This book compliments the previous three books that dealt with 1920, 1924 and 1928 tours to Australia and New Zealand. As the title suggests the tourists encountered for the first time the almost saturation coverage of their games by local radio stations. It was to lead to injudicious comments from captain and managers caught on radio and resulted in serious disagreements between them and match officials.
It was a tour that would see the players undertake a round trip along the eastern coast of New South Wales and Queensland of over 3600 miles. They would play a game closer to the Equator than had ever been played to that time and break new ground for the sport.
The major match reports are detailed and many of the off field shenanigans are related in the book. In addition there are two 'mysteries' from the early days of the game which are solved. Namely the mystery of the tourist who never was and the tourist with 'feet of clay'.
It is a book which will appeal to all supporters of the game and will certainly be of interest to those readers of the previous three books. Lovers of the history of rugby of either code will enjoy the content as will those fond of the statistics of such tours.
It was a tour that would see the players undertake a round trip along the eastern coast of New South Wales and Queensland of over 3600 miles. They would play a game closer to the Equator than had ever been played to that time and break new ground for the sport.
The major match reports are detailed and many of the off field shenanigans are related in the book. In addition there are two 'mysteries' from the early days of the game which are solved. Namely the mystery of the tourist who never was and the tourist with 'feet of clay'.
It is a book which will appeal to all supporters of the game and will certainly be of interest to those readers of the previous three books. Lovers of the history of rugby of either code will enjoy the content as will those fond of the statistics of such tours.
