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Collins, Tony, 1961-
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Rugby football -- History.
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Sports -- History.
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Collins, Tony, 1961-
Rugby football -- History.
Rugby football players -- Biography.
Sports -- History.
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Oval world : a global history of rugby / Tony Collins.
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Collins, Tony, 1961-
Bloomsbury Sport, 2015.
Call #:
796
.33309
C713o
Subjects
Rugby football -- History.
Rugby football players -- Biography.
Sports -- History.
ISBN:
9781408843710 (pbk.)
9781408843703 (hc.)
Summary:
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. A history of rugby on a world scale from its origins in the village-based football games of medieval times to the globalized sport of the twenty-first century, now played over a hundred countries. How a game played in an obscure English public school became the winter sport of the British Empire, spreading to France, Argentina, Japan, and the rest of the world, and commanding a global television audience of over four billion for the last World Cup final. The book also explores how American football and other games, such as Australian, Canadian, and Gaelic football emerged from their English cousin. Featuring the great moments in the game's history and its legendary names David Duckham, Serge Blanco, Billy Boston, and David Campese, alongside Rupert Brooke, King George V, Boris Karloff, Charles de Gaulle, and Nelson Mandela - what it is about rugby that enables it to thrive in countries with very different traditions and cultures.
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