History of Welsh International Rugby
Author | : John Billot |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Rugby League football |
ISBN | : 9780951537916 |
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Author | : John Billot |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Rugby League football |
ISBN | : 9780951537916 |
Author | : Ross Harries |
Publisher | : Birlinn Ltd |
Total Pages | : 551 |
Release | : 2019-06-13 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1788851072 |
SHORTLISTED FOR THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2020 - RUGBY BOOK OF THE YEAR This is a complete history of the Welsh rugby union team – told by the players themselves. Based on a combination of painstaking research into the early years of the Wales team to interviews with a vast array of Test match players and coaches from the Second World War to the present day, Ross Harries delves to the very heart of what it means to play for Wales, painting a unique and utterly compelling picture of the game in the only words that can truly do so: the players' own. Behind the Dragon lifts the lid on what it is to pull on the famous red shirt – the trials and tribulations behind the scenes, the glory, the drama and the honour on the field, and the heart-warming tales of friendship and humour off it. Absorbing and illuminating, this is the ultimate history of Welsh rugby – told, definitively, by the men who have been there and done it.
Author | : Duncan Pierce |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Rugby football players |
ISBN | : 9781999655822 |
Author | : Carolyn Hitt |
Publisher | : Y Lolfa |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-09-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781800993983 |
A volume celebrating the golden era of Welsh Rugby in the 1970s, full of entertaining snippets and photographs galore reflecting the success of the Welsh rugby team during a decade which saw players such as Gareth Edwards, Barry John, Phil Bennett, Mervyn Davies, JPR and many more becoming international superstars. Presented in glorious retro Seventies design.
Author | : David Tossell |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2011-04-01 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1845969510 |
In the 1970s, an age long before World Cups, rugby union to the British public meant Bill McLaren, rude songs and, most of all, Wales. Between 1969 and 1979, the men in red shirts won or shared eight Five Nations Championships, including three Grand Slams and six Triple Crowns. But the mere facts resonate less than the enduring images of the precision of Gareth Edwards, the sublime touch of Barry John, the sidesteps of Gerald Davies and Phil Bennett, the courage of J.P.R. Williams, and the forward power of the Pontypool Front Row and 'Merv the Swerve' Davies. To the land of their fathers, these Welsh heroes represented pride and conquest at a time when the decline of the province's traditional coal and steel industries was sending thousands to the dole queue and threatening the fabric of local communities. Yet the achievements of those players transcended their homeland and extended beyond mere rugby fans. With the help of comedian Max Boyce, the culture of Welsh rugby and valley life permeated Britain's living rooms at the height of prime time, reinforcing the sporting brilliance that lit up winter Saturday afternoons. In Nobody Beats Us, David Tossell, who spent the '70s as a schoolboy scrum-half trying to perfect the Gareth Edwards reverse pass, interviews many of the key figures of a golden age of Welsh rugby and vividly recreates an unforgettable sporting era.
Author | : Huw Richards |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2011-09-30 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1780573286 |
Rugby union has undergone immense change in the past two decades - introducing a World Cup, accepting professionalism and creating a global market in players - yet no authoritative English-language general history of the game has been published in that time. Until now. A Game for Hooligans brings the game's colourful story up to date to include the 2007 World Cup. It covers all of the great matches, teams and players but also explores the social, political and economic changes that have affected the course of rugby's development. It is an international history, covering not only Britain and France but also the great rugby powers of the southern hemisphere and other successful rugby nations, including Argentina, Fiji and Japan. Contained within are the answers to many intriguing questions concerning the game, such as why 1895 is the most important date in both rugby-union and rugby-league history and how New Zealand became so good and have remained so good for so long. There is also a wealth of anecdotes, including allegations of devil-worship at a Welsh rugby club and an account of the game's contribution to the Cuban Revolution. This is a must-read for any fan of the oval ball.
Author | : Eric Lemon |
Publisher | : Eric Lemon |
Total Pages | : 470 |
Release | : 2024-05-11 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0645362662 |
A remarkable compilation of over 400 pages of statistics and records of every match and every player for the Wales national Rugby Union team from the first match in February 1881 up to December 2023.
Author | : Dai Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 570 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : |
"Rugby football has become identified with modern Wales. This book shows how and why this came about - how a game devised by and for English public school boys became the passion of an industrial, Welsh working class, why the game of rugby channelled a burning urge for dramatic, communal expression. The authors ... have written a history that combines an account of rugby play and administration with analysis of the vibrant social history of Wales."--Blurb.
Author | : David Ceri Jones |
Publisher | : University of Wales Press |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2022-02-15 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781786838216 |
A one-volume history of Christianity in Wales, from its Roman origins to the present.
Author | : Gavin Willacy |
Publisher | : Pitch Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018-06 |
Genre | : Football players |
ISBN | : 9781785314025 |
The remarkable story of 20 young American football players, convinced to compete internationally in rugby--a game they'd never heard of In 1950s Los Angeles, entrepreneur Mike Dimitro convinced a group of young American athletes to fly around the world playing rugby league, a game that was entirely new to them. Miraculously, the American All Stars competed with the best Australia, New Zealand, and France had to offer, and shocked the locals with some stunning victories. This story tells not only of the media circus and celebrity adventures, but also the All Stars' fights and flings, tragic illnesses, and farcical court cases. Dimitro's mission to establish a rugby league in the United States failed in spectacular fashion--though one All Star went on to win the Super Bowl, one became a Hollywood stuntman, and another an Olympic champion. The emergence of their remarkable story coincides with the United States's first ever qualification for the Rugby League World Cup, in 2013.