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Wales and the All Blacks: An Off-Field History

Author : Roger G. K. Penn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781800992580
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book Wales and the All Blacks: An Off-Field History written by Roger G. K. Penn and published by . This book was released on 2022-11-21 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first match between Wales and New Zealand in 1905, a mutual bond of rivalry and respect has developed between these two rugby-loving countries. This book documents all the matches played, but unlike other histories it shifts the focus to the delights and curiosities of off-field actions, obligations and functions, drawing our attention to this often-overlooked aspect of a tour. From forgotten facts unearthed in dusty old newspapers to the fresh anecdotes and recollections of modern-day greats - both All Black and Welsh - Roger Penn provides us with an unorthodox and stimulating look at these great rugby encounters. With foreword by Welsh rugby legend J P R Williams."A history that has, at last, been recorded correctly and sympathetically." - Brian Price"An absorbing read of the pride and passion of two rugby countries: a classic book." - Roy Bergiers"Presents and celebrates a very special rugby relationship that combines drama, passion, intensity and hwyl. It is one I recognise well." - JPR Williams"Penn's well-written and wonderfully illustrated book is brimming with some great anecdotes, intriguing sketches and revealing interviews from those at the centre of epic contests with the All Blacks." - Iwan Gabe Davies, South Wales Argus

Wales and the All Blacks - An Off-Field History

Author : Roger G. K. Penn
Publisher : Y Lolfa
ISBN 13 : 180099317X
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (9 download)

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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).

Three Feathers and a Silver Fern - an Off-Field History of the 'Wales-All Blacks Fixtures'

Author : Roger Penn
Publisher : Gomer Press Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781848516724
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (167 download)

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Book Synopsis Three Feathers and a Silver Fern - an Off-Field History of the 'Wales-All Blacks Fixtures' by : Roger Penn

Download or read book Three Feathers and a Silver Fern - an Off-Field History of the 'Wales-All Blacks Fixtures' written by Roger Penn and published by Gomer Press Limited. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first rugby match between Wales and New Zealand in 1905 to November 2012, a mutual bond of rivalry and respect has developed between these two countries, both having a passion for the sport. The author documents the history of all the matches played and explores the social context and special bond between the nations. Foreword by J. P. R. Williams.

How Wales Beat the Mighty All Blacks, the Most Famous Win in Wels

Author : James Stafford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781800990340
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (93 download)

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Book Synopsis How Wales Beat the Mighty All Blacks, the Most Famous Win in Wels by : James Stafford

Download or read book How Wales Beat the Mighty All Blacks, the Most Famous Win in Wels written by James Stafford and published by . This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully illustrated picture book which will appeal to children (8+) and rugby-loving adults alike! This is the story of Wales' heroic defeat of the All Blacks on their first tour to the northern hemisphere, in which they trampled all other opponents into the dust!

Who Beat the All Blacks?

Author : Alun Gibbard
Publisher : Y Lolfa
ISBN 13 : 9781912631421
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book Who Beat the All Blacks? written by Alun Gibbard and published by Y Lolfa. This book was released on 2022-11-02 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New edition to commemorate the 50th anniversary of one of the greatest rugby moments ever. Against all expectations, on 31 October 1972 Carwyn James' Llanelli beat New Zealand 9-3. The day's events are recalled by those who were there. The first edition was shortlisted for the prestigious 2013 British Sports Book Awards.

Behind the Dragon

Author : Ross Harries
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1788851072
Total Pages : 551 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (888 download)

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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.

Dragons and All Blacks

Author : Huw Richards
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1780574851
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Dragons and All Blacks written by Huw Richards and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-04-20 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Bounce of the Century' they called it. A ball kicked across Cardiff Arms Park in the dying minutes of a match between two of international rugby's fiercest rivals. The world's two greatest wingers waited as it bounced towards them, knowing that whoever caught the ball would score and win the match for his country. Dragons and All Blacks tells what happened when Wales played New Zealand in 1953. The story is written from contemporary accounts and the memories of the men who played that day, including Bob Stuart and Bleddyn Williams, for many of whom the match was the highlight of a career. The book retells the stories of the two teams and the men who played for them, and charts the events of their lives: how they got to that meeting point in Cardiff in December 1953 and what has happened to them in the half-century since. Dragons and All Blacks examines the remarkable relationship between two countries on opposite sides of the world, brought together by a mutual passion for rugby with few parallels elsewhere. It shows how their rivalry has developed over a century - from perhaps the greatest of all rugby matches in 1905 to the single-point thriller of 2004 - and looks to its future in the aftermath of the 2005 Welsh Grand Slam and Lions tour of New Zealand.

