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The phenomenal rise of rugby league in pre-war France and its scandalous obliteration by the collaborationist Vichy government is unique in the annals of sport. Corruption, brutality and shamateurism had plagued the world of orthodox rugby when rugby league made its first appearance across the Channel, bringing with it open professionalism and a new, dynamic sporting spectacle which delighted the public. Only six seasons later le rugby a treize , the troublesome upstart, was wiped out by a conspiracy which counts as one of the most extreme examples of one sport’s hostility towards another. A victim of the shadowy rugby union figures who stalked the newly-opened corridors of power at Vichy, rugby league suffered a scandalous abuse of authority which has had repercussions up to the present day.
The full story of French rugby league’s tragedy is presented in this new edition of a book which has aroused considerable interest and acclaim. Now that an official government enquiry has been conducted into the policies of the Vichy regime, Mike Rylance’s research, conducted over many years, is both a timely testament and a masterly account of one of sport’s great injustices.
The full story of French rugby league’s tragedy is presented in this new edition of a book which has aroused considerable interest and acclaim. Now that an official government enquiry has been conducted into the policies of the Vichy regime, Mike Rylance’s research, conducted over many years, is both a timely testament and a masterly account of one of sport’s great injustices.
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Mike Rylance writes for League Express, the publication he co-founded in 1990. He is British correspondent for two newspapers in France, writing in French. The author of International Stars of Rugby League, he has contributed to numerous books, magazines and newspapers including Rugby League World and Treize Magazine. He has spoken on discrimination against Rugby League at the European Parliament in Strasbourg and has taken part in radio and television discussions on the subject in Britain and France.
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