Greatest moments of rugby
By: Ian Welch
Publisher: G2 Entertainment Ltd.
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Kent
Language: eng
Number of pages: 111
ISBN-13: 9781782812623
Subjects: Rugby Union football teams; History; Rugby football
Description: Few people can dispute that rugby is the most passionate sport in the world and there can be no more dramatic spectacle than 30 players giving their all in a brutal encounter. Greatest Moments of Rugby looks at the history of the sport through its best journalism.
Table of contents: title: The British Lions win in New Zealand; title: 1971; title: The day the pubs ran dry; title: 1972; title: Barbarians score the try of the century; title: 1973; title: Wales win their second Grand Slam in three years; title: 1978; title: England win the title outright; title: 1980; title: Ireland win the Five Nations; title: 1982; title: France Triumph over Australia 30-24; title: 1987; title: Scotland beat England in Grand Slam decider; title: 1990; title: England 25-22 Australia, World Cup quarter-final; title: 1995; title: South Africa beat New Zealand in final; title: 1995; title: Bath, first English winners of the Heineken Cup; title: 1998; title: Newcastle, first "professional" league champions; title: 1998; title: Wales beat South Africa at the Millennium Stadium; title: 1999; title: France 43-31 New Zealand, World Cup semi-final; title: 1999; title: And Italy make it six; title: 2000; title: England win Six Nations with record scoring; title: 2001; title: England beat Australia in the World Cup final; title: 2003; title: Wasps beat Toulouse in the Heineken Cup final; title: 2004; title: Leicester triumph over London Irish 39-22; title: 2004; title: Wales win the Six Nations; title: 2005; title: Munster beat Biarritz 23-19 and win the Heineken Cup; title: 2006; title: New Zealand win World Cup at last; title: 2011; title: Wales beat France to win Grand Slam; title: 2012; title: Lions win third test to beat Australia; title: 2013; title: Jonny & Brian bow out as winners; title: 2014.