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The Random History of Rugby

Hapless Hookers & Useless Flankers

Iain Spragg
Barcode 9781853759932
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Release Date: 07/09/2017

Genre: Humour & Joke Books
Sub-Genre: Sports & Hobbies
Illustrator: Tony Husband
Label: Prion Books Ltd
Contributors: Tony Husband (Illustrated by)
Language: English
Publisher: Welbeck Publishing Group

Hapless Hookers & Useless Flankers. This is the story of rugby as never been told before: a jinking, weaving compilation of surreal match reports, spoof correspondence and quirky cartoons.

A lot of rucking and mauling has gone on since William Webb Ellis first picked up the ball and ran, but this doughty little book heroically manages to capture the true essence of the daddy of all oval ball games in just 80 minutes. This is the story of rugby as never been told before: a jinking, weaving compilation of surreal match reports, spoof correspondence and quirky cartoons.

From the playing fields of Edwardian England's public schools to the canopied splendour of Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, the game's towering achievements, hilarious happenings and ludicrous coincidences are entertainingly recalled.