Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides, if you prefer. You can watch the video on YouTube here.Now that we've finally finished with the ball jokes (mostly), we can set aside our three horrid little fancy-boy schools and get on to the important business of talking about...well, another fancy-boy school that the first three turn their noses up at: Rugby.In this episode, come learn about: which recurring CIAS character had a cameo role in the myth-making of rugby football's origins, what the Don Cherry of 1860s football was complaining about, and what went on in the wild life of the man most responsible for the emergence of Australian football.Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlurJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/RCACQQue28Follow our various socials: https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlurCheck out Beyond the Breakers: https://www.instagram.com/beyondthebreakerspodcast/ Follow Tanner on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hive.fleet.hodag/Intro: "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth (performed by Kate & Anna McGarrigle) Outro: "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techo" by BKS (featuring Don Cherry)Major sources:"Football: The First Hundred Years" by Adrian Harvey (2005)"Football: a study in diffusion" by Graham Curry (2001)"Barbarians, Gentlemen, and Players: a sociological study of the development of rugby football" by Eric Dunning and Kenneth Sheard (1979)"How Football Began: a Global History of How the World's Football Codes Were Born" by Tony Collins (2019)"Tom Wills: the insubordinate life of an Australian sporting legend" by Greg de Moore (2008)

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