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    Rugby's Strangest Matches: Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of rugby
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    Rugby's Strangest Matches: Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of rugby

    By John Griffiths

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    Rugby fans will delight in this astonishing collection of outlandish stories from the past 150 years of the game. Here you’ll find, among many other curious events, the Irish international who arranged his marriage in order to play against England, the team of top soccer players who beat their rugby counterparts at their own game, the day the entire Wales team was sent off, and when in an astonishing turn of events underdog Japan trimphed and beat South Africa (and who doesn't love an underdog). The tales in this book are bizarre, fascinating, and, most importantly, true. Revised, redesigned and updated for 2016, this book makes the perfect gift for the rugby obsessive in your life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPortico
    Release dateFeb 12, 2016
    ISBN9781911042297
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    Rugby's Strangest Matches: Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of rugby
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    John Griffiths

    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.

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