CIAS #19.6: Barbarians, Gentlemen, and Leprechaun Tigers

14/11/2025 1h 21min Episodio 43
CIAS #19.6: Barbarians, Gentlemen, and Leprechaun Tigers

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Please note that there is a version of this episode with slides, if you prefer. You can watch the video on YouTube here.There's no getting around it: we shot our wad early with all the jokes about balls and busting...and now we have to catch up on history. The 1870s through the 1890s brought an eruption of rule changes that moved the Rugby game away from the Association game, and shaped the other five codes we have today, as everyone is desperate to do something about all the tedious "scrummaging."In Part 6, you'll learn how Americans were the only people wonderful and special enough to innovate new rugby-football rules, and then how people in northern England subsequently innovated new rugby-football rules. You'll also learn which racial group the sporting elites liked to compare the working class to—you might be surprised (you absolutely won't).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:"How Football Began: a Global History of How the World's Football Codes Were Born" by Tony Collins (2019)"Walter Camp: Football and the Modern Man" by Julie Des Jardins (2015)"The Journey to Camp: The Origins of American Football to 1889" by Bob Braunwart (1997)"A Sporting Pilgrimage" by Caspar Whitney (1895)"Barbarians, Gentlemen, and Players: a sociological study of the development of rugby football" by Eric Dunning & Kenneth Sheard (1979)