Tony Collins has published over 1400 books, and racked up innumerable errors. Dozens of titles have failed. He's been involved in a court case, overlooked bestsellers and offered bad advice. But he has always loved books, and the crafting of books. For more than forty years he has tried to publish books that make a difference. This is his tale.
Tells the story of the game in all its glory, from global superstars to local supporters, professionals and amateurs, men and women, officials and grassroots volunteers. It explains why rugby league was born, grew around the world, and what enabled it to triumph over adversity - a social history of the life and times of the north of England.
Rugby is full of mysteries on and off the pitchIt is played with an odd-shaped ball. There are twoversions. The rules seem to change regularly. Fans of the twogames still argue about things that happened over a centuryago including who invented it. Award-winningsports history professor Tony Collinscracks many such enigmas.