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 & ran with it. In 1863 the Football Association met to standardise a common set of rules between the kicking & running games but failed to meet with the approval of the rugby fraternity. Twenty-one clubs refused to join the FA & 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 & growth of the game, with background to more than a century of the most successful teams & the greatest matches, a players hall of fame, & 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. ...

Presented by Eddie Hemmings & Mike Stephenson, this rugby compilation features the funniest moments & the most violent tackles from Rugby League & the new Super League, with extra highlights looking at some of the best Challenge Cup moments. Eddie a ...

Rugby union is full of colorful characters & stories from its glorious past. Now you can revel in a day-by-day account of gems from the rich seam of the glorious game's history. Amazing victories, stupendous tries, extreme individual feats, dramatic controversial incidents, & huge personalities. ...

Young rugby fans can add more than 300 stickers to the pages of this exciting activity book. Children will love to organise the players on the training pitch, help them into the right kit in the changing rooms, line up the New Zealand All Blacks for their traditional Haka, & get their team into the perfect formation for a match-winning try. ...

The Six Nations Tournament! What a spectacle! Stodgy breakfast & out on the booze by 10am. Back home after shut tap, so full of beer that you sound like a hot water bottle. When they're away... you get four days of it, sometimes even more! Here for the first time the stories from the 'away trips' are published
- for the wives to know what it's all about, & for the lads to read the funny things they can't remember...
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Cliff Morgan, using BBC Sound Archive material, presents the history & humour of the great game of Rugby Union. No game generates more passion, or stirs the emotions, like Rugby Union. No game enjoys itself more when the whistle blows. & none has produced quite such good talkers, on or off the muddy pitch. Here, from the BBC's unique Sound Archive, are memories of great teams, matches & tries, Grand Slams & famous internationals, the collected wit & wisdom of some of the legendary characters who have graced the game, & some of its most enthusiastic followers. Cliff Morgan introduces contributions from former players including Barry John, JPR Williams, Bill McLaren, Bill Beaumont, Gareth Edwards, Willie John Mc Bride & Gerald Davies, & famous fans Spike Milligan & Richard Burton. ...

The must-have companion to the greatest event in world rugby... Containing everything rugby fans will need to enjoy the World Cup, this official guide is packed with images, profiles, previews & charts, making it essential reading for any fan & the perfect companion to all of the tournament action. Contents include Team-by-team profiles, Star player profiles, a guide to every venue, a Fill-in tournament progress chart, a History of the Rugby World Cup, Rugby World Cup records, Qualification round-up & more!   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781802796360 •†Author: Simon Collings •†Publisher:†  Welbeck •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 128 •†Dimensions:† 18.9 x 24.6 cm ...

Enter the Grishaverse with book three of the Shadow & Bone Trilogy, now a Netflix original series. 

Soldier. Summoner.

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Sophie Greenwood went to London to have her season hoping to find a husb&. If only they had told her that her father had lost all his money, but gossip spreads quickly around London & already everyone knew Baron Canmore's scandal. Now 2 years later, will Sophie ruin another season? ...

More than two decades after moving to Saudi Arabia & marrying Abdullah Baylani, Rosalie learns that her husband has married a second wife. The discovery plunges the powerful family into chaos as Rosalie grapples with leaving Saudi Arabia, her life & her family behind. ...