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Rugby World Cups - 2003 and 2015

Author : Paul Tait

Publisher : Andrews UK Limited

Page : 622 pages

File Size : 41,19 MB

Release : 2013-11-20

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 1783333537

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History was made on November 22 2003 - England was crowned the World Champion. Everything was ready for rugby to explode in England, for the national team to kick-on, for the level of the domestic game to continue growing and for the sport to truly become prominent nationwide. It did not eventuate. England lost far too many matches and the Aviva Premiership does not match the French Top 14. The result for Rugby World Cup 2015 is a match schedule allocating more games to Wales than to the north of England. Understanding how this came about and also how and why Wales secured matches is an important part of the puzzle and carries substantial implications for future Rugby World Cups. Local and global issues including decision making, rival sports and nationalized players are all tackled in an analysis that seeks to offer realistic and viable solutions for the benefit of English and global rugby.



The Rugby World Cup

Author : Brendan Gallagher

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 225 pages

File Size : 32,61 MB

Release : 2015-09-10

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 1472912640

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A visual history of rugby's greatest sporting event, this beautiful photographic book is a fascinating chronological exploration of the matches, teams, heroes and surrounding stories of the tournament. Each chapter covers a Rugby World Cup, starting with the inaugural competition in 1987 - in which New Zealand confirmed their status as the world's top rugby nation - to the historical 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa after the end of apartheid and the international sports boycott through England's fantastic win in 2003 breaking the southern hemisphere's dominance, up to the 2015 qualifiers. The book also looks ahead to Rugby World Cup 2019, with Japan as host city. Each photograph has been carefully selected to give a real glimpse into this great tournament. The ideal, collectable gift for any rugby fan, written by a rugby expert.



After the Final Whistle

Author : Stephen Cooper

Publisher : The History Press

Page : 300 pages

File Size : 44,93 MB

Release : 2015-08-03

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 0750965665

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As Britain’s Empire went to war in August 1914, rugby players were the first to volunteer. They led from the front and paid a disproportionate price. In 1919, a grateful Mother Country hosted a rugby tournament: sevens teams at eight venues, playing 17 matches to declare a first ‘world champion’. There had never been an international team tournament like it. For the first time teams from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Britain and France were assembled in one place. Rugby held the first ever ‘World Cup’. It was a moment of triumph, a celebration of military victory, of Commonwealth and Allied unity, and of rugby values, moral and physical. In 2015 the tournament returns to England as the world remembers the Centenary of the Great War. Values of teamwork, respect, discipline were forged and tested in war – and enjoyment of rugby helped men through it. With a foreword by Jason Leonard, this is the story of rugby’s journey through the First World War to its first World Cup, and how those values endure today. 'After The Final Whistle' is shortlisted for the 2016 Cross Sports Book of the Year award.



Behind the Dragon

Author : Ross Harries

Publisher : Birlinn Ltd

Page : 551 pages

File Size : 40,96 MB

Release : 2019-06-13

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 1788851072

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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.



Alone it Stands

Author : John Breen

Publisher :

Page : 78 pages

File Size : 35,86 MB

Release : 2004

Category : Rugby football

ISBN : 9780573019883

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October 31st 1978. Thomond Park, Limerick. The mighty New Zealand All Blacks, on an Irish tour, take on the none-too-mighty Munster team - and, to everyone's surprise, they lose 12-0. From this piece of Irish sporting history John Breen has fashioned a funny, lively play in which both teams, plus fans, children, relatives and even a dog, are portrayed by a cast of six, with no props and only a half-time change of shirt.



The Rugby World in the Professional Era

Author : John Nauright

Publisher : Taylor & Francis

Page : 201 pages

File Size : 48,74 MB

Release : 2017-02-17

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 1317215257

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Twenty years of professionalism has seen rugby union undergo dramatic transformations, from changes to everyday training cultures to the growth of the Rugby World Cup into one of the largest global sporting events. The Rugby World in the Professional Era is the first book to examine the effect that professionalism has had across a number of different aspects of the game and the wider socio-cultural significance of these changes through case studies from across the globe. Drawing on contributions from scholars from across the rugby-playing world, the book explores the role of rugby's professionalisation through a number of social-scientific lenses, including: labour migration race and indigenous populations the globalisation of the game mega-event management male sexualities media representations of rugby - from broadcasting matches to rugby in museums and on stage and screen Offering insights into under-researched areas of the sport, such as the growth of Rugby Sevens into an Olympic sport, and providing the most up-to-date recent history of the sport available, The Rugby World in the Professional Era is essential reading for anyone with an academic interest in rugby, and any student or scholar with interests in sports history, sports sociology, sport management or the economics of professional sport.



