Ashes Rugby League
Ashes Rugby League
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Ashes Rugby League is a podcast dedicated to previewing the most anticipated international series in two decades! Join Lee Addison and John Davidson for analysis, news, interviews with guests, history lessons and lots more to help whet your appetite for the 2025 series between England and Australia!Lee is an Englishman who has coached at NRL clubs and lived in Australia a LONG time. John is an Australian journalist based in the UK for many a year!You can find and reach out to Lee at rugbyleaguecoach.com.au and John on X at @johnnyddavidson
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The podcast focuses on rugby league, specifically analyzing the Ashes series, discussing player selections like Dom Young's drop from the Sydney Roosters, and examining historical performances between England and Australia. Episodes also cover the effects of Rugby Union's professionalization, strategic insights for England's team, and quizzes about rugby league history, enriching the understanding of the sport's evolution.
Ashes Rugby League is a podcast dedicated to previewing the most anticipated international series in two decades!
Join Lee Addison and John Davidson for analysis, news, interviews with guests, history lessons and lots more to help whet your appetite for the 2025 series between England and Australia!
Lee is an Englishman who has coached at NRL clubs and lived in Australia a LONG time. John is an Australian journalist based in the UK for many a year!
You can find and reach out to Lee at rugbyleaguecoach.com.au and John on X at @johnnyddavidson
Imagine if you can it’s October 1954… 72 years ago.
In the UK, bomb sites from WW2 still scar many cities. Food rationing has only just ended and most families don’t own a television. Winston Churchill is approaching 80 and serving his second term as Prime Minister.
On the other side of the world, Australia and New Zealand are embracing a new era of post-war optimism. They’ve both enjoyed a royal visit. Families are dreaming of a brick home, a car in the driveway and a brighter future.
Sydney was rugby league mad, in Brisbane it was growing fast. But in France, like so many of its towns and cities, the sport only just about survived after the war. Less than a decade earlier, it had been outlawed. Rugby league was almost wiped from existence.
But, it refused to die.
In October 1954, Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand are heading to France and it’s not for a Test series.
For the very first time, rugby league will crown a World Champion.
Two of the game’s finest historians, are taking you back to relive the story of the first Rugby League World Cup in 1954.
The Rugby League History Podcast is a weekly or bi-weekly pod about exactly what it says in the title!
Andrew Ferguson is a much-published author / writer on the subject of rugby league history, is co-owner of the amazing Rugby League Project and co-host of the Fergo and the Freak podcast.
Professor Tony Collins is the DOYEN of rugby league history. He’s a professor of history, fourth generation Hull KR supporter, and the author of ‘Rugby’s Great Split’, ‘Rugby League: A People’s History’, and last year’s ‘Roy Francis: Rugby’s Forgotten Black Leader’.
Host Lee Addison is a former coach at NRL clubs, World Cups and Elite High Schools. He is the owner of Rugby League Coach.
Please email Lee with questions or suggestions for the podcast on [email protected]
You can also message and follow us @rugbyleaguehistorypod on Facebook, Instagram and X. @rugbyleaguehistorypod
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