Quote: the flying biscuit ""The Forbidden Game",
its one of the best books I've ever read....
It tells the Tale of the great Jean Galia and the Rise of French Rugby League and then how the Nazi controlled Vichy Government banned the sport to stop it overtaking rugby union....
I read it while on holiday in Canet which added a real feel to the book as we had been to many of the villages and towns where some of those early french rugby League "rebels" grew up....
you would not support France in this weekends Union final if you ever read the book...in fact you wouldnt give the game your time of day at all.'"
Often thought that if a good film was to be made featuring RL this would be the story to tell. Someone really should give Russell Crowe a copy of this book..