The Rugby Codebreakers

Charting the life-changing and controversial experiences of the Welsh Rugby League player. Uncovering the hidden history of the players who turned their back on the land of their fathers, becoming pariahs and outcasts in their own country, but heroes and legends in a foreign land. During rugby union's amateur era (1895-1995) more than 150 capped and uncapped Welsh rugby union players did the unthinkable and `went north', switching codes to play Rugby League.

Category

Documentary / Special

Date

11/03/2018