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Heads Held High
Heads Held High
    For two weeks in October,
    Wales held its breath.
    In the Rugby World Cup,
    with an influx of young
    players and probably the
    most exciting rugby
    played in the
    competition, Wales had
    negotiated a difficult
    qualifying group to reach
    a quarter final against
    an unbeaten Ireland side.
    Ireland were despatched
    22:10; next up was a
    France side which had
    misfired throughout the
    tournament. In New
    Zealand and at home,
    Wales believed: over 60,
    000 people watched the
    game at the Millennium
    Stadium. But injuries to
    key players, missed
    kicks, and the sending
    off of skipper Sam
    Warburton meant that
    Wales came up just short
    in a grippingly tense
    match they dominated. And
    defeat against Australia
    in their last game left
    Wales fourth. Yet this
    was still a time for
    celebration. Wales had
    lost to three of the
    world's top sides by a
    collective margin of five
    points. It couldn't have
    been closer, and the
    Wales squad could return
    home confident for the
    future and with their
    heads held high.
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The Resurrection Men - Wales Grand Slam 2008
The Resurrection Men - Wales
Grand Slam 2008
    Wales were written off as
    no-hopers at the start of
    the 2008 Six Nations.
    They had failed to reach
    the World Cup
    quarter-finals the
    previous October and had
    reacted by appointing
    their 13th coach in 19
    years, New Zealander
    Warren Gatland. On the
    opening weekend, success
    appeared unlikely when
    they trailed World Cup
    finalists England at
    Twickenham by ten points
    at half-time. Their
    second-half comeback, to
    earn their first victory
    at the ground for 20
    years, set them on their
    way, and there was no
    looking back. In a
    blistering campaign,
    they set a new Six
    Nations record by
    conceding just two tries
    in their five matches.
    The Resurrection Men
    looks back over the
    glorious 2008 tournament
    but also examines the
    reasons why the
    foundations laid by
    Gatland look more secure
    than those established by
    Mike Ruddock before his
    controversial departure
    from the role less than a
    year after the side's
    last Grand Slam triumph
    in 2005. Wales imploded
    after Ruddock left,
    winning only one match in
    each of the 2006 and 2007
    campaigns. His successor
    Gareth Jenkins asked to
    be judged on the team's
    performance in the World
    Cup. And he was, sacked
    hours after the defeat to
    Fiji which meant that,
    for the third time in
    five tournaments, Wales
    failed to make the
    knock-out stage. Little
    more than a week later,
    Welsh Rugby Union
    officials boarded a plane
    to New Zealand to meet
    Gatland and other
    candidates for head
    coach. Just two minutes
    into the meeting, they
    were ready to offer him
    the job. He promised them
    that if Wales won at
    Twickenham on the opening
    weekend, the slam would
    be on. They did and it
    was.
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In Strength and Shadow - The Mervyn Davies Story
In Strength And Shadow - The
Mervyn Davies Story
    Few rugby players have
    matched the achievements
    of Welshman Mervyn
    Davies, the shrewd,
    gutsy number 8 with the
    heart of a lion. In what
    was a remarkable career,
    he won two Grand Slams,
    three Triple Crowns,
    earned thirty-eight
    consecutive Wales caps,
    was captain of his
    national team and played
    in two victorious Lions
    tours. From the tail end
    of the 1960s through the
    first half of the
    glorious '70s period,
    'Merv the Swerve' - with
    that mop of black hair
    and trademark headband -
    cut an iconic figure in
    the world's great rugby
    arenas. Teammates and
    opponents respected him,
    fans loved him and he was
    a natural leader of men
    both on and off the
    field.Then, in March
    1976, everything
    changed. Mervyn was
    leading Swansea in a
    semi-final cup clash when
    he suffered a massive
    brain haemorrhage. He
    began that fateful Sunday
    preparing for just
    another high-profile game
    but ended it fighting for
    his life. Wales, and the
    watching sporting world,
    could do nothing but wait
    and hope. And just when
    the odds seemed stacked
    irreversibly against him,
    Mervyn did what he had
    always done: he beat
    them. Mervyn's life story
    is one of what was and
    what might have been.
    From locker-room tales to
    the loneliness of
    rehabilitation, Mervyn's
    account is funny, moving
    and honest. He writes
    about his many highs and
    lows, about losing rugby
    but regaining his life,
    and shares his thoughts
    on the days he spent in
    shadow and in strength.
