Rugby The History
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The Oval World
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Author : Tony Collins
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2015-08-27
The Oval World written by Tony Collins and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-27 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Rugby has always been a sport with as much drama off the field as on it. For every thrilling last-minute Jonny Wilkinson drop-goal to win the world cup or Jonah Lomu rampage down the touchline for a try, there has been a split, a feud or a controversy. The Oval World is the first full-length history of rugby on a world scale – from its origins in the village-based football games of medieval times up to the globalised sport of the twenty-first century,now played in well over 100 countries. It tells the story of how a game played in an obscure English public school became the winter sport of the British Empire, spread to France, Argentina, Japan and the rest of the world and commanded a global television audience of over four billion for the last world cup final. And how American football – and other games such as Australian, Canadian and Gaelic football – emerged from rugby and highlight just how much the modern gridiron game owes to its English cousin. Featuring the great moments in the game's history and its great names – such as Jonah Lomu, David Duckham, Serge Blanco, Billy Boston and David Campese alongside Rupert Brooke, King George V, Boris Karloff, Charles de Gaulle and Nelson Mandela – The Oval World investigates just what it is about rugby that enables it to survive and thrive in countries with very different traditions and cultures. This is the the definitive world history of a truly global rugby.
A Social History Of English Rugby Union
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Author : Tony Collins
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2009-01-13
A Social History Of English Rugby Union written by Tony Collins and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-13 with History categories.
In this fascinating history of the English game, leading rugby historian Tony Collins traces the development of rugby union from its origins at Rugby School through to the modern era of professionalism and World Cup victory, and explains why the game has come to have such a profound influence on the emergent English middle class.
Rugby The History
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Rugby The History written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.
The Union Game
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Author : Sean Smith
language : en
Publisher: Bbc Publications
Release Date : 1999
The Union Game written by Sean Smith and has been published by Bbc Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Sports & Recreation categories.
A celebratory volume to accompany the fourth Rugby World Cup, taking place in the UK in the year 2000. It traces the social and popular history of rugby, and includes chapters on such topics as the game's adoption by so many different countries, and the vexed decision to turn professional.
Rugby A New Zealand History
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Author : Ron Palenski
language : en
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Release Date : 2015-08-17
Rugby A New Zealand History written by Ron Palenski and has been published by Auckland University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-17 with History categories.
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 World War II 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. But above all it is a story of wing forwards and fullbacks, of Don Clarke and Jonah Lomu, of the Log of Wood and Charlie Saxton's ABC, of supporters in the grandstand and crackling radios at 2 a.m. 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.
A Game For Hooligans
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Author : Huw Richards
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-09-30
A Game For Hooligans written by Huw Richards and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-30 with Sports & Recreation categories.
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.
International Rugby Union
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Author : Peter Bills
language : en
Publisher: Carlton Books Limited
Release Date : 2011
International Rugby Union written by Peter Bills and has been published by Carlton Books Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Rugby union has burgeoned from the relaxed amateur games of the 1950s into a multimillion dollar global sport. International Rugby Union is the glorious story of this transformation, charting the rise of the game through its celebrated moments and legendary players.
French Rugby Football
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Author : Philip Dine
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2001-07-01
French Rugby Football written by Philip Dine and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-07-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
As France's oldest team sport, rugby football has throughout its 125-year history reflected major changes in French society. This book analyzes for the first time the complex variety of motives that have led the French to adopt and remake this rather unlikely British sport in their own image. A major site for the construction of masculine, class-based regional and national identities, France's tradition of 'Champagne rugby' continues to be as subject to dramatic upheavals as the society that produced it. The game's precocious professionalism and endemic violence have not infrequently caused the French to be cast as international pariahs. Such isolation, exacerbated by internal politics, has led the French not only to encourage the extension of the sport beyond its British imperial base (into Italy and Romania, for instance), but also to engage in some uncomfortable tactical alliances, most obviously with apartheid South Africa.Taking his analysis both on and off the field, the author tackles these issues and much more: the relationship of sport and the state (including particularly the Vichy period and the period under de Gaulle); professionalization; the persistence of colonial and postcolonial structures (including the role of ethnic minorities); and gender issues - especially masculine identities. At the same time he links the evolution of the sport to the broader context of French socio-economic, political and cultural history.This book will be essential reading for anyone interested in the cultural analysis of sport or French popular culture.
A History Of Rugby School
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Author : William Henry Denham Rouse
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898
A History Of Rugby School written by William Henry Denham Rouse and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with categories.
Bishops Rugby
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Author : Paul Dobson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Bishops Rugby written by Paul Dobson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Rugby football categories.
