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Rugby Reloaded

The social history podcast which explores the history of rugby league, rugby union, and the other football codes around the world.

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102. The history of Irish Rugby with Liam O'Callaghan

102. The history of Irish Rugby with Liam O'Callaghan

In the divided nation of Ireland, rugby union seems to offer a unique form of unity, with one national team representing... Read more

9 Mar 2020

33mins

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3. Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the 1895 Rugby Split

3. Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the 1895 Rugby Split

In this Easter special, we take a look at Sherlock Holmes and rugby. What does the resident of 221B Baker Street have to... Read more

1 Apr 2018

7mins

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28. How Football Began - Origins and Myths of Aussie Rules Football

28. How Football Began - Origins and Myths of Aussie Rules Football

This week we look at the origins of Aussie Rules football and ask just how unique are the origins of the game? For most ... Read more

17 Sep 2018

9mins

Ranked #4

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109. Rugby's Time Tunnel - The Mitchell & Kenyon films

109. Rugby's Time Tunnel - The Mitchell & Kenyon films

This week's 'Rugby Reloaded' goes audio-visual and looks at the Mitchell & Kenyon rugby films of 1901-03. These are ... Read more

13 Apr 2020

9mins

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84. Rugby and Society in NZ with David Scott

84. Rugby and Society in NZ with David Scott

As the All Blacks enter four years of self-doubt, 'Rugby Reloaded' talks to David Scott about his book 'Return to Rugby ... Read more

28 Oct 2019

42mins

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4. Why does Wales Play the Wrong Type of Rugby?

4. Why does Wales Play the Wrong Type of Rugby?

In the second of our Easter weekend specials, we follow up the recent BBC Wales 'Rugby Codebreakers' documentary and ask... Read more

2 Apr 2018

9mins

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27. Rugby Reloaded plus - Spencer Kassimir on rugby league in North America

27. Rugby Reloaded plus - Spencer Kassimir on rugby league in North America

Welcome to the first episode of a bonus Rugby Reloaded plus - ahead of this year's Tom Brock Lecture in Sydney, we talk ... Read more

13 Sep 2018

17mins

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51. 'Numbering Up' Statistically speaking with the Rugby League Project

51. 'Numbering Up' Statistically speaking with the Rugby League Project

This week's 'Rugby Reloaded plus' interviews Andrew Ferguson, one of the brains behind the 'Rugby League Project' websit... Read more

11 Mar 2019

20mins

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69. How Rugby Union became an Afrikaner Game

69. How Rugby Union became an Afrikaner Game

For over a century, rugby union has been a symbol of Afrikaner culture and white South Africa. But why did the Afrikaner... Read more

15 Jul 2019

9mins

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43. Ebenezer Morley and the birth of the FA

43. Ebenezer Morley and the birth of the FA

Was Hull-born Ebenezer Cobb Morley the 'father of football'? Not unless his child was switched at birth. Morley's rules ... Read more

14 Jan 2019

9mins

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59. Rugby in Asia and the Far East

59. Rugby in Asia and the Far East

Why was there no rugby in India? And why is rugby in Sri Lanka one of the sport's best kept secrets? This week's ten-min... Read more

6 May 2019

10mins

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92. When Kangaroos were Underdogs - Australian league in the 1920s-30s

92. When Kangaroos were Underdogs - Australian league in the 1920s-30s

This week's 'Rugby Reloaded' takes a ten-minute trip back to the time when Australians wondered if they'd ever beat the ... Read more

23 Dec 2019

9mins

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108. Life Without League - diaries during Corona and the importance of history.

108. Life Without League - diaries during Corona and the importance of history.

This bonus episode of 'Rugby Reloaded' talks about the 'Life Without League: Rugby at the Time of Coronavirus' project w... Read more

8 Apr 2020

29mins

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8. ‘Broken Time’ - How Two Words Blew Rugby Apart

8. ‘Broken Time’ - How Two Words Blew Rugby Apart

Take ten minutes out to discover how the word 'Broken' and 'Time' tore rugby in two in the 1890s. Why did broken time be... Read more

30 Apr 2018

8mins

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76. Fabulous Fiji - its rise, fall and...

76. Fabulous Fiji - its rise, fall and...

Fiji has been a hotbed of rugby for over a century. It provides stars to the NRL and to rugby union around the world. In... Read more

2 Sep 2019

9mins

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94. What You Know About Soccer is Wrong, with Dr Kevin Moore

94. What You Know About Soccer is Wrong, with Dr Kevin Moore

This week’s ‘Rugby Reloaded’ chats with Dr Kevin Moore, former Director of the National Football Museum in England and a... Read more

13 Jan 2020

25mins

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12: Seven, Six and Nine - the origins of 'limited player' rugby

12: Seven, Six and Nine - the origins of 'limited player' rugby

This week our half-time history talk looks at the beginnings of sevens, nines and sixes - the 'short form' versions of r... Read more

4 Jun 2018

8mins

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56. Game of Throw-ins - A History of the Line-Out

56. Game of Throw-ins - A History of the Line-Out

This week we step in the ten-minute time tunnel to look at the history of the line-out in both rugby union and rugby lea... Read more

15 Apr 2019

9mins

Ranked #19

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72. Why isn't soccer Australia's premier football code?

72. Why isn't soccer Australia's premier football code?

This week's 'Rugby Reloaded' plus talks to Ian Syson about his book 'The Game That Never Happened' which looks at the or... Read more

5 Aug 2019

24mins

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85. Radical 'Rugby League Traditions'

85. Radical 'Rugby League Traditions'

As the British general election was called last week, a think-tank suggested that Boris Johnson's Conservative Party sho... Read more

4 Nov 2019

9mins

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