Just found a tremendous must see thirty minute documentary (two parts) on youtube from 1969.

Search =#4000FF"Rugby League vs Union- The Game That Got Away pt 1"
and then =#4000FF"Rugby League vs Union- The Game That Got Away pt 2"

Focusing on:

The difference between working class RL and middle class RU.

Poaching of Welsh RU players (The Wigan chairman admitting having £4k in brown bags) to tempt players.....



Social events and corporate dining to pull in extra revenue (Salford's Willow's being at the forefront of this).

Players Win / lose bonus structures and training sessions.


All topped off with some quality match footage from Wigan, Salford and Featherstone.

Bloke in the crowd made me laugh - "loooook, 'ees dropped 'im riiight in the sheee-it!"

Cracking documentary. How big and grand did Central Park look as the backdrop to the boardroom, as well?

As some reckon we ran out of steam last season, perhaps the coaching staff should take a look at the training methods professed by Featherstone in part 2.