class, culture and the origins of Rugby League football /
Tony Collins.
2nd ed.
New York, NY :
Routledge,
2006.
xxi, 266 pages :
illustrations ;
24 cm.
Sport in the global society
Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-258) and index.
From folk football to civic pride : origins to 1879 -- The coming of the working class : 1879-1886 -- King football : 1886-1893 -- Schism : 1893-1895 -- The rise and decline of the Northern Union : 1895-1905 -- A revolution in rugby : 1905-1910 -- Conclusion : The Northern Union and working class culture.
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Analysing rugby's folk origins, Collins considers the effects of the game's 'great split' of 1895, when the working class community clubs from the North broke away from the ruling RFU. This breakaway series would eventually go on to form the basis of a new 'code' of the game - rugby league.
Rugby League football-- Social aspects-- England-- History.
Rugby Union football-- Social aspects-- England-- History.