This week’s episode goes back to 4 July 1914, when the greatest rugby league test match of all time took place - the third and decisive game of the 1914 Ashes series.

Led by Harold Wagstaff, a nine-man British Lions team overcame Australia 14-6 at the Sydney Cricket Ground. It set the template for international rugby league and became the benchmark for what was expected of players.

But why did it become known as the 'Rorke's Drift' test match, despite the towering performance of Wagstaff? The new 'Rugby Reloaded' looks at the controversies that dogged the game and explains why it became the sport's totemic match.

You can read Harold Wagstaff’s account of the match and the 1914 tour in the excellent A Northern Union Man - The life of Harold Wagstaff, published by London League Publications. For the history of the Battle of Rorke’s Drift, the best account is Ron Lock and Peter Quantrill’s Zulu Victory: The Epic of Isandlwana and the Cover-up.

The 1914 Northern Union rugby league tourists - Harold Wagstaff is seated in the centre with the ball.