Hard Men Of Welsh Rugby

Author : Lynn Davies
Publisher : Y Lolfa
ISBN 13 : 1784610208
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hard Men of wel Rugby written by Lynn Davies and published by Y Lolfa. This book was released on 2014-08-14 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at 20 rugby union players who fought on wel pitches for little but pride and honour in the days prior to the game turning professional in 1995, such as Dai Morris, Graham Price, Ray Prosser, Brian Thomas, Delme Thomas, Geoff Wheel, J P R Williams, R H Williams, W O Williams and Bobby Windsor.

Author : Luke Upton
Publisher : Y Lolfa
ISBN 13 : 1800990065
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hard Men of Rugby written by Luke Upton and published by Y Lolfa. This book was released on 2020-10-23 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gruesome stories of the hardest, most ruthless rugby players from around the world since World War I. As talented as they were fiery, many were just as lively off the pitch as on it. In our era of citing commissioners, super slow-motion replays and trial by social media, some of their actions are quite hard to believe! Foreword by Nigel Owens.

Author : Lynn Davies
Publisher : Ylolfa
ISBN 13 : 9781847713520
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hard Men of Welsh Rugby written by Lynn Davies and published by Ylolfa. This book was released on 2011 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at 20 rugby union players who fought on Welsh pitches for little but pride and honour in the days prior to the game turning professional in 1995, such as Dai Morris, Graham Price, Ray Prosser, Brian Thomas, Delme Thomas, Geoff Wheel, J P R Williams, R H Williams, W O Williams and Bobby Windsor.

Author : David Tossell
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1845969510
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nobody Beats Us written by David Tossell and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1970s, an age long before World Cups, rugby union to the British public meant Bill McLaren, rude songs and, most of all, Wales. Between 1969 and 1979, the men in red shirts won or shared eight Five Nations Championships, including three Grand Slams and six Triple Crowns. But the mere facts resonate less than the enduring images of the precision of Gareth Edwards, the sublime touch of Barry John, the sidesteps of Gerald Davies and Phil Bennett, the courage of J.P.R. Williams, and the forward power of the Pontypool Front Row and 'Merv the Swerve' Davies. To the land of their fathers, these Welsh heroes represented pride and conquest at a time when the decline of the province's traditional coal and steel industries was sending thousands to the dole queue and threatening the fabric of local communities. Yet the achievements of those players transcended their homeland and extended beyond mere rugby fans. With the help of comedian Max Boyce, the culture of Welsh rugby and valley life permeated Britain's living rooms at the height of prime time, reinforcing the sporting brilliance that lit up winter Saturday afternoons. In Nobody Beats Us, David Tossell, who spent the '70s as a schoolboy scrum-half trying to perfect the Gareth Edwards reverse pass, interviews many of the key figures of a golden age of Welsh rugby and vividly recreates an unforgettable sporting era.

Author : Ross Harries
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1788851072
Total Pages : 551 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Behind the Dragon written by Ross Harries and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2019-06-13 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SHORTLISTED FOR THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2020 - RUGBY BOOK OF THE YEAR This is a complete history of the Welsh rugby union team – told by the players themselves. Based on a combination of painstaking research into the early years of the Wales team to interviews with a vast array of Test match players and coaches from the Second World War to the present day, Ross Harries delves to the very heart of what it means to play for Wales, painting a unique and utterly compelling picture of the game in the only words that can truly do so: the players' own. Behind the Dragon lifts the lid on what it is to pull on the famous red shirt – the trials and tribulations behind the scenes, the glory, the drama and the honour on the field, and the heart-warming tales of friendship and humour off it. Absorbing and illuminating, this is the ultimate history of Welsh rugby – told, definitively, by the men who have been there and done it.

