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“Pioneers of Rugby League” The true history of league’s birth in Australia and its dramatic first seasons Sean Fagan Pioneers of Rugby League is a must have book for every fan of the greatest game. Using dramatic first-hand newspaper accounts and archives, of on-field action and off-field events, RL1908′s Sean Fagan uncovers the true history of rugby league’s beginning. The first print run of this book (released as “The Rugby Rebellion”) sold out of all stock. Pioneers of Rugby League details and explores every significant moment in rugby league’s founding era in Australia, showing how the movement to bring rugby league to Australia began, the birth of its clubs and the signing of its first star players, its early fight for survival, what the game was like to play and watch, when the Kangaroos played the Wallabies, how rugby league battled through – from near collapse and financial ruin – to become our favourite winter sport after just three seasons, thwarting the newspaper critics and the challenges from rugby union and Australian rules. I also recommend Sean’s site www.rugbeia.com see attached card Paperback…….424 pages…. RRP $20.00