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Author : John Billot
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780951537916
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (379 download)
Download or read book History of Welsh International Rugby written by John Billot and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ross Harries
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1788851072
Total Pages : 551 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (888 download)
Download or read book Behind the Dragon written by Ross Harries and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2019-06-13 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : James Stafford
Publisher : Arena Sport
ISBN 13 : 9781915359322
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (593 download)
Download or read book An Illustrated History of Welsh Rugby written by James Stafford and published by Arena Sport. This book was released on 2024-05-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised and Updated Third Edition For almost 140 years the Welsh rugby team has battled proudly on the international stage. Full of tales of fighting clergymen, poisoned arrows and deathbed confessionals, James Stafford's An Illustrated History of Welsh Rugby takes a unique look at the games, the players, the legends and the myths behind Wales's national game. Blending fun and facts with trivia and social history, this is Welsh rugby like you've never experienced it before. Brimming with delightful illustrations from Raluca Moldovan and irreverent humour, this book will fascinate young readers and curious adults alike.
Author : John Griffiths
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1788851803
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (888 download)
Download or read book Welsh Rugby 101 written by John Griffiths and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2019-06-13 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welsh Rugby 101 is a compendium of fascinating facts, stats, stories, personalities and trivia – perfect for all fans of Welsh rugby. From the very first Test match against England in 1881 all the way through to the present day, Welsh rugby's rich history is distilled into 101 facts, stats and stories. This entertaining volume is an instructive, if sometimes irreverent – but always affectionate – guide to some of the groundbreaking firsts, controversies, innovations, characters, achievements and disasters that have taken place in the Principality over the years. Whether an expert or a novice, this is the perfect companion for those who follow Wales's exploits on the field and love to bask in light of its glorious (and sometimes inglorious) past.
Author : Duncan Pierce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781999655822
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (558 download)
Download or read book Who's Who of Welsh International Rugby Players written by Duncan Pierce and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dai Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Fields of Praise written by Dai Smith and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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 : John Brinley George Thomas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780720712681
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (126 download)
Download or read book The Illustrated History of Welsh Rugby written by John Brinley George Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Huw Richards
Publisher : Aurum
ISBN 13 : 178131358X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (813 download)
Download or read book The Red & The White written by Huw Richards and published by Aurum. This book was released on 2014-02-10 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In every Five Nations D and now Six Nations Ð season the real showdown is always that between England and Wales: Wales with its history of playing the finest rugby of all the home nations, England with its enviable strength in depth and forward muscle. Whether in the vast bowl of Twickenham or the cauldron of the Millennium Stadium every year is a sell-out long in advance. Over the years there have been innumerable epic encounters. In the seventies Wales dominated with Barry John, Gareth Edwards at scrum-half and JPR Williams at full back, but England had the blistering running of David Duckham with his blond hair flying. The eighties and nineties saw some incendiary encounters with Paul Ringer and Wade Dooley both involved in high-profile punch-ups, but also England re-establishing dominance and Bill Beaumont and then Will Carling. But the decade ended at Wembley with Scott GibbsÕs dramatic last-minute swallow-dive to snatch victory for Wales. More recently Wales have come back with new stars like Gavin Henson and Shane Williams after years of powerhouse England forward play had held sway. Huw Richards has talked to many veterans of these matches, as well as to present players and administrators to tells the whole history of Wales v England at rugby: a contest that is a clash of cultures and histories as well as a titanic sporting occasion. Huw Richards is rugby correspondent of the Financial Times.
Author : Gwyn Prescott
Publisher : St. David's Press
ISBN 13 : 9781902719825
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (198 download)
Download or read book 'Call Them to Remembrance' written by Gwyn Prescott and published by St. David's Press. This book was released on 2021-03-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is estimated that the First World War claimed the lives of 40,000 Welshmen, all of them heroes whose sacrifice is honoured by a grateful nation. 'Call them to remembrance', which includes 120 illustrations and maps, tells the stories of thirteen Welsh heroes who shared the common bond of having worn the famous red jersey of the Welsh international rugby team. Gwyn Prescott's sensitive and fascinating book, the product of over ten year's research and study, recovers the memory of these thirteen multi-talented and courageous Welshmen who gave their lives in the Great War of 1914-18, detailing their playing and military careers. Amongst their stories are the leading amateur golfer in Wales who represented Newport at five sports; the Cambridge choral scholar who gave up his job in India to volunteer for the Army; the flying Cardiff winger who impressed Lloyd George; and the "lion-hearted" hero of the famous Welsh victory over New Zealand in 1905.
