100 Years Of Rugby

Author : Ron Palenski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781990003240
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brutal written by Ron Palenski and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This year marks a hundred years of the greatest rivalry the rugby world has known, New Zealand against South Africa. These titans first met on a test field in 1921 and, coincidentally, in the hundredth year of their battle for supremacy, they will also play their 100th test. The intense, unmatched rivalry carries a storyline like no other: it's not just about the physical struggle on the hard grounds of South Africa or in the depths of a New Zealand winter, it's also about the clash of two cultures and how attitudes shaped the sporting history. New Zealanders and South Africans first met on makeshift football fields during the Boer War and there was immediate acknowledgement of a mutual respect for rugby prowess. This continued during the First World War and culminated in an army team touring South Africa, a tour that itself led to the first official tour of New Zealand in 1921. For their first two series, in 1921 and 1928, they could not be separated. Then South Africa gained dominance in 1937 and 1949, but New Zealand regained the ascendency in a memorable 1956 series that enveloped the whole country. And, so it's continued, often against a backdrop of the starkly different attitudes the two countries had to racial equality. The professional era provided a different playing field and different circumstances, but the rivalry has been no less intense, the competition no less demanding.

Author : Jamie Wall
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1761062174
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hundred Years' War written by Jamie Wall and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hundred Years' War is the story of the intense competition between the All Blacks and the Springboks over the past 100 years, the games they've played and the battles that have raged from parliaments to the streets. It's an examination of two cultures brought together by rugby, torn apart by racism, then brought back together to forge a new era of rivalry. There are heroes and villains on both sides, on and off the field. For every tale of battling the Boks on the highveld or in the mud of a New Zealand winter, there's one of political intrigue, injustice or cowardice. The events off the field have dramatically shaped those on it, as both the nations and the teams have undergone huge changes. The test matches played between the two sides defined both the Springboks and All Blacks. They have a saying in South Africa: 'You're not a real Springbok until you've played the All Blacks' - perhaps the greatest sign of respect an opposition side has ever paid the most successful team in the world. This is a history of the most brutal and relentless rugby ever played, and the century of bitter struggles that have come with it.

Author : Tony Collins
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134023340
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Social History of English Rugby Union written by Tony Collins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-01-13 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the myth of William Webb Ellis to the glory of the 2003 World Cup win, this book explores the social history of rugby union in England. Ever since Tom Brown’s Schooldays the sport has seen itself as the guardian of traditional English middle-class values. In this fascinating new history, leading rugby historian Tony Collins demonstrates how these values have shaped the English game, from the public schools to mass spectator sport, from strict amateurism to global professionalism. Based on unprecedented access to the official archives of the Rugby Football Union, and drawing on an impressive array of sources from club minutes to personal memoirs and contemporary literature, the book explores in vivid detail the key events, personalities and players that have made English rugby. From an era of rapid growth at the end of the nineteenth century, through the terrible losses suffered during the First World War and the subsequent ‘rush to rugby’ in the public and grammar schools, and into the periods of disorientation and commercialisation in the 1960s through to the present day, the story of English rugby union is also the story of the making of modern England. Like all the very best writers on sport, Tony Collins uses sport as a prism through which to better understand both culture and society. A ground-breaking work of both social history and sport history, A Social History of English Rugby Union tells a fascinating story of sporting endeavour, masculine identity, imperial ideology, social consciousness and the nature of Englishness.

Author : Tony Collins
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408843722
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( 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.

Author : Rod H. Chester
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780908570751
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Centenary, 100 Years of All Black Rugby written by Rod H. Chester and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ray Chesterton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780733621321
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 100 Years of Rugby League written by Ray Chesterton and published by . This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In March 2008, Rugby League celebrates 100 years of history in this country. Long known as the greatest game of all it is the dominant code in New South Wales and Queensland, and in recent years it has gained a foothold in Victoria, and beyond. This book is the story of the game over those years: the great eras and the great games; the great players from Dally Messenger to Andrew Johns; the always passionate (and sometimes bitter) rivalry of the State of Origin games; the overseas tours; and in recent years, the Super League turmoil, through to the present era. And it looks ahead to increased competition from other football codes It is a popular yet authoritative account, aimed at the general reader, not simply the dedicated fan.

Author : GMC Distribution
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781906672027
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 100 Years of Rugby written by GMC Distribution and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of a series of 5 books covering Cricket, Football, Golf, Rugby and Motorsport, each containing around 300 photographs from PA Photos' huge archives, spanning the whole of the 20th Century. Hand-picked by PA Photos' own archivists, most of these images have lain unseen since they were used as news pictures when they were first taken. Each image has been scanned especially for these books, many from glass plates, ensuring the best possible quality of reproduction. Fans of these sports will find these books an essential and compelling addition to their shelves - a chance to see the people, and witness the great moments, of the last hundred years of their sport in Britain. The general reader will be equally fascinated by the unique insight into our recent history that these pictures provide: to modern eyes, the crowds and backgrounds are as interesting as the subjects themselves.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780646859958
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 100 Years of Rugby News written by and published by . This book was released on 2022-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100 Years of Rugby News features the best extracts from the Rugby News magazine over the past century, accompanied by a series of short stories, retelling the colourful history of the Shute Shield, the clubs and the many characters of Australian club rugby.

Author : Steve Haddan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780646482514
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Finals written by Steve Haddan and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "History of 100 years of National Rugby League finals."--Provided by publisher.

Author : John Oliver Coffey
Publisher : Huia Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1869693310
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 100 Years written by John Oliver Coffey and published by Huia Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100 Years: Maori Rugby League 1908-2008 tells the story of the New Zealand Maori Rugby League Team from its origins in 1908 to the present day. The book covers major matches, along with biographies of prominent players and administrators. A rich collection of stories and interviews with former players tells the reader what really happened off and on the field. The book has been thoroughly researched with information coming from England, France, Australia and throughout New Zealand, and it is illustrated with over 200 images. There have been no books specifically written on Maori involvement with rugby league, until now. 100 Years: Maori Rugby League 1908-2008 is about players, administrators and whanau. It's about the fabulous moments, the glories of victory and the agonies of defeat, and it gives a comprehensive story of Maori participation in rugby league.