How rugby league survived the Spanish Flu a hundred years ago

Dally Messenger contracted the Spanish Flu but survived, the Roosters’ Mick Frawley perished. The game went on.
Source: SMH Sport
How rugby league survived the Spanish Flu a hundred years ago

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