Rugby Reloaded 183 - 1997: Rugby League's Year of Living Dangerously, with Steve Mascord

The new 'Rugby Reloaded' talks to former 'Sydney Morning Herald' rugby league journalist Steve Mascord about his new book Two Tribes: The Untold Story of Rugby League’s Divided Year.

The book chronicles the rollercoaster year of 1997, when rugby league down under split into two competitions, Super League and the Australian Rugby League.

Featuring over 100 interviewees with the key protagonists, Steve's book is an oral history of a tumultuous time which gets under the skin of rugby league's culture and describes a season that was simultaneously a disaster and a triumph.

You can order the book - with a special discount for listeners - by visiting Steve’s website here, and entering the code ‘Rugby Reloaded’.