Thirty bullies
Subtitle: a celebration of twenty years of the Rugby World Cup
By: Alison Kervin
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9781847370136; 9781847370129
Subjects: History; Rugby football players; World Cup (Rugby football); World Cup (Rugby football) fast (OCoLC)fst01409526
Description: A wonderfully entertaining history of the first twenty years of the rugby World Cup, charting the tournament's progress from amateur kick-about to one of the world's premier sporting events.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-362) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Prelude; title: Part one: 1987: Cheers, beers and cauliflower ears (1. Fooling the fat testers and drinking 'til dawn ; 2. Journey into the unknown ; 3. The incredible Fiji story ; 4. The beginning of a new era in world rugby ; 5. The crowning of the first World Champions).; title: Part two: 1991: Glamour comes to rugby union (6. What did the first World Cup achieve? ; 7. The second tournament arrives ; 8. The pool games ; 9. Western what? The story of Western Samoa ; 10. The tourament hots up ; 11. The day that England changed their tactics).; title: Part three: 1995: Colours of the Rainbow Nation (12. The return of South Africa ; 13. The story of the pools ; 14. Tragedy hits the World Cup ; 15. It never rains here at this time of year! ; 16. Jonah Lomu makes his mark ; 17. Mandela's new shirt ; 18. New Zealand gets sick and South Africa rejoices).; title: Part four: 1999: Bowled over by professonalism (19. One fine day in Paris ; 20. But what about us? The minnows' stories ; 21. Pool time ; 22. The road to the final ; 23. A double for the boys from Down Under).; title: Part five: 2003: The rugby world tilts on its axis (24. Turning stones ; 25. A year of triumph for England ; 26. Old Soviet tractors ; 27. Tensions in the England camp and a display of cultural differences ; 28. Fifteen men, a maverick coach and a World Cup victory).; title: Part six: Conclusion and 2007 (Conclusion ; Curtian call: a final word from the World Cup's most experienced player).