The 50 Greatest Rugby Union Players of All Time

Author : Steven White

Publisher : Icon Books Ltd

Page : 270 pages

File Size : 34,79 MB

Release : 2015-12-24

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 1785780271

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Throughout the history of rugby union, a select few players have stood out above the rest. Bringing together 50 of the finest, this book reveals the fearless scrum-halves, tricky wingers, explosive centres and powerful props that have lit up the game, celebrating their achievements and controversially ranking them in order of greatness. Is the might of Jonah Lomu preferred to the vision of David Campese? Who was more influential, Jonny or Johnno? Which hemisphere has produced the most superstars? And most importantly, who will be named the greatest player of all time? Passionately argued, provocative, and sure to trigger lively debate, this book is a must-read for rugby fans everywhere. Published in time for the Six Nations 2016 and fully updated following the 2015 Rugby World Cup, hosted in England.



Rugby: A New Zealand History

Author : Ron Palenski

Publisher : Auckland University Press

Page : 912 pages

File Size : 45,54 MB

Release : 2015-08-24

Category : History

ISBN : 1775588130

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Rugby is New Zealand's national sport. From the grand tour by the 1888 Natives to the upcoming 2015 World Cup, from games in the North African desert in the Second World War to matches behind barbed wire during the 1981 Springbok tour, from grassroots club rugby to heaving crowds outside Eden Park, Lancaster Park, Athletic Park or Carisbrook, New Zealanders have made rugby their game. In this book, historian and former journalist Ron Palenski tells the full story of rugby in New Zealand for the first time. It is a story of how the game travelled from England and settled in the colony, how Maori and later Pacific players made rugby their own, how battles over amateurism and apartheid threatened the sport, how national teams, provinces and local clubs shaped it. The story of rugby is New Zealand's story. Rooted in extensive research in public and private archives and newspapers, and highly illustrated with many rare photographs and ephemera, this book is the defining history of rugby in a land that has made the game its own.



The Complete Rugby Union Compendium

Author : Keith Young

Publisher : Birlinn

Page : 328 pages

File Size : 43,25 MB

Release : 2015-09-01

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 0857903268

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The 2015 Rugby World Cup in England is set to be the biggest, brightest and most successful tournament to date, as the world's top teams compete for the coveted Webb Ellis Cup and inspire new participants and fans worldwide across 44 days and 48 matches. With over three million tickets set to be sold for the matches, the Rugby World Cup will be viewed in over 207 territories worldwide.However, for all the fanfare of the third biggest sporting event in the world (after the Olympics and FIFA World Cup), it is astonishing that, until now, there has been no single reference book in the marketplace that contains all the rugby internationals, in chronological order, played by the world's major rugby nations since the game's inception. Keith Young has spent six years compiling such a compendium to fill this gap in the market and has undertaken a colossal amount of research in the process.The Complete Rugby Union Compendium contains over 5,200 entries, organized in such a way that details of all matches can beeasily accessed by the reader. It is laid out in a visually engaging and informative format and will be invaluable to every dedicated rugby enthusiast.



Rugby World Cup 2015

Author : Jeremy Taylor

Publisher :

Page : 130 pages

File Size : 22,23 MB

Release : 2015-07-01

Category :

ISBN : 9780987102041

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This September and October, twenty international rugby teams will converge on England, the historical home of rugby union, to compete for the William Webb Ellis trophy, a little gold cup that only four nations have ever held. Over the course of forty-eight largely sold-out matches-forty pool games, four quarter-finals, two semi-finals, a third place final, and a World Cup final-at thirteen grounds as intimidating and iconic as Twickenham, Cardiff's Millennium Stadium and Wembley Stadium, these sides will compete for rugby's ultimate prize. In this opinionated and fact-filled book, rugby obsessive and commentator Jeremy Taylor provides a backdrop to the tournament, context for what is bound to be a monumental event, and offers his thoughts as to what is likely to transpire come October 31. Will the All Blacks be the first side to successfully defend the trophy, or will the power and passion of the Springboks triumph? Can hosts England satisfy the hopes and dreams of their home crowd? Or can Michael Cheika turn his Wallaby side from chumps to champs within the space of a year? And are Ireland really worthy of the claims being made for them that they are the greatest Irish side of them all, maybe even good enough to take the Cup for the first time, and really shake up world rugby's established order? It's all here in Rugby World Cup 2015. Insight, facts, informed commentary, plus illustrations from renowned cartoonist Tom Scott. If you like your rugby talk to be considered, passionate and in depth, this is the book for you.