Classic Rugby Clangers
Subtitle: Fluffs, fails and foul-ups from the world's rugby pitches
By: David Mortimer
Publisher: Pavilion Books; Pavilion
Published: 2015
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781910232743
Subjects: Rugby football; Anecdotes
Description: This hilarious collection of stories taken from over 130 years of rugby history recounts some of the moments their perpetrators would rather forget. A relentlessly high-speed game, rugby is particularly prone to crucial split-second tests of human fallibility and eccentricity, and for every player snatching victory at the last gasp there is somebody whose overconfidence or moment of self-doubt leaves the spectator clutching his head in disbelief. And on top of that, rugby players are notorious for their off-the-pitch shenanigans, many examples of which are featured here. Specially updated and revised with brand-new material for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, taking place in England for the first time in over 20 years, this book is a must-buy for the rugby nut in your life.
Notes: EPUB.
Table of contents: title: Title; Contents; Foreword; Before the Old Farts Sounded Off (1871- ); A Triumph For Advocates of Noise Abatement (1871); If It's No Trouble, Could You Turn Out For England Today? (1880); Wind Gathers in the Nether Regions (1889-1936); Hasie Versfeld Makes His Point (1891); Louis Magee's Match (1899); It's All Rather Confusing, Really (1905); That's My Boy! (1906); If the Cap Fits (1906, 1970, 1993, 1994 & 1892); A Promising Career Cut Short by a Sandwich (1911-69); Watts Up Now? (1914); The Irish Cordially Invite Their Welsh Friends to a Fight (1914); Come On In, the Water's Lovely (1921).; title: Wakefield Has a Distressing Season (1921-2)World Champs For 91 Years; title: and Still Counting (1924); Don't Worry, I'll Probably Get One Over in the End (1924); What Me, Ref? You Cannot Be Serious! (1925); The French Have a Cunning Plan (1925); Time to Give Up (1931); Just a Kick Away From Disaster (1