Ebook: The Oval World: a Global History of Rugby

Cover; Half-Title; Title; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction A Boy and an Oval Ball; Part I Kick-off; 1 The Tradition; 2 A School Called Rugby; 3 What Tom Brown Did Next; 4 Rugbyâ#x80;#x99;s Great Split; Part II Towards Five Nations; 5 Scotland: â#x80;#x98;Rugby Football: The Real Game of the Two Countriesâ#x80;#x99;; 6 Ireland: A National Identity; 7 Wales: The Dragonâ#x80;#x99;s Embrace; 8 France: The Baron, The Red Virgin and Rugbyâ#x80;#x99;s Belle Ã#x89;poque; Part III Making a Rugby World; 9 New Zealand: All Blacks in the Land of the Long White Cloud; 10 South Africa: From Gogâ#x80;#x99;s Game to Springboks.