Behind the Lions: Playing Rugby for the British & Irish Lions

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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SOURCES; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION: CRUSADERS; CHAPTER ONE: PATHFINDERS 1888; CHAPTER TWO: CHAMPAGNE AND TRAVEL 1891; CHAPTER THREE: GENTLEMEN IN ALL CLASSES 1896; CHAPTER FOUR: MANLY PLAY 1899; CHAPTER FIVE: HERALD OF DARK DECADES 1903; CHAPTER SIX: THE KIWI ROVER 1904; CHAPTER SEVEN: TEMPERANCE NATION 1908; CHAPTER EIGHT: PUPIL TURNED MASTER 1910; CHAPTER NINE: BENNIE'S BOOT 1924; CHAPTER TEN: PLAYING TO THE LAWS 1930; CHAPTER ELEVEN: TWILIGHT OF THE SPORTING GODS 1938; CHAPTER TWELVE: THE FLYING LION 1950.;This new edition will include stories, anecdotes, interviews and images from the 2013 Lions tour, the controversial and hugely exciting Test series that witnessed the Lions greatest triumph for 16 years. For 125 years the British & Irish Lions have stood out as a peerless emblem in world sport. This unique account of the best from the four Home Nations examines every tour in the Lions' history, including the victorious 2013 tour to Hong Kong and Australia, told in the players' words. 'Behind the Lions' sees four esteemed rugby writers from each of the Home Nations delve to the heart of what it. Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SOURCES CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION: CRUSADERS CHAPTER ONE: PATHFINDERS 1888 CHAPTER TWO: CHAMPAGNE AND TRAVEL 1891 CHAPTER THREE: GENTLEMEN IN ALL CLASSES 1896 CHAPTER FOUR: MANLY PLAY 1899 CHAPTER FIVE: HERALD OF DARK DECADES 1903 CHAPTER SIX: THE KIWI ROVER 1904 CHAPTER SEVEN: TEMPERANCE NATION 1908 CHAPTER EIGHT: PUPIL TURNED MASTER 1910 CHAPTER NINE: BENNIE'S BOOT 1924 CHAPTER TEN: PLAYING TO THE LAWS 1930 CHAPTER ELEVEN: TWILIGHT OF THE SPORTING GODS 1938 CHAPTER TWELVE: THE FLYING LION 1950. CHAPTER THIRTEEN: LORDS OF AFRICA 1955CHAPTER FOURTEEN: KINGS OF RUGBY 1959 CHAPTER FIFTEEN: DECLINING FORTUNES 1962 CHAPTER SIXTEEN: LAND OF THE LONG DARK CLOUD 1966 CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: LEARNING THE LESSONS 1968 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: THE HISTORY BOYS 1971 CHAPTER NINETEEN: THE INVINCIBLES 1974 CHAPTER TWENTY: HISTORY IN REVERSE 1977 CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: EXTERNAL PRESSURES APPLY 1980 CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: MONTHS OF MELANCHOLY 1983 CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: THE COMEBACK KINGS 1989 CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: THE TWILIGHT OF THE AMATEUR 1993 CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: GLORY DAYS 1997. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: THE NEARLY MEN 2001CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: BLACKOUT 2005 CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: OLD SCHOOL VALUES 2009 CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: WARBURTON'S WARRIORS 2013 ABRIDGED HISTORY STATS AND RECORDS.