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Index
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 Rugby’s Great Split
Part II Towards Five Nations
5 Scotland: ‘Rugby Football: The Real Game of the Two Countries’
6 Ireland: A National Identity
7 Wales: The Dragon’s Embrace
8 France: The Baron, The Red Virgin and Rugby’s Belle Époque
Part III Making a Rugby World
9 New Zealand: All Blacks in the Land of the Long White Cloud
10 South Africa: From Gog’s Game to Springboks
11 Australia: Wallaroos and Kangaroos
12 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, à Treize and à la Vichy
18 Britain’s Rush to Rugby
19 Leagues Apart: 1919–39
20 Rugby in the Second World War
Part VI Rugby’s New Horizons
21 European Rugby and the Rise of Italy
22 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: Rugby’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 1945–95
29 Bravehearts, Tigers and Lions: Scotland and Ireland in the Post-war Years
30 The France That Wins …
31 Rugby League: A People’s Game in a Television Age
32 Rugby’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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