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15%OFFHuw Richards - A Game for Hooligans: The History of Rugby Union - 9781845962555 - 9781845962555
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A Game for Hooligans: The History of Rugby Union

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Description for A Game for Hooligans: The History of Rugby Union Paperback. Brings the Rugby's colourful story including the 2007 World Cup. This title covers various great matches, teams and players. It also explores the social, political and economic changes that have affected the course of rugby's development. It contains answers to many questions concerning the game. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: WSJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845962555
SKU
9781845962555
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Huw Richards
Huw Richards has been the Financial Times rugby correspondent since 1995. His other books on rugby include Dragons and All Blacks, which was nominated for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award.

Reviews for A Game for Hooligans: The History of Rugby Union
An ambitious project, triumphantly realised
Independent on Sunday
Crammed with fact and leavened with anecdote . . . an utterly reliable guide
Daily Telegraph
Huw Richards has managed to distil the very essence of rugby union history into this one volume . . . an excellent chronicle
The Independent
Magnificent
The Times
... Read more

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