Rugby League is not just a sport...it is a
way of life for generations of fans.
- Essential reading for 'die-hard'
Rugby League fans!
- Analyses each year from foundation to 2010- every player,
every match and all statistics- an invaluable reference guide.
- Includes
almost 1000 images, many never before published; rare memorabilia, season records
and international details, it is completely up to the minute with chapters about
recent events, new clubs and fresh controversy.
- 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 historic eras reflected in the colourful
language of the times portray the drama and emotion of the game.
Rugby league
has had a colourful history in Australia since the arrival of the New Zealand
'All Golds' in 1908. 'Rugby League Through The Decades' is a celebration of each
epoch in the history of the game. It includes the mighty St George teams with
the great Reg Gasnier in full flight, the 1966 Ashes decider at the SCG, the advent
of the four-tackle rule and Australia's victory in the 1968 World Cup. It also
details and follows the history of suburban Sydney clubs, many now gone forever.
ABOUT
THE AUTHORS
Ian Collis is widely acknowledged as a leading authority
of rugby league history as well as a sporting statistics expert. He has collaborated
on many publications, as writer, statistician, historian and editor. He is currently
the manager of Fox Sports Statistics, which provides statistics related services
across all the major sporting codes in various formats. A former accountant, Ian
started his own rugby league sporting database service in 1995, which changed
the way statistics could be used on televised matches and in all other forms of
the media. Since 1986 Alan Whiticker has pursued the dual roles of teacher and
freelance writer, emerging as an accomplished writer of sporting history. He has
written and co-written 14 books on rugby league, including Grand Finals of the
NSWRL, the Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, Rugby League Test Matches in
Australia, 100 years of Rugby
League,The History of Rugby League Clubs and
The Top 10 of Rugby League. Alan lives in Penrith with his wife and children.
'Rugby
League: Through The Decades' is available now.