The Derelicts
The Heart and Art of Veterans' Rugby
Will be published approx. on 28. July 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-80634-407-9 (ISBN)
Description
The Derelicts is a love letter to the social side of rugby union and what makes it such a wonderful sport. It's a funny, sometimes surreal, collection of observations that can loosely be called 'match reports' chronicling the adventures and humour of a real veterans' social rugby team and its individual characters, who are long past their sporting peak.
The book evolved over several glorious seasons of sweaty, muddy and deluded endeavour and laughs. For those who played for the Derelicts, whatever standard of rugby they once achieved, this was some of the very best fun they ever had.
The book evolved over several glorious seasons of sweaty, muddy and deluded endeavour and laughs. For those who played for the Derelicts, whatever standard of rugby they once achieved, this was some of the very best fun they ever had.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Market Harborough
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-80634-407-9 (9781806344079)
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Person
Paul Mosley is a retired national newspaper journalist and storyteller with a passion for rugby union. He chronicled the endeavours of the Dorking Derelicts veterans during several joyous seasons of social rugby, where he played as a rather slow prop forward.