Story: Rugby league

Going professional

Sportspeople getting paid and going professional was the focus of considerable attention. This cartoon appeared in the New Zealand Freelance in 1907, following the planning of a professional tour from New Zealand to Britain to play the northern counties.

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National Library of New Zealand, Papers Past
Reference: Free Lance, 1 June, 1907, p. 17

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John Coffey, 'Rugby league - Origins of rugby league', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/zoomify/39013/going-professional (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by John Coffey, published 5 Sep 2013