HeyJaredThe Rugby History Project Podcast
If you’re here, it means you probably like rugby. Whilst I don’t have any rugby matches here, I do have lots of rugby-related nonsense that you might like! Expect to find: women’s rugby, men’s rugby, random facts and maybe even some wheelchair rugby!
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Why (Some) Northerners Play Rugby League (opens the original)
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Butter statues, Reverends, and Andy Burnham: The Story Behind Rugby's Worst Break-UpIn 1895, class, geography, and politics split a footballing code in half. Over a century later, the war still wages between the two codes. This is why (some) Northerners play rugby league. References can be found here: https://therugbyhistoryproject.com/2026/08/27/why-some-northerners-play-rugby-league/ Support the project here: https://therugbyhistoryproject.com/historian-tier/
Send Offs and the Sin Bin (opens the original)
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Who was really on the receiving end of the first red card? Are the sin bin and a yellow card the same thing?? Did the Springboks really invent the sin bin?? Episode 21 of The Rugby History Project unpacks the weird and complicated world of rugby union send offs, sin bins and cards. References can be found here: https://therugbyhistoryproject.com/2026/07/30/send-offs-and-the-sin-bin/ Support the project here: https://therugbyhistoryproject.com/my-articles-your-inbox-%f0%9f%8f%89/
Rugby's First Nause (opens the original)
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Before the likes of the Squidge Brothers, Huw Griffin, or even the aptly titled Rugby Nause, there was Arthur Conan Doyle. In 2026, nauses are able to share their opinions and thoughts with other nauses on various social media platforms, or even their own website or podcast; however, at the turn of the twentieth century, the creator of Sherlock Holmes was able to use his fiction writing as an outlet for his own nause tendencies. Visit the site and check out references here: https://therugbyhisto
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