In 1914 the English toured Australia for the second time, culminating in the famous "Rourke’s Drift" 3rd Test in Sydney in which the visitors won with a reduced number of players.

It was argued by the Rugby League that it provided normality for the Australians required to run the home front.

The story is told by historians Terry Williams, Greg Shannon, David Middleton, Tom Mather and Max Solling by and family descendants: Paul Watkins (Jack ‘Bluey’ Watkins), Josie Shelley (Herbert ‘Nutsy’ Bolt), Leslie Perry (George Cummins) and Karen Verguizas (Frank Cheadle).

[2] The documentary also includes readings from newspapers and correspondence of the time by Michael Cleary, Alan Tongue, Laurie Daley, Kristian Heffernan, Richard Bradley, Peter Wynn, Andrew Ryan, Tim Sheens, Ben Ross, David Morrow and Glenn Jackson.

The documentary had its official screening at 11 am on 11 November 2018 on the National Rugby League website celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the armistice that ended the Great War.

[5] Roy Masters writing in the Herald that the documentary debunked the myth that game was absent during the war.