This series covers all the areas of the modern game. It takes an in-depth look at the sport, the management, the rules and the international tournaments. It contains useful insights, advice on techniques, the international business of rugby and how the game is run. The books are…
This series covers all the areas of the modern game. It takes an in-depth look at the sport, the management, the rules and the international tournaments. It contains useful insights, advice on techniques, the international business of rugby and how the game is run. The books are…
This ambitious and fascinating history considers why, in the space of sixty years between 1850 and 1910, football grew from a marginal and unorganised activity to become the dominant winter entertainment for millions of people around the world. The book explores how the world's …
Springbok fever & Grand Slams, 1951-1979
by Boon, Kevin
fromThe story of the All Blacks
The books are written with young people in view. They are not mere statistical records of matches played, points scored, etc. although the most important matches, series and developments are fully covered.
This book includes the story of All Blacks from 1980 to 2010 and includes political issues which have affected rugby such as the disastrous Springbok tour of 1981 plus New Zealand's success in the World Cup in 1987.
Lions, Wallabies & Springboks, 1925-1950
by Boon, Kevin
fromThe story of the All Blacks
The books are written for young people with a highly readable and entertaining text and black and white illustrations. The most important matches, series and developments of our rugby teams are fully covered.
This book provides a critical analysis of rugby union in the professional era and assesses the relationship between the local and the global in the game. Through focusing on key figures and important events it traces the turbulent development of a game steeped in an amateur etho…
"In 1995 rugby union finally became a professional sport following more than a century as an amateur game. This_book offers a critical analysis of the sport in the professional era and assesses the relationship between the local and the global in contemporary rugby union"--
Rugby union and globalization: an odd-shaped world
This book provides a critical analysis of rugby union in the professional era and assesses the relationship between the local and the global in the game. Through focusing on key figures and important events it traces the turbulent development of a game steeped in an amateur etho…