Rugby's strangest matches: extraordinary but true stories from over a century of rugby

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From bestselling author John Griffiths. Jam packed with over one hundred years of strange rugby history! The perfect gift for the rugby fan in your family! Rugby fans will delight in this extraordinary collection of astonishing but true stories from the past 130 years, which reveal a bizarre and hitherto uncelebrated side to the sport. Here you'll find, amongst many other bizarre events, the Irish international who arranged his marriage in order to play against England, the match in which a team of top soccer players beat their rugby counterparts at their own game, the riotous encounter that m.;Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; 1871 Dr Almond's words of wisdom; 1877 The first fifteens; 1878 And there was light; 1884 The long disputed try; 1887 A heroic act; 1889 A Maori protest; 1893 When the crowd didn't know the score; 1903 A family affair; 1903 A unique Scottish treble; 1905 Disbelieving sport editors; 1905 The referee performs a solo; 1906 Selectors' cock-up; 1910 Joe's New Year cap; 1913 A game of four quarters; 1920 Where's my shirt?; 1923 Two freak scores; 1924 Three pairs of brothers; 1924 Bronze medal ... just for turning up; 1925 Moment that silenced Twickenham.