Abstract
![CDATA[In the history of any institution, life or sport, 100 years is a significant landmark. Since the pioneers of the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) met in Bateman's Hotel, in the city of Sydney on 8 August 1907 and planned a breakaway rugby competition which had its first game at Birchgrove Oval on 20 April 1908, Australia suffered two catastrophic world wars and a massive Depression. The rhythms of rugby league and its internal controversies formed the background to these epochal events. As the cataclysm of the Great War of 1914-18 reaped its grim harvest on the lives of Australian soldiers and their families, rugby league conducted its own dispute about the propriety of sport being organised in war-time while for the first time the Balmain Rugby League Football Club asserted its credentials as a rugby league powerhouse.]]
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Centenary Reflections : 100 Years of Rugby League in Australia |
| Place of Publication | Melbourne, Vic |
| Publisher | Australian Society for Sports History |
| Pages | 1-7 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780980481525 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
Keywords
- rugby league football
- football players
- history
- Australia
- Australian Rugby League