The red and the white
Subtitle: the story of England v Wales rugby
By: Huw Richards
Publisher: Aurum
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781845134051
Subjects: Rugby Union football matches; Rugby Union football players
Description: "No match in the annual Six Nations Championship is more charged or fervently awaited than England v Wales. Rugby journalist and historian Huw Richards has searched the archives, hunted down match reports and talked to players with memories stretching back for more than 60 years to build a picture of a rivalry which began with players changing in a public house and has grown to fill the giant stadiums of today. His history stretches from Henry Taylor's opening score for England in 1881 to Mike Phillips's match-winning try for Wales at Twickenham in 2008. It tells of great players and matches, and the people who watched them, of mudbaths, punch-ups, one-match wonders and stars who shone for a decade or more. It is the story of the men in the red and white, of the match that always matters."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-256) and index.