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A Game for Hooligans: The History of Rugby Union, by Huw Richards

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About the Author

Huw Richards has been the Financial Times rugby correspondent since 1995. His other books on rugby include Dragons and All Blacks, which was nominated for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award.

Product details

Paperback: 318 pages

Publisher: Mainstream Publishing (November 22, 2007)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1845962559

ISBN-13: 978-1845962555

Product Dimensions:

5 x 0.9 x 7.5 inches

Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

4.4 out of 5 stars

22 customer reviews

Amazon Best Sellers Rank:

#689,821 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Grew up watching/playing Aussie rules, but moved to America and started looking for anything that wasn't NFL "football". The 2014 NRL final between the Roosters and Bulldogs, with Sam Burgess playing with a busted face, sealed the deal for me and made me a committed rugby fan. So, basically, I'm a very new fan to rugby. I read this book as I was watching the second half of the ITM Cup season unfold and I was looking for more insights as to what I was seeing when I watched rugby. This is not the service this book is trying to provide. Fortunately, I am a history buff, so I went along for the ride with a good attitude. This is basically a history of rugby book, which is an outstanding concept. Rugby is a story that needs to be told. Now, if you are uninitiated or recently initiated, and NOT total Anglophile, you will get lost during major parts of this book. This book could have been MASSIVELY assisted by a few pages of maps. Richards tells a global story, a story of nations at times. Some maps would help! I would give 5 stars for this book if it had maps. Speaking to Richard's writing style, he has an avuncular, story-teller tone that he maintains throughout, quite pleasurable to read. His approach assumes you have some background in rugby, which is fine, probably most people who buy this book do. I can't imagine a rugby fan having a library without this book, but I would recommend it to a total novice. Other than no maps (which you can get around by looking places up online), I dinged this book 1 star because toward the end you get page after page of summaries of international rugby games that, I guess, were of some kind of importance.

This book gives us the history of Rugby Union, with mentions of Soccer football, Gaelic Football, U.S. Football, Rugby League and Aussie Rules when their history impacts the history of Union.We see the origin of Rugby Union and of soccer as each emerged from the myriad local rules popular in Great Britain in the Nineteenth Century. The story of the game's origin at one point in time at Rugby School, with one player given credit for the change, is debunked as being as silly as the story that a former Union general, Abner Doubleday, invented baseball out of nowhere in Cooperstown NY. Well, really it isn't _as_ silly. It turns out that the rules used at Rugby School _were_ the rules that various schools and clubs settled on when they decided that they were not going to play soccer. And the public (meaning private) schools such as Rugby School, are shown as being very influential in the spread of the game, as well as giving it such class-consciousness that one sometimes still sees in those longing for the good old says of the amateur game.Then we see the conflict that gave rise to Rugby League, a game that seems mid-way to U.S. football in some ways, although it was never played much over here. And we see the unintended consequence of the breakaway of the clubs that went to League: English Rugby Union was weakened, making it possible for Ireland, Scotland, wales and later on France and Italy to contest the Four, Five and finally Six Nations tournament that has been so instrumental in making Union popular.We see Australia, with three sets of rules, four counting soccer, weakened in comparison to New Zealand, where only League competes with Union. And we see that non-whites played Rugby in South Africa even before their liberation and the World Cup that came as if as a reward.All in all, it is a fascinating story and well-told. Just be advised that it does not include the most recent World Cup.

A very detailed history of the sport. At times I had to re-read sentences, due to Richard's writing style. I think he could have researched the US Olympic rugby teams more: it wasn't "basically a Stanford team." Santa Clara University and University of California were well represented on those two Olympic teams, as well as a Swathmore student. Other than that I thought that there could have been more written about the New Zealand tour to the British Isles in the fall/winter of 1972-73 and how they weren't as successful on that tour as they had been and have continued to be on other tours.

I am just getting into the book as I only read a bit before falling asleep. It appears enjoyable for myself andanyone interested in Rugby. But probably not for a non-fan of the game.

Excited for friend to read it as a gift. Special gift note was not included so quite disappointed since this was indeed a gift with no card or memo.

Mr. Richard knows rugby history and presents the subject in a highly readable manner for novices as well as long in tooth fans. A fascinating world wide view of the growth of rugby union.

A moving dedication begins this extensive history of rugby, but this isn't for beginners. The fine writer and sincere fan Huw Richards created this detailed book, and it's good if you're already an informed insider. I suggest the very informative and fun book: Rugby Union For Dummies; it's published in Australia, with great descriptions/histories of all the major arenas. I still have to read Odd-Shaped Balls: Mischief-Makers, Miscreants and Mad-Hatters of Rugby. A very basic starter-book is: A Simple Guide to Rugby Union. Now, if only Amazon U.S. would carry the 2012 RBS Six Nations Championship on DVD! The Welsh won the Triple Crown, and the Grand Slam, with the aid of superb Tight-Head Prop (#3) Adam Rhys Jones: 20-stone of towering talent.

Arrived on time and as expected.

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