 | The Forbidden Game: The Untold Story of French Rugby League by Mike Rylance
Possibly the most shameful episode in all sport
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 | The roots of Rugby League by Trevor R Delaney
Buy used from: £12.99 Early days
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 | Rugby's Great Split (Sport in the Global Society) by Tony Collins
Buy new: £19.56 / Used from: £24.78 Out in a new version soon
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 | Rugby Disunion: A Two-part History of the Formation of the Northern Union: Broken-time v. 1 by Trevor R. Delaney
Buy used from: £11.98 I've never found volume 2
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| Garry Schofield's Rugby League Masterpieces by Garry Schofield
Buy used from: £0.88 A treasure trove of random pieces
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| A People's Game by Geoffrey Moorhouse
Buy used from: £4.25 The definitive history
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 | Rugby League Lions: An Illustrated History of the Great Britain Rugby League Team by Les Hoole
The original Lions
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 | Up and Over: A Trek Through Rugby League Land (Mainstream Sport) by Dave Hadfield
Buy new: £2.99 / Used from: £5.89 A wonderful trek through the heartlands
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 | The Petition: Rugby League Fans Say Enough Is Enough by Ray Gent
Buy used from: £5.63 When the fans finally snapped
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 | Gillette Rugby League Yearbook
Buy used from: £0.01 Every fans annual Christmas present
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| Rugby's Berlin Wall: League and Union from 1895 to Today by Graham Williams
Buy new: £8.42 / Used from: £5.99 An outstanding examination of a crazy relationship
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| When Push Comes to Shove: Rugby League the People's Game
Buy used from: £4.01 Extraordinary photos
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 | To Jerusalem and Back by Simon Kelner
Buy used from: £79.95 Covers the start of Superleague, but also a personal take on rugby league
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| The Rugby League World Cup by Tim Butcher
Buy used from: £14.95 A history of the original Rugby World Cup
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 | The Glory of Their Times: Crossing the Colour Line in Rugby League
Buy new: £10.16 / Used from: £7.25 If CLR James had written a rugby league book
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| From All Blacks to All Golds: New Zealand's Rugby League Pioneers by John Haynes
How things began internationally
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| Rothman's Rugby League Year Book
Buy used from: £4.29 The definitive yearbook
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 | Rugby League Hall of Fame by Robert Gate
Buy used from: £3.45 The greatest players of the greatest game
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| At the George and Other Essays on Rugby League by Geoffrey Moorhouse
Buy used from: £3.20 A wonderful book
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 | XIII Worlds: Pursuing Rugby League Around the Globe
Buy used from: £4.50 RL around the world
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| The Rugby Rebellion: The Divide of League and Union in Australasia by Sean Fagan
Buy new: £16.10 / Used from: £13.30 Australian beginnings
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| 3rd Report [Session 1994-95]: Relations Between Rugby Union and Rugby League; Together with the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: ... House of Commons Papers: [1994-95] by Gerald Kaufman
Not light reading, but fascinating, and it blew the game wide open
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| Rugby's Class War: Bans, Boot Money and Parliamentary Battles by David Hinchliffe
Fleshes out the story behind the above report
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 | Tries in the Valleys: History of Rugby League in Wales
Buy new: £16.94 / Used from: £6.75 Wales - how close it was
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 | RL Fanpower: For the Love of League by Ray Gent
Buy used from: £2.48 The fans side of things
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