The 1946 Indomitables won the three Test series in Australia with two victories and a draw - an unbeaten record that has never been repeated - and remain Britain's most successful rugby league tourists.
Lavishly illustrated with over 300 photographs, The Indomitables is the most comprehensive and authoritative account of the 1946 tour that made sporting legends of the 15 Englishmen and 11 Welshmen (including the captain, Gus Risman) who created sporting history and won the respect of the Australian nation.
These were The Indomitables - and this is their sensational story.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
'What a tour. What a story. Great rugby players and tough, tough men.' Martin Johnson; 'The Indomitables were an example to all of us and set the standards for everyone who followed them.' Billy Boston; 'Australians admire the best in sport, and The Indomitables showed they were the very best.' Pat Devery; 'The 1946 Indomitables Tour was the stuff of legend, and this brilliant book brings the tour to life in a way that's never been done before. Sports history at its very best.' Jim Mills; 'If you want to know why I and so many other league players wanted, more than anything, to be selected for an Ashes tour - then read this book. It's a sensational story of the greatest team that created the tradition we were all so proud to be part of.' Andy Gregory
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Höhe: 244 mm
Breite: 170 mm
Dicke: 25 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-902719-70-2 (9781902719702)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Martin Whitcombe is the grandson of Frank Whitcombe, one the Indomitables, and who also enjoyed a successful rugby (union) career with Leicester Tigers, and England B. Huw Richards is a journalist and historian. Formerly rugby correspondent of the Financial Times and cricket correspondent of the International Herald Tribune, he teaches sports history at St Mary's University, Twickenham.
Forewords Pat Devery & Billy Boston
Preface Eric Grothe
Introduction
1. The Ashes Tradition
2. League Goes To War
3. A Kind of Normality
4. Trials and Tribulations
5. Selection and Departure
6. Becoming Indomitable
7. Crossing the Continent
8. Australia in 1946
9. Sydney Celebrities
10. Opening Shots
11. A Bruising Build-Up
12. The First Test
13. On to Queensland
14. The Second Test
15. Bulimba Trilogy
16. The Third Test
17. New Zealand in 1946
18. West Coast Blues
19. Rebuilding Maori Rugby
20. The New Zealand Test
21. The Long Way Home
22. Aftermath
23. Afterlife I: The Indomitables
24. Afterlife II: Kangaroos & Kiwis
25. Conclusion
Results and Statistics
Joe Egan's Tour Diary
Index
