ABOUT SEAN FAGAN
Sean Fagan
Rugby league historian & author
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"Welcome to RL1908.com - this web site allows me to share my work as a rugby league historian and author with a wider audience.
RL1908.com was launched in April 2001 and has been evolving and growing ever since.
How I came to be involved in rugby league and started RL1908.com is detailed in this article.
Provided below is a overview of my work and other projects.
(See also: media activities - TV, radio, print & web).
Contact details:
Sean Fagan
Email: RL1908@gmail.com
Phone: (02) 9836 0972
or 0431 925 832
Post:
RL1908,
PO Box 168,
Kellyville NSW 2155
BOOKS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS
THE MASTER:
THE LIFE & TIMES OF DALLY MESSENGER
Released August 2007
via Hachette Livre publishers
more details of this book
THE RUGBY REBELLION / PIONEERS OF RUGBY LEAGUE
Released August 2005
(Centenary Edition - August 2007)
more details of this book
THE PREMIERSHIP CLUBS
Released April 2004
more details of this book
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Researched and written
articles for national, metro and regional newspapers and magazines including The Daily Telegraph, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, The Courier-Mail (Brisbane), The Canberra Times, Rugby League Week, Rugby League Express, Inside Sport, ARL Test match programmes.
PROJECTS & PRESENTATIONS
DOCUMENTARY FILMS
Historical consultant, researcher and script writing for rugby league documentary films and television.
TOM BROCK LECTURE 2007 -
"Nothing But a Nine-Day Wonder”:
The founding of rugby league—Australia's first professional code.
Researched and prepared the "Tom Brock Lecture"
(The Tom Brock Bequest Committee, on behalf of
the Australian Society for Sports History
and the NSW Leagues' Club) September 2007.
CENTENARY RE-ENACTMENT MATCH
- 8th August 2007.
Provided technical instruction/details to both teams, referee and others re the 1907 re-enactment match and associated activities, including jersey, kit and cap designs.
Utilised 1908 Playing Laws of Rugby League and other historical information. Also provided match commentary/explanations.
[Photographs]
ARL & NRL
Member of Rugby League Centenary Historians Committee, Centenary Plaques Committee, 100 Greatest Players & "Team of the Century" voting panel, ARL "Hall of Fame" voting college, NSW "Country Team of the Century".
RESEARCH & CONTENT PREPARATION
Research, Quotes, Content Writing & Media Releases
Provided information, quotes, articles and prepared content for the use of journalists at Australian and New Zealand daily newspapers & AAP, sports magazines (incl. Inside Sport), sporting organisations (incl. South Sydney Rabbitohs, Sydney Roosters, Melbourne Storm, the NRL, the ARL Centenary Committee), and other promotional content.
 ARL
& NRL
Historical research and content writing
for
Centenary events, media content, jerseys and
related.
NRL "Heritage Round" Street Posters
Researched
and then wrote the historically based "invitation"
text on the street posters for each of the 8
NRL "Heritage Round" matches played
from 18th to 21st April 2008.
Legends
Genuine Memorabilia
Reseaching & writing history texts for club
jersey products.
 Classic Sportswear
Researched & wrote history texts for swing-tickets
for Retro jerseys range. Provided historical research
for Centenary merchandise.
 Royal Australian Mint
Provided rugby league history quote used by Royal
Australian Mint in promotional material for the
2008 Centenary $1 Coin. [Product
info]
 Sydney Roosters
Historical research on the club's 1908 playing
strip.
 ARL & Classic Sportswear
Initiated the 75th anniversary concept for the
2003 Test match / historical research on the Kangaroos
1928 playing strip.
Contact details:
Sean Fagan
Email: RL1908@gmail.com
Phone: (02) 9836 0972 or 0431 925 832
Post: RL1908, PO Box 168, Kellyville NSW 2155 |