Author : Bobby Windsor
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1907195793
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Iron Duke written by Bobby Windsor and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-01-18 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lions legend Bobby Windsor has enjoyed triumphs beyond the dreams of most international players but has also suffered personal tragedy. His rugby career as the best hooker in the British Isles during the second golden era of Welsh rugby in the 1970s is a turbulent tale of blood and thunder on the pitch. There are riotous incidents off the pitch, including unscheduled fights with professional boxers, revelations about illegal payments during the so-called amateur era and what Windsor did to upset the Establishment and become blackballed by one of the most famous clubs in the world. Windsor's irrepressible sense of humour comes shining through on every page, except when he gives chapter and verse on the personal crisis that drove him to plan suicide. The Iron Duke is the no-holds-barred, warts-and-all story of a working-class Welsh folk hero who rose from humble beginnings to become a permanent member of the greatest Lions team in the history of rugby union.

Author : Bunko Watkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781902719405
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spikey 2 Hard to Handle written by Bunko Watkins and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mewn hunangofiant gonest, mae Mike 'Spikey' Watkins, cymeriad brith ond hoffus ym myd rygbi Cymru yn yr 1980au yn codi'r clawr ar fywyd a gyrfa lliwgar iawn. -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru

Author : Jamie Roberts
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN 13 : 1529368847
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Centre Stage written by Jamie Roberts and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a nation of rugby heroes, Jamie Roberts has become a legend. Jamie Roberts is your quintessential hard man: a 6 foot 4, 17 stone slab of rippling muscle, conditioned to run hard into other huge men in an arena where physical dominance is the prime currency. Yet away from rugby, he's a mild-mannered and thoughtful man - a qualified doctor with a thirst for knowledge and a curiosity about the world around him. It's an intriguing contradiction. In his first full season with the Cardiff Blues he was picked by new Wales coach Warren Gatland in the Grand Slam-winning side of 2008. He was still establishing his position in the national team when he toured with the 2009 Lions, emerging as Player of the Series. He went on to win 97 Test caps and play for clubs in Paris, London and Cape Town, yet his career has seldom been straightforward. A fractured skull was one of many injuries he had to overcome, and from the start he had to juggle the competing demands of university life and professional rugby. The joy of Six Nations success with Wales was balanced by heartbreak in the World Cup and disappointment against southern-hemisphere teams, while major trophies at club level proved frustratingly elusive. In this colourful and frank account of a sterling career, Jamie Roberts reveals all about life on tour, in boot camps and in dressing rooms filled with once-in-a-generation characters such as Mike Phillips, Andy Powell, Shaun Edwards, Martyn Williams, Brian O'Driscoll and Johnny Sexton. He also shares his views on concussion in rugby, the failings of the professional structure in Wales and the vital role of old-school team-bonding.

Author : Huw Richards
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0753547848
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Raising The Dragon written by Huw Richards and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-07-31 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rugby has held a central role in Welsh life over the past century. In the words of historian Gareth Williams, the game has been 'a pre-eminent expressionof Welsh consciousness, a signifier of Welsh nationhood'. Less than 25 years ago touring teams from the southern hemisphere knew that their hardest games would be in Wales; the Welsh national team was consistently the strongest in Britain. Thats all changed. Wales is now one of the game's also-rans. With only one Home Championship in the past 20 years and little success in the World Cup, Welsh rugby - despite some consolidation under Graham Henry - is badly in need of fresh thinking and ideas. Who better to provide them than the man who was widely regarded as one of the best scrum halves of his era, yet whose playing career coincided with that period of Welsh decline? In this thought-provoking and frequently controversial book, Welsh rugby icon Robert Jones provides a sharply realistic assassment of the Welsh game from the roots to the national stadium, drawing heavily on lessons learned and observations made during his own illustrious career. Raising the Dragon is a persona manifesto for change from a player whose commitment to Wales never wavered.

Author : Lynn Davies
Publisher : Y Lolfa
ISBN 13 : 1784615323
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wales Defeated England written by Lynn Davies and published by Y Lolfa. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This line from Max Boyce's 'Hymns and Arias' usually elicits delirious applause in the rugby world. It is now the title of a book which looks at the classic matches between the two old foes between 1890 and 2013. Included are Wales vs England matches which featured controversies, such as the 1890 match when Wales were victorious for the first time.