English Rugby 101
A Pocket Guide in 101 Moments, Stats, Characters and Games
Published on 13. June 2019
74 pages
978-1-78885-181-7 (ISBN)
Description
English Rugby 101 is a compendium of fascinating facts, stats, stories, personalities and trivia - perfect for all fans of English rugby.
From the very first Test match against Scotland in 1871 all the way through to the present day, England's rugby's rich history is distilled into 101 facts, stats and stories. This entertaining volume is an instructive, if sometimes irreverent - but always affectionate - guide to some of the groundbreaking firsts, controversies, innovations, characters, achievements and disasters that have taken place in at Twickenham and around the world. Whether an expert or a novice, this is the perfect companion for those who follow the exploits of the red-rose warriors on the field and love to bask in light of their glorious (and sometimes inglorious) past.
From the very first Test match against Scotland in 1871 all the way through to the present day, England's rugby's rich history is distilled into 101 facts, stats and stories. This entertaining volume is an instructive, if sometimes irreverent - but always affectionate - guide to some of the groundbreaking firsts, controversies, innovations, characters, achievements and disasters that have taken place in at Twickenham and around the world. Whether an expert or a novice, this is the perfect companion for those who follow the exploits of the red-rose warriors on the field and love to bask in light of their glorious (and sometimes inglorious) past.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Birlinn General
Illustrations
Illustrations, color
File size
11,43 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78885-181-7 (9781788851817)
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06/2019
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Person
John Griffiths is Britain's foremost rugby historian and has worked as consultant on numerous books on the subject as well as authoring many himself, including British Lions, Rugby's Strangest Matches, Rugby's Greatest Characters, Behind the Dragon: Playing Rugby for Wales and Behind the Lions: Playing Rugby for the British & Irish Lions.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Rugby's first national union
- 2 The youngest captain
- 3 Leading the rose
- 4 Rugby's first superstar
- 5 Test rugby's oldest cup
- 6 England's highest scores
- 7 Most tries in a Test by a player
- 8 Captain of rugby and cricket
- 9 The Triple Crown
- 10 A successful captain
- 11 Played for two countries
- 12 The perfect Triple Crown
- 13 Family tries
- 14 The wily tactician
- 15 A new dawn
- 16 The Welshman who became an England rugby great
- 17 The Grand Slam
- 18 The father of English flankers
- 19 The deadliest finisher
- 20 The First World War
- 21 The moderniser
- 22 England's oldest player
- 23 Fastest try
- 24 The personal clean sweep
- 25 The penny pincher
- 26 Twickenham calling
- 27 The flying hooker
- 28 Beating the All Blacks
- 29 The Russian prince
- 30 The unique Triple Crown captain
- 31 Televised rugby
- 32 The Second World War
- 33 The Second World War
- 34 Capped either side of the war
- 35 The round-the-corner kicker
- 36 The longest-lived member of the brotherhood
- 37 The most inexperienced fifteen
- 38 Fitness fanatic 1
- 39 The changing value of the dropped goal
- 40 Fitness fanatic 2
- 41 The last dual international
- 42 The flanker who always got his man
- 43 Grand Slam in front of the Royal Family
- 44 The master of the unexpected
- 45 Last-gasp finish
- 46 The longest wait
- 47 The India-rubber man
- 48 Sharp the guiding genius
- 49 Fifteen men for four Tests
- 50 The England cap-record breaker
- 51 Last win in Cardiff for 28 years
- 52 The last scoreless draw
- 53 On tour
- 54 Pullin's run
- 55 The outstanding England threequarter of the early seventies
- 56 England's first replacement player
- 57 The most-capped subs
- 58 First replacement referee in an England Test
- 59 Replacement referees
- 60 Losing at Twickenham
- 61 The changing value of the try Part One
- 62 The Whitewash Years
- 63 Beating the All Blacks in their own back yard
- 64 The first of the few
- 65 The early bath
- 66 The British bulldog
- 67 Always in the right place at the right time
- 68 The top try-scorers
- 69 The reliable Mr Andrew
- 70 England's first penalty try
- 71 The Catalyst
- 72 Rugby World Cup record
- 73 The face of English rugby in the early nineties
- 74 Leading skippers
- 75 The prince of centres
- 76 The English Centurion
- 77 The leading cap winners
- 78 Winner takes all
- 79 The changing value of the try Part Two
- 80 Back-to-back Grand Slams
- 81 The Great Enforcer
- 82 Through the card
- 83 The ultimate professional
- 84 The 300 club
- 85 Record defeats
- 86 The unique dropped goal
- 87 Record margins
- 88 Romania 2001
- 89 Winning the Rugby World Cup
- 90 The dropped goal king
- 91 Putting in a full shift
- 92 Longest losing streak
- 93 Mind the gap
- 94 England's longest-serving international player
- 95 Beating the world champions
- 96 England's oldest try-scorer
- 97 Longest winning streak
- 98 The record score draw
- 99 England's head coaches
- 100 Rugby in the Blood
- 101 The international record
