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Rugby fans will delight in this extraordinary collection of astonishing but true stories from the past 130 years, which reveal a bizarre and hitherto uncelebrated side to the sport. Here you'll find, among many other bizarre events, the Irish international who arranged his marriage in order to play against England, the match in which a team of top soccer players beat their rugby counterparts at their own game, the riotous encounter that meant that particular fixture was subsequently abandoned for seven years, the international match in which an entire Wales side were sent off, and the unknown player who was... [Read More]

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A seminal moment in the history of Rugby Union Football, indeed in sport itself, occurred in 1905 when the New Zealand rugby side, the All Blacks, toured Britain and Ireland. The tourists played 32 games and won 31 of them, decimating the opposition and setting new standards of fitness, attitude, and skill which British teams took many years to reach. This book reflects on each game of that tour, and all the other tour matches played by New Zealand in Britain and Ireland since. Liberally illustrated with match memorabilia and photographs, the book follows the All Blacks through 100 years of outstanding... [Read More]