The Red & The White

Author : Huw Richards
Publisher : Aurum
ISBN 13 : 178131358X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (813 download)

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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.

Sport in Britain

Author : Richard William Cox
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719025921
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (259 download)

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Download or read book Sport in Britain written by Richard William Cox and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rugby: A New Zealand History

Author : Ron Palenski
Publisher : Auckland University Press
ISBN 13 : 1775588130
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (755 download)

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Download or read book Rugby: A New Zealand History written by Ron Palenski and published by Auckland University Press. This book was released on 2015-08-24 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Britannica Book of the Year 2009

Author : Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Publisher : Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 159339232X
Total Pages : 882 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Britannica Book of the Year 2009 written by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. and published by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Britannica Book of the Year 2009 provides a valuable veiwpoint of the people and events that shaped the year and serves as a great reference source for the latest news on the ever changing populations, governments, and economies throughout the world. It is an accurate and comprehensive reference that you will reach for again and again.

Who Beat the All Blacks

Author : Alun Gibbard
Publisher : Y Lolfa
ISBN 13 : 184771711X
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (477 download)

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Download or read book Who Beat the All Blacks written by Alun Gibbard and published by Y Lolfa. This book was released on 2013-04-22 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book commemorates one of the top ten greatest rugby moments ever, a match on 31 October 1972. The teams and score: Llanelli 9 New Zealand 3. The day's events are recalled by those who were there.

New Directions in Sport History

Author : Duncan Stone
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317525663
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book New Directions in Sport History written by Duncan Stone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging from the ‘history from below’ movement, sport history was marginalised for decades by those working within more traditional historical fields (and institutions). Although a degree of ignorance still exists, sport history has now acquired a level of credibility through the dedicated work of professional historians. And yet, as this authority has been established, changes to UK higher education funding (the removal of direct state funding, the Research Excellence Framework, and tuition fees) and academic publishing (open access) have the potential to damage, or even end, sports research. This book examines sport history from a variety of perspectives. Do mainstream historians need to engage, or ‘play’, with sports historians? Has the postmodernist ‘cultural turn’ in sports history been helpful to the sub-discipline? How can the teaching of sports studies be more innovative and inspiring? How can oral history and sport history be utilised in the study of other branches of historical interest. Although changes are required in dealing with the current political reality of UK higher education, sport history still has a great deal to offer students, future employers and the public alike. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

Proud to be a Swan - The History of Swansea City FC

Author : Geraint H Jenkins
Publisher : Y Lolfa
ISBN 13 : 1847717616
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (477 download)

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Download or read book Proud to be a Swan - The History of Swansea City FC written by Geraint H Jenkins and published by Y Lolfa. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swansea City Football Club celebrates its centenary in 2012. This book traces the history of the club and gives details of momentous events on and off the pitch since 1912.

Fields of Praise

Author : Dai Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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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.

The Oval World

Author : Tony Collins
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408843722
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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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.

Sports around the World [4 volumes]

Author : John Nauright
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 159884301X
Total Pages : 2056 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book Sports around the World [4 volumes] written by John Nauright and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-04-06 with total page 2056 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This multivolume set is much more than a collection of essays on sports and sporting cultures from around the world: it also details how and why sports are played wherever they exist, and examines key charismatic athletes from around the world who have transcended their sports. Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice provides a unique, global overview of sports and sports cultures. Unlike most works of this type, this book provides both essays that examine general topics, such as globalization and sport, international relations and sport, and tourism and sport, as well as essays on sports history, culture, and practice in world regions—for example, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and Oceania—in order to provide a more global perspective. These essays are followed by entries on specific sports, world athletes, stadiums and arenas, famous games and matches, and major controversies. Spanning topics as varied as modern professional cycling to the fictional movie Rocky to the deadly ball game of the ancient Mayans, the first three volumes contain overview essays and entries for specific sports that have been and are currently practiced around the world. The fourth volume provides a compendium of information on the winners of major sporting competitions from around the world. Readers will gain invaluable insights into how sports have been enjoyed throughout all of human culture, and more fully comprehend their cultural contexts. The entries provide suggestions for further reading on each topic—helpful to general readers, students with school projects, university students and academics alike. Additionally, the four-volume Sports Around the World spotlights key charismatic athletes who have changed a sport or become more than just an outstanding player.