Rugby League through the Decades

p>Since the arrival of the New Zealand All Golds who introduced the game to Australian shores in 1907, rugby league has had a colourful and controversial history. i>Rugby League Through the Decades/i> is a celebration of each decade in that history; showcasing champion players, countless matches and suburban football clubs, many now gone forever. Including hundreds of images, many never before published; rare memorabilia, season records and international details, this books packs 110 years of sporting history into its 560 pages./p> p> Written in the style of unfolding history to give the reader a sense of being there at each historic moment in the game s evolution, the different era's of the game are reflected in the language and fashions of the times, and wonderfully portray the drama and emotion of the greatest game of all! /p>

p>span>Ian Collis is a well known rugby league historian - he has one of the largest collections of sporting memorabilia in Australia. His passion for rugby league comes from his father Joseph, who was a pioneer of the North Ryde Junior Rugby League Club in the Balmain Junior League and a former Club president before playing a role in the formation of the Ryde United JRL Club. Ian is currently the Head of Fox Sports Statistics./span>/p> Alan James Whiticker is an Australian non-fiction author and publisher, with over 30 published books on history, sport, biography, true crime and lifestyle

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