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Author : Les Hoole
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781859832523
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)
Download or read book Rugby League Lions written by Les Hoole and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Colin Thomson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781903659441
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (594 download)
Download or read book The Indomitables written by Colin Thomson and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tom English
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0857903438
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)
Download or read book When Lions Roared written by Tom English and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2017-05-11 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By 1971 no Lions team had ever defeated the All Blacks in a Test series. Since 1904, six Lions sides had travelled to New Zealand and all had returned home bruised, battered and beaten. But the 1971 tour party was different. It was full of young, ambitious and outrageously talented players who would all go on to carve their names into the annals of sporting history during a golden period in British and Irish rugby. And at their centre was Carwyn Jones – an intelligent, sensitive rugby mastermind who would lead his team into the game's hardest playing arena while facing a ferocious, tragic battle in his personal life, all in pursuit of a seemingly impossible dream. Up against them was an All Blacks team filled with legends in the game in the likes of Colin Meads, Brian Lochore, Ian Kirkpatrick, Sid Going and Bryan Williams. But as the Lions swept through the provinces, lighting up the rugby fields of New Zealand the pressure began to mount on the home players in a manner never seen before. As the Test series loomed, it became clear that a clash that would echo through the ages was about to unfold. And at its conclusion, it was obvious to all that rugby would never be the same again.
Author : Sean Fagan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780987500274
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The First Lions of Rugby written by Sean Fagan and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June 2013 the British Lions rugby team will tour Australia to commemorate the 125-year anniversary of their last visit in 1888. The young men that comprised the 1888 team were sporting pioneers, undertaking a high-risk tour not sanctioned by British Rugby union authorities. The Lions team included international players and highly regarded stars of famous clubs. They took on the best representative teams in NSW, Queensland and New Zealand in more than 30 matches. Then, in a forgotten chapter of sports history, the Lions switched codes to play 19 games against the best Australian rules clubs of Victoria and South Australia. Midway through the tour a tragic boating accident took away the life of the team's captain, Bob Seddon. Despite their grief, and encouraged by messages of support from across Australia, the team rallied to continue the tour.
Author : Tom Mather
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781903659519
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (595 download)
Download or read book Best in the Northern Union written by Tom Mather and published by . This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gavin Willacy
Publisher : Pitch Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781785314025
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (14 download)
Download or read book No Helmets Required written by Gavin Willacy and published by Pitch Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Robert Gate
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781904091257
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (912 download)
Download or read book Rugby league Lions written by Robert Gate and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by acclaimed rugby league historian, Robert Gate, 'Rugby League Lions' presents the complete and only record of every test match played by Great Britain.
Author : Sean Fagan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780975756300
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (563 download)
Download or read book The Rugby Rebellion written by Sean Fagan and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true history of rugby league's birth in Australia and its dramatic first seasons. A revised, updated and expanded 'Centenary Edition' of The Rugby Rebellion: The Divide of League and Union. Pioneers of Rugby League is a thrilling and authoritative account of the most explosive era in Australian sport - caused by the tumultuous arrival of rugby league (our nation's first professional football code) a century ago. Using dramatic first-hand accounts, of on-field action and off-field events, the true history is revealed: of how 13-man rugby league won the support of New South Wales and Queensland footballers and fans alike, conquering the established rugby union, and thwarting the plans of Australian football.
Author : Les Bettinson
Publisher : Kingswood Books
ISBN 13 : 9780413646804
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (468 download)
Download or read book In the Lions' Den written by Les Bettinson and published by Kingswood Books. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Donal Lenihan
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473540011
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)
Download or read book Donal Lenihan written by Donal Lenihan and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As player, manager, and pundit, Donal Lenihan has seen it all in the world of rugby - and done much of it too. A victorious captain of Munster Junior and Senior Schools, he went on to skipper the Ireland team at the inaugural Rugby World Cup in New Zealand in 1987 and was a fixture in the second row for over a decade, winning two Triple Crowns and three Five Nations championships. Selected for three British & Irish Lions tours, he was famous for skippering the unbeaten side nicknamed 'Donal's Doughnuts', before taking charge of both Ireland and the Lions as manager. From such a stellar position at the heart of the rugby world, Donal Lenihan has a wealth of stories to tell from both on and off the pitch, from raucous antics on tour to the sometimes difficult fellowship of players in a time of Troubles. He delves deeply into Cork and Munster culture and the influence on his career of his family. And as a much-respected analyst, Donal is also not short on voicing his opinion on the rights and wrongs of the modern game, and how the transition from the amateur to the professional era has affected the heart and soul of rugby. Full of wit, insight and emotional sincerity, this is a rugby book for the ages by a sporting great.
Author : Clem Thomas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781840181005
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (81 download)
Download or read book History of the British Lions written by Clem Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1998-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the 108 years of touring by British rugby teams, only a fraction of games have been documented. This book explores the whole period of the British Lion's existence. It examines the origins, development and future of the Lions tours and investigates the social and political issues which have played a part in the evolution of one of the world's most formidable touring forces.
