We not only see what our brave imagineers went through and what they were up against, we also see how they gradually rose tot he challenge of their major rivalry, and earned the respect and the admiration of the world, by taking a huge risk, making massive changes to a game that nobody thought needed anything about it changing, and then merging it with a similar other sport in a way that ends the separation once and for all, and does so, brilliantly, without making one game of the other relinquish what makes it so good.
This book is full of anti-cruelty and pro-partnership initiative and momentum, helping the guys who need helping most, while bringing those who were overly strong back into the desirable close range through a wise and simple new system of rules that adds nicely to the sport without replacing either the rugby league or the rugby union essence.
Instead, we find ways of letting the newly relaunched sport really flourish, and letting it gain popularity in new parts of the world and we examine exactly how this new, improved world works, and we critically examine it to see how successful it has since become.