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The Oval World - A Global History of Rugby (Paperback)
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The Oval World - A Global History of Rugby (Paperback)
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Rugby has always been a sport with as much drama off the field as
on it. For every thrilling last-minute Jonny Wilkinson drop-goal to
win the World Cup or Jonah Lomu rampage down the touchline for a
try, there has been a split, a feud or a controversy. The Oval
World is the first full-length history of rugby on a world scale -
from its origins in the village-based football games of medieval
times up to the globalised sport of the twenty-first century, now
played in over 100 countries. It tells the story of how a game
played in an obscure English public school became the winter sport
of the British Empire, spreading to France, Argentina, Japan and
the rest of the world and commanding a global television audience
of over four billion for the last World Cup final. It also explores
how American football - and other games such as Australian,
Canadian and Gaelic football - emerged from their English cousin.
Featuring the great moments in the game's history and its legendary
names - David Duckham, Serge Blanco, Billy Boston and David
Campese, alongside Rupert Brooke, King George V, Boris Karloff,
Charles de Gaulle and Nelson Mandela - The Oval World investigates
just what it is about rugby that enables it to thrive in countries
with very different traditions and cultures. This is the definitive
world history of a truly global sport.
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