Author : Ryan Bodman
Publisher : Bridget Williams Books
ISBN 13 : 1991033451
Total Pages : 996 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Rugby League in New Zealand written by Ryan Bodman and published by Bridget Williams Books. This book was released on 2023-09-29 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a sport told through its communities. Rugby League in New Zealand: A People’s History unveils the compelling journey of a game flourishing against the odds. Beginning with the game’s introduction to the country in 1907, Ryan Bodman reveals the deep-rooted connections between rugby league’s development and the evolving cultural fabric of New Zealand. By questioning the mythic status of rugby union in the nation’s identity, this history highlights how power, politics and people have collectively shaped the country’s sporting scene. Drawing on first-hand interviews and a wide range of illustrations and archival material, Bodman locates rugby league history in working-class suburbs, and among Kiingitanga Māori, Pasifika migrants, and clubs and communities across the country. The people behind the game share accounts of change, triumph and resilience, while emphasising rugby league’s lasting influence on New Zealanders’ lives.
Author : Luke Alfred
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN 13 : 1770226540
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (72 download)
Download or read book When the Lions Came to Town written by Luke Alfred and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2014-09-05 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The early 1970s in South Africa were a time of economic boom, political repression, growing isolation and an unshakeable confidence that the Springboks were the best rugby team in the world - until the infamous 1974 British Lions tour. It was a tour in which a group of talented and long-haired rugby players from the British Isles played, sang and drank their way across the country, beating the Springboks 3-0 in the four Tests, with the last one a dubious draw. Until then the Lions hadn’t beaten South Africa at home in 78 years. Based on original research and interviews with players on both sides, When the Lions Came to Town vividly recreates a tumultuous rugby tour that sent shockwaves through South Africa. It captures a bygone era, a time before television, a golden age of amateurism, pranks and setting hotel rooms alight – as the Lions did after winning the series in PE. Insightful, provocative and frequently amusing, When the Lions Came to Town casts a fresh eye on a divisive but undeniably colourful period in South African political, social and sporting history.
Author : Patrick O'Reilly
Publisher : Hachette Books Ireland
ISBN 13 : 1444743333
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (447 download)
Download or read book Rala written by Patrick O'Reilly and published by Hachette Books Ireland. This book was released on 2013-10-25 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irish rugby as you've never seen it before -- from the man who got the job every rugby lover would love to have. 'Rala has a gift for making people feel at ease and special at the same time' Paul O'Connell Patrick 'Rala' O'Reilly has been bagman for the Irish rugby team for over twenty years. In that time he's witnessed many highs and lows. But for him rugby has always been about the people, the places and the experiences. Here, with his own inimitable wit and humour, he shares with us his unique memories of his time spent at the very centre of Irish and Lions rugby. From his early days with Terenure RFC to touring with the Lions in 2009 and 2013, to pre-match traditions, pranks, iPod playlists and his love affair with Inishbofin, he tells a behind-the-scenes story of team spirit and friendship. With anecdotes from Keith Wood, Brian O'Driscoll, Donncha O'Callaghan, Jamie Heaslip, Peter Clohessy, Paul O'Connell and others, Rala: A Life in Rugby gives us an insight into the world of rugby - as never seen before. 'He's a gent, a role model ... but, most importantly, he's a great friend' Jamie Heaslip 'Even when I stopped being captain, I'd find my bags in my room when I arrived at the hotel, and my laundry hanging on the back of my door. He didn't have to do that, but then there's so much that he didn't have to do, but he still did' Brian O'Driscoll
Author : Stephen Jones
Publisher : Birlinn
ISBN 13 : 0857905295
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)
Download or read book Behind The Lions written by Stephen Jones and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over 130 years the British & Irish Lions have stood out as a symbol of the ethics, values and romance at the heart of rugby union. To represent the Lions is the pinnacle for every international player in Britain and Ireland, and the dream of tens of thousands of avid fans who fol-low them. A Lions tour, undertaken every four years to the southern hemisphere, is more than a series of rugby matches played out on foreign fields; it is an epic crusade where the chosen few face a succession of mental and physical chal-lenges on their way to the Test arena, where they do battle with the superpowers of the world game. Behind the Lions sees seven esteemed rugby writers delve to the very heart of what it means to be a Lion, using diaries and letters from those who pioneered the concept, to interviews with a vast array of players who have followed in their footsteps. In so doing they have uncovered the passion, pride and honour experienced when taking up the unique challenge of a Lions tour. This is a tale of heart-break and ecstasy, humour and poignancy that is at once inspirational, moving and utterly compelling. And it is the only story worth hearing: the players' own.
Author : Ray French
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780571135264
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)
Download or read book The Rugby League Lions written by Ray French and published by . This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Terry Godwin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780851122144
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (221 download)
Download or read book The Guinness Book of Rugby Facts & Feats written by Terry Godwin and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
