and the impact on the competition of clubs like Beverley, West Hull, The Twelve Apostles and Uno’s Dabs.

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Changing Times

Rugby Union

This book looks at the key elements that impact grassroots rugby union clubs in the county. It paints the background against which the game and the leagues have changed and considers the factors that are linked to those changes. The authors have gathered information about many grassroots clubs to illustrate their findings.

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Let Them Play By All Means

Wartime Rugby

Let Them Play By All Means is the story of Yorkshire rugby union during World War Two, one of the most difficult times in the lives of many people in Britain, and a largely unrecorded period in the history of rugby union in the County.

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Leeds Who

Rugby Union Clubs

This is the story of a junior rugby union club that, for the majority of its sixty seven years in existence, was called Leeds Chirons. It is a story that reflects some of the changes that have taken place in the sport between 1923 and 1990.

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