Carolyn Hitt investigates why so many men gave up their dreams of playing rugby union for Wales, by committing an act that was considered tantamount to treason – switching codes to play rugby league.

Huddersfield's George Hotel - where the face of rugby changed forever on 29 August 1895 They crossed a line - a line that meant some of Wales' greatest sports stars were never forgiven, even in ...

The roots of this episode are in 1895 when the sport of rugby split in two and rugby league was born alongside it's often distant relative! We're talking about the codebreakers, those who've crossed ...

A Welsh rugby veteran has described seeing a statue of him and two fellow players being unveiled in his home city of Cardiff as among the “highlights of my life”. Billy Boston, who celebrates his 89th ...

On Sunday night, the acclaimed documentary The Rugby Codebreakers will once again be shown on BBC Wales. Here, in a column first published in 2018, presenter Carolyn Hitt tells the remarkable story of ...

First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. Less than an hour after the Springboks beat England in the 2019 World Cup final, Rassie Erasmus steered the conversation towards the team’s ...

Mark Chapman, Jon Wilkin, Brian Noble and Jamie Peacock debate who are the very best to have swapped codes and played both rugby league and rugby union. Show more The roots of this episode are in 1895 ...

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