The Oval World: a Global History of Rugby 9781408843727, 1408843722

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Table of contents :
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
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s Great Split
Part II Towards Five Nations
5 Scotland: â#x80
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Rugby Football: The Real Game of the Two Countriesâ#x80
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6 Ireland: A National Identity
7 Wales: The Dragonâ#x80
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s Embrace
8 France: The Baron, The Red Virgin and Rugbyâ#x80
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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. 11 Australia: Wallaroos and Kangaroos12 From Rugby to Gridiron: The United States and Canada
Part IV Golden Years Amidst the Gathering Storm
13 Harold Wagstaff and the Phantoms of Baskerville
14 British Rugby Before 1914: Stoop to Conquer
15 A Greater Game? Rugby and the First World War
Part V Challenge and Change in the Interwar Years
16 All Blacks versus Springboks: Battle for the World
17 Rugby de Muerte, Ã Treize and Ã la Vichy
18 Britainâ#x80
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s Rush to Rugby
19 Leagues Apart: 1919â#x80
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20 Rugby in the Second World War
Part VI Rugbyâ#x80
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s New Horizons. 21 European Rugby and the Rise of Italy22 Argentina and South America: Rugby on a Soccer Continent
23 Empire of the Scrum: Japan, Asia and Africa
24 Big Hits from the South Pacific: Fiji, Tonga and Samoa
25 The USA and Canada: Rugbyâ#x80
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s North American Dream
26 Women Will Hold Up Half the Game
Part VII Tradition and Transformation
27 Springboks, All Blacks and the Politics of Rugby
28 Gentlemen and Players: Wales and England 1945â#x80
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95
29 Bravehearts, Tigers and Lions: Scotland and Ireland in the Post-war Years
30 The France That Wins â#x80
¦ 31 Rugby League: A Peopleâ#x80
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s Game in a Television Age32 Rugbyâ#x80
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s Road to 1995
Part VIII Into the 21st Century
33 Shrinking World, Global Oval
Conclusion The Soul of the Game
Notes
Index
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