Looks like an interesting documentary on BBC Two Wales at 7pm tomorrow evening.

"The Rugby Codebreakers": Broadcaster and journalist Carolyn Hitt investigates why so many men gave up their dreams of playing rugby union for Wales, seeking fame and fortune among the mills of Lancashire and Yorkshire by committing an act that was considered tantamount to treason - switching codes to play rugby league. Her journey explores the impact of class, race and economic change on the game at the heart of Welsh identity.

BBC Two Wales is on Sky Channel 971 (be careful with those numbers

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[urlhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09w01q4[/url

was looking to record that on my tivo box but dont think i can, hope it's going on the iplayer.

dave woods mentioned this on five live on thursday evening and said it would be appearing on the iplayer. he also said the program didn't go in the direction it was initially aimed at....interesting

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rug ... roes-14391

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rug ... roes-14391

Some more articles around the subject. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rug ... s-14391622 https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby-le ... e-12153880

Some more articles around the subject. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rug ... s-14391622 https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby-le ... e-12153880

Cracking watch, really enjoyed that

An excellent documentary. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the history of the game. On IPlayer now.

That was brilliant just watched it did not know how bad it was for black player bloody hell

Great programme for sure.

Sad to see Clive Sullivan not even get a mention on BBC sports personality of the year after the world cup win.

I do feel the RFL and the team shouldn't have gone to Australia when it was made clear Roy Francis would not be allowed to travel.

Should have made a stand and said it's unacceptable.

The story about Widnes signing Jonathan Davis and then stopping in the pub on the way home was classic.

An amazing and insightful documentary of how Black players were treated by the welsh RFU back then RL gained some wonderful and talented players from Wales over the years due to the Welsh RU's racist opinions and their decision to stay amateur (COUGH) and to not pay their players legitimately I'd recommend this programme to all RL fans https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b ... debreakers

An amazing and insightful documentary of how Black players were treated by the welsh RFU back then RL gained some wonderful and talented players from Wales over the years due to the Welsh RU's racist opinions and their decision to stay amateur (COUGH) and to not pay their players legitimately I'd recommend this programme to all RL fans https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b ... debreakers

Great show as others have said, Union's loss was League's gain no doubt about that

A thouroughly interesting documentary.