Welsh Rugby 101
A Pocket Guide in 101 Moments, Stats, Characters and Games
Published on 13. June 2019
74 pages
978-1-78885-180-0 (ISBN)
Description
Welsh Rugby 101 is a compendium of fascinating facts, stats, stories, personalities and trivia - perfect for all fans of Welsh rugby.
From the very first Test match against England in 1881 all the way through to the present day, Welsh 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 the Principality over the years. Whether an expert or a novice, this is the perfect companion for those who follow Wales's exploits on the field and love to bask in light of its glorious (and sometimes inglorious) past.
From the very first Test match against England in 1881 all the way through to the present day, Welsh 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 the Principality over the years. Whether an expert or a novice, this is the perfect companion for those who follow Wales's exploits on the field and love to bask in light of its 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
10,19 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78885-180-0 (9781788851800)
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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 The people's game
- 2 An Aussie captain
- 3 Leading the dragon
- 4 The creation of the WRU
- 5 The other side of the whistle
- 6 The Welsh system
- 7 Welsh rugby's first legend
- 8 Living up to his nickname
- 9 Leading skippers
- 10 Living with Lions
- 11 The confident Mr Bancroft
- 12 Beating England at Cardiff
- 13 The Triple Crown
- 14 The prince of centres
- 15 Most tries in a Test by a player
- 16 The Bullet
- 17 Champions of the world
- 18 Longest winning streak
- 19 The Grand Slam
- 20 The First World War
- 21 Through the card
- 22 Wales's oldest player
- 23 Three times for a Welshman
- 24 Unchanged through the season
- 25 The sacrificial car of Juggernaut
- 26 Welsh rugby's only Test cricketer
- 27 An expensive headwear bill
- 28 The full back who caused a stir
- 29 The schoolboy who beat the All Blacks
- 30 That lovely point
- 31 The last four-point dropped goal
- 32 The Second World War
- 33 The Second World War
- 34 Capped either side of the war
- 35 The fastest man in Wales
- 36 Ken's run
- 37 The Cardiff legend
- 38 The changing value of the dropped goal
- 39 The lineout expert
- 40 The first Triple Crown for 39 years
- 41 The unique Mr Gwilliam
- 42 The King of Rugger
- 43 The great tactical controller
- 44 Still unbeaten at Cardiff against New Zealand
- 45 Good enough to be an honorary All Black
- 46 The most successful Welsh international of all time?
- 47 The fastest striker in Wales
- 48 Entire Welsh XV sent off
- 49 A firm favourite
- 50 The modern back row forward
- 51 Wales's lowest-scoring results
- 52 Top Cat
- 53 Captains on debut
- 54 The match of 111 line-outs
- 55 On tour
- 56 Winner takes it all
- 57 First replacement referee in a Welsh Test
- 58 Replacement referees
- 59 The King
- 60 The master of the shimmy
- 61 The best in the world
- 62 Record points on debut
- 63 Wales's first replacement player
- 64 The most-capped subs
- 65 The super sub
- 66 Home run
- 67 The indestructible JPR
- 68 Try-scoring full backs
- 69 Merve the Swerve
- 70 The team of all the talents
- 71 The changing value of the try - part I
- 72 The Duke
- 73 The Viet Gwent
- 74 A fixture at tight-head
- 75 The crowning years
- 76 The early bath
- 77 The fifty club
- 78 Winner takes all
- 79 A double record-holder
- 80 The dropped goal king
- 81 Rugby World Cup record
- 82 The record points-scorer
- 83 The points machine I
- 84 The points machine II
- 85 The changing value of the try - part II
- 86 Highest scores and record margins
- 87 Wales's longest-serving international player
- 88 Record defeats
- 89 Opening the new stadium
- 90 The Great Entertainer
- 91 The top try-scorers
- 92 Wales's oldest try-scorer
- 93 The unique dropped goal
- 94 Getting the monkey off their backs
- 95 The Hundred Club
- 96 Babes in arms
- 97 Wales's youngest try-scorers
- 98 Warren Gatland's Grand Slam record
- 99 Welsh head coaches
- 100
- 101 The international record
