When Britain declared war on Germany on August 4th 1914 one sport above all others distinguished itself by the immediacy of its response. Such was the example set by rugby union footballers that the war office produced a poster advising other sportsmen to follow the 'glorious example' of rugby union footballers by enlisting with the armed forces. When the Rugby Football Union convened a month later they discussed the idea of forming a Rugby Football Corps but concluded that it was too late since all of their members were already inside barracks. This is the story of what happened next. It is...