Rugby League vs Union- The Game That Got Away pt 2

Filmmaker Roger Mills authored this documentary in 1969 and managed to capture the spirit of rugby league in the north of England. Mills tells the story from his own perspective, as a middle-class rugby union-playing southerner who was taught nothing of the game at school and who never knew that far off in the 'cloth-capped' north men took money for a very different type of rugger.

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[bwytacig]

Fantastic documentary. An insight into a game and a country that has long since moved on.

[luke31699]

@bwytacig Thanks for the comment. Glad someone enjoyed it as much as I did.

[zebul0n7]

great doco

[terrortorn]

I wonder if there is or will ever be a documentary or drama that seriously examines the split and publicises the Unions methods and motivations in stemming the "virus" of Rugby League in Britain and France. If for no other reason but to inform Union types of the reality of their game.

[machoTit]

andy carrol 11:50

[OBJones28]

Great film.

From an American

[Brooksbanker]

Thanks for uploading this. Never seen it before. Some great archive footage. Loved seeing the old main stand at Post Office Road, the behind-the-scenes stuff at Featherstone, and the former Wigan and Oldham grounds.

[markovull]

My brother sent his son to Hymers (a 'Public' school in Hull). He now plays rugby union... I'm sometimes ashamed of myself for being ashamed of him for playing the southern rich boys game, but it's still that way in the East Hull mindset.

[oldscaff100]

the game i remember,brings back happy memories of my childhood days and watching these players when they visited the boulevard.fev v barrow 1967 was my first visit to wembley.happy days,differant game,differant life now,