Episode list

Gualainn le Gualainn

State of Origin

Tue, Nov 09, 2010
In episode one we learn that rugby was invented by an Irishman, the 'foreign' game is banned, there are Triple Crowns, great heroes, and no little tragedy. But then Irish rugby discovers its first superstar, Jack Kyle, and the seminal Grand Slam win of 1948.
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End of the Golden Age
In episode two, politics and rugby clash head on, an England team gets a standing ovation in Lansdowne Road, Ireland has a drought of championships and Triple Crowns yet produces a wealth of iconic players, including one who would later become the Rugby Personality of the Century.
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Success at Last

Tue, Nov 23, 2010
In episode three Munster beat the mighty All Blacks in Limerick and kick start an era of Triple Crowns and Championships. But it's also a time when the game is changing, a Rugby World Cup is staged and the storm clouds of professionalism gather.
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Heroes

Tue, Nov 30, 2010
In episode four Irish rugby falters into the professional era, the best players go to England and the dreadful nineties culminate with the Lens World Cup debacle in 1999. Then everything changes, European Cups are followed by championships and Triple Crowns and the most fitting finale occurs in the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, in 2009.
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