A celebratory volume to accompany the fourth Rugby World Cup, taking place in the UK in the year 2000. It traces the social and popular history of rugby, and includes chapters on such topics as the game's adoption by so many different countries, and the vexed decision to turn professional.
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Sean Smith has spent approximately 20 years in full-time ministry, including ten years directing campus outreach ministries. Sean has now been launched into full-time evangelism, conducting outreaches and crusades all over the States and overseas. Sean s services witness the Holy Spirit s supernatural release to meet people with a heart of compassion and to touch their needs. In addition to his evangelistic ministry, Sean has served as the Director of Spiritual Life at Bethany College in Scotts Valley, California. Sean received a Masters in Ministry from the Wagner Leadership Institute, and his writings have been published in several nationwide publications. The Smith family currently resides in San Ramon, California.
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nice starter on rugby's history,
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This review is from: The Union Game: A Rugby History (Hardcover)
If you're like me and a casual rugby fan who mostly tunes into the big international tournaments only this is a great coffee table book. It is an accompaniment to the BBC TV series of the same name and the series itself is superior.
The book focuses on the main protagonists of world rugby (the Five Nations of the British Isles + France...sorry, Italy...and the Tri-Nations of Australia, New Zealand And South Africa). There's literally nothing on some of the second tier nations we all love like Fiji, Western Samoa and Argentina. There are longer asides of the greatest matches in rugby history (although the choices are too skewed to World Cup Finals) and rugby's greatest players. It's good as a primer to the sport for fans to jump off and go find other books on aspects of the game's history that pique their interest.
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