Author : David Tossell
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1845969510
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (459 download)
Download or read book Nobody Beats Us written by David Tossell and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
ISBN 13 : 0753547848
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (535 download)
Download or read book Raising The Dragon written by Huw Richards and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-07-31 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rugby has held a central role in Welsh life over the past century. In the words of historian Gareth Williams, the game has been 'a pre-eminent expressionof Welsh consciousness, a signifier of Welsh nationhood'. Less than 25 years ago touring teams from the southern hemisphere knew that their hardest games would be in Wales; the Welsh national team was consistently the strongest in Britain. Thats all changed. Wales is now one of the game's also-rans. With only one Home Championship in the past 20 years and little success in the World Cup, Welsh rugby - despite some consolidation under Graham Henry - is badly in need of fresh thinking and ideas. Who better to provide them than the man who was widely regarded as one of the best scrum halves of his era, yet whose playing career coincided with that period of Welsh decline? In this thought-provoking and frequently controversial book, Welsh rugby icon Robert Jones provides a sharply realistic assassment of the Welsh game from the roots to the national stadium, drawing heavily on lessons learned and observations made during his own illustrious career. Raising the Dragon is a persona manifesto for change from a player whose commitment to Wales never wavered.
Author : Tony Collins
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408843722
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)
Download or read book The Oval World written by Tony Collins and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Eric Lemon
Publisher : Eric Lemon
ISBN 13 : 0645362662
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (453 download)
Download or read book They Played Rugby for Wales, 2023 edition written by Eric Lemon and published by Eric Lemon. This book was released on 2024-05-11 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : John M. Jenkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781872424101
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (241 download)
Download or read book Who's who of Welsh International Rugby Players written by John M. Jenkins and published by . This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roger G. K. Penn
Publisher : Y Lolfa
ISBN 13 : 180099317X
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Wales and the All Blacks - An Off-Field History written by Roger G. K. Penn and published by Y Lolfa. This book was released on 2022-12-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mutual bond of rivalry and respect has existed between the rugby-loving Wales and New Zealand nations since their first match in 1905. This book documents all the matches played, but also takes an unorthodox, stimulating look at off-field obligations and functions, an often-overlooked aspect of a tour. Reprint of Three Feathers and a Silver Fern (pub. 2013).
Author : Huw Richards
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1780573286
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)
Download or read book A Game for Hooligans written by Huw Richards and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : University-Press.org
ISBN 13 : 9781230584287
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (842 download)
Download or read book Rugby Union in Wales written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Oggy Oggy Oggy, List of Wales national rugby union players, Wales national rugby union team, Wales national women's rugby union team, 1999 Rugby World Cup, 1991 Rugby World Cup, Max Boyce, Welsh Rugby Union, Wales rugby union captains, Introduction of regional rugby union teams in Wales, Wooden Spoon Society, 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup, 1980 New Zealand rugby union tour of Wales, Wales national under-20 rugby union team, RGC 1404, Prince of Wales's feathers, Grannygate, Calon Lan, Rugby in Cardiff, Y Clwb Rygbi, Welsh rugby union system, Welsh Rugby Players Association, Wales national under-18 rugby union team, Paul Child, Canada Cup, Wales A national rugby union team, Four Nations Tournament, Rugby Special. Excerpt: List of Wales national rugby union players is a list of players who have represented Wales at rugby union. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match for the senior team. The players are listed in order of chronological appearance for the national team. Players that were first capped during the same match are listed in order of those that began in the starting line up before replacements and then in alphabetical order by surname. Connection Timeout The Wales women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side of Wales, representing them at rugby union. The side first played in 1987. Wales Women have played as a team officially since 5 April 1987 when a Wales Women team, led by the recently retired Liza Burgess, took on an England Women side at Pontypool Park. Prior to 1987, Welsh players were selected to represent Great Britain with the first representative side featuring players from Wales running against France at Richmond Athletic Ground in 1986. Great Britain played as a team on several occasions until 1990, beating Italy in their final match. Wales have...