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Rugby in Focus
Rugby In Focus
    As far back as the 1830s
    a form of rugby was being
    played at Rugby Public
    School, after pupil
    William Webb Ellis first
    picked up a football and
    ran with it. In 1863 the
    Football Association met
    to standardise a common
    set of rules between the
    kicking and running games
    but failed to meet with
    the approval of the rugby
    fraternity. Twenty-one
    clubs refused to join the
    FA and in 1871 set up
    their own code of
    practice as The Rugby
    Union. The popularity of
    the game quickly spread
    beyond Britains shores
    becoming an international
    sensation. 100 Years of
    Rubgy in Focus is a
    visual, historical
    record of the development
    and growth of the game,
    with background to more
    than a century of the
    most successful teams and
    the greatest matches, a
    players hall of fame,
    and a guide to the
    hallowed grounds where
    the game is played. This
    story is told in almost
    300 photographs from the
    vast archives of the
    Press Association, whose
    photographers were on
    hand to capture the
    finest moments of the
    sport over more than a
    century.
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The British and Irish Lions Miscellany
The British And Irish Lions
Miscellany
    What colour jerseys did
    the Lions first play in?
    Which of the four home
    nations has been
    represented in every
    Lions test team? When did
    Ugandan dictator Idi Amin
    line up against the
    Lions? "The British &
    Irish Lions Miscellany"
    is crammed with 120 years
    worth of amazing facts,
    stats, stories, lists
    and"es from the rich
    history of the oldest and
    greatest touring team in
    the sporting world. It
    includes: the complete
    story of every Lions
    tour; the Lion nicknamed
    'Judith'; the Lion killed
    by a rhino; the tour when
    the Lions played Aussie
    Rules; the Lion invited
    to audition for Ben Hur;
    and, the Greatest Ever
    Lions XV.
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The Six Nations Rugby Miscellany
The Six Nations Rugby
Miscellany
    Revised and updated to
    include the 2013 Six
    Nations Championship,
    there are hundreds of
    fascinating facts about
    the competition (and its
    predecessors the British
    and Five Nations
    Championships) on a wide
    range of topics, from
    individual players and
    famous teams to sports
    politics and scandals and
    controversies off the
    field. It also features
    famous"es, final
    championship tables, big
    match results, fantasy
    teams, records, lists
    and numerous trivia
    entries. As the items
    appear completely at
    random, the book can be
    read from cover to cover,
    but is even better being
    dipped into and enjoyed -
    like short bursts over
    the gain line. Researched
    with unflagging energy by
    an unrivalled master of
    the sporting factoid,
    and a proud Irishman who
    celebrated long and loud
    after his countys 2010
    Triple Crown, The Six
    Nations Rugby Miscellany
    with bring hours of
    reading pleasure to every
    rugby union fan.
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Lions Triumphant - The Captains Story
Lions Triumphant - The
Captains Story
    When the British and
    Irish Lions set out for
    Australia in late May,
    they knew they faced a
    daunting task. Since the
    war, only four Lions
    sides had returned
    victorious, the last in
    1997. In the modern era
    of professional rugby,
    some even questioned if
    the Lions concept still
    had a place. How could a
    mixture of of northern
    hemisphere nations come
    together and take on the
    might of one of the
    southern giants? Under
    coach Warren Gatland and
    captain Sam Warburton,
    the Lions of 2013 looked
    to overcome the doubters
    and to show they could
    still make the Lions
    roar. As captain,
    Warburton himself had to
    face questions over his
    form and fitness, but he
    emerged to lead his side
    to a stunning 23-21
    victory in the first Test
    in Brisbane. The second
    Test was lost by the
    narrowest of margins,
    but the Lions bounced
    back to record an epic
    41-16 triumph to seal the
    series. In this book,
    Warburton relives the
    entire Lions experience,
    from the moment he
    learned he had been
    chosen to captain the
    side to the time he got
    to raise the trophy at
    the end of the tour, and
    the huge welcome that
    greeted the squad when
    they returned home.
    Packed with insight and
    revealing details about
    the Lions preparations,
    this is the definitive
    inside account of one of
    rugbys greatest moments.
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Lions Tales - Matt Dawsons
Lions Tales - Matt Dawsons
    Matt Dawson's Lions Tales
    gives rugby fans a
    satisfying dose of
    wonderful Lions
    anecdotes, epic stories
    of triumph and despair,
    of camaraderie and
    controversy, and
    stirring examples of that
    special bond that only
    competing in the white
    heat of battle, halfway
    round the world, against
    the mighty All Blacks,
    Wallabies and Springboks,
    can engender. Lions
    Tales is peppered with
    insight and
    laugh-out-loud moments,
    dredged from the memory
    banks of Dawson's own
    time in the iconic red
    shirt, and also from his
    keen interest in the
    Lions' remarkable
    125-year traditions.
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