Good article, but looks like you've been 'tagged' a Knights fan, fella! Choose a team (or let a team choose you), you really can't experience the full gamut of agony and ecstasy without one.
Crosscoder, I am amazed at your continuing patience with some of these disingenuous historical revisionists. BTW, I tried your link and it didn't work, but this one should work better:
http://www.lequipemag.fr/avant-hier/diaporama/Le-destin-du-rugby-a-xiii/1548/
Mike Rylance's "The Forbidden Game" is a fairly comprehensive investigation of the subject of Vichy:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Forbidden-Game-Untold-French/dp/1901347052
And, yes folks, it's not the only reason for the state of French Rugby League today, but it is a pretty significant one.
THE ROAR ON