Scottish Rugby 101
A Pocket Guide in 101 Moments, Stats, Characters and Games
Published on 4. October 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-909715-67-7 (ISBN)
Description
Scottish Rugby 101 is a compendium of fascinating facts, quotes, stats, stories, personalities and trivia - a perfect stocking-filler for all fans of Scottish rugby.
From the very first Test match in 1871 all the way through to the present day, Scottish rugby's rich history is distilled into 101 facts, stats and stories. This fun-packed volume is an instructive, if sometimes irreverent - but always affectionate - guide to some of the ground-breaking firsts, controversies, innovations, achievements and disasters that have taken place in the game north of the Border - an entertaining crib-sheet to Scottish rugby for experts and novices alike.
From the very first Test match in 1871 all the way through to the present day, Scottish rugby's rich history is distilled into 101 facts, stats and stories. This fun-packed volume is an instructive, if sometimes irreverent - but always affectionate - guide to some of the ground-breaking firsts, controversies, innovations, achievements and disasters that have taken place in the game north of the Border - an entertaining crib-sheet to Scottish rugby for experts and novices alike.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Birlinn General
Product notice
Paperback (UK-A)
Illustrations
Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
314 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-909715-67-7 (9781909715677)
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Person
Peter Burns is the editor for Arena Sport and author of When Lions Roared: The Lions, The All Blacks and the Epic Tour of 1971, Behind
the Thistle: Playing Rugby for Scotland, Behind the Ryder Cup: The Players' Stories, White Gold: England's Journey to World Cup Glory
and Behind the Lions: Playing Rugby for the British & Irish Lions.
the Thistle: Playing Rugby for Scotland, Behind the Ryder Cup: The Players' Stories, White Gold: England's Journey to World Cup Glory
and Behind the Lions: Playing Rugby for the British & Irish Lions.