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Season 1
August 23, 2019

Season 1

01. A Gentleman's Game

The origins of rugby from European village football games in the Middle Ages to recreational hobby played by the well-to-do sons of the Establishment of 19th century Britain.

August 23, 2019

02. An International Game

How rugby spread from British universities to men of all social classes in the biggest Empire in history, changing nations political fortunes along the way.

August 30, 2019

03. A Global Game

How the U.S.A. received then adapted rugby into America’s national game – and how France overcame British resistance to remake rugby as ‘the beautiful game’ on a level that astonished the world.

September 6, 2019

04. A Power Game

How rugby’s misguided attempts to cling to past glories allowed media visionary Rupert Murdoch to swoop in and turn a 100-year-old staunchly amateur game fully professional.

September 20, 2019

05. A Professional Game

How France and England became the most powerful rugby nations in the world, and tiny, remote New Zealand became the number one team in rugby history.

September 26, 2019

06. Tomorrow's Game

How rugby returned to the Olympics in 2016 and finally opened its doors to women in a bold new era of change – in the process changing rugby from a niche into a sport for everyone in the world.

October 3, 2019