Oval world : a global history of rugby / Tony Collins.
Oval world : a global history of rugby / Tony Collins.
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Publisher
London Bloomsbury, 2015.
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H 2015/3525
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English
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Physical content
viii, 551 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Contents note continued: 18.Britain's Rush to Rugby -- 19.Leagues Apart: 1919--39 -- 20.Rugby in the Second World War -- pt. VI Rugby's New Horizons -- 21.European Rugby and the Rise of Italy -- 22.Argentina and South America: Rugby on a Soccer Continent -- 23.Empire of the Scrum: Japan, Asia and Af...
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Kick-off -- 1.The Tradition -- 2.A School Called Rugby -- 3.What Tom Brown Did Next -- 4.Rugby's Great Split -- pt. II Towards Five Nations -- 5.Scotland: R̀ugby Football: The Real Game of the Two Countries' -- 6.Ireland: A National Identity -- 7.Wales: The Dra...
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Publisher
London Bloomsbury, 2015.
Place of Publication
United Kingdom
Date Published
2015.
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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. The Oval World is the first full-length history of rugby on a world scale from its origins in the...
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Oval world : a global history of rugby / Tony Collins.
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Mitchell Library copy: Jacket filed 2015.
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©2015.
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H 2015/3525
Record Identifier
74VKRKOyP8jA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKRKOyP8jA
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ISBN
9781408843703
9781408843710 (paperback)
DDC
796.33309
MMS ID
991023085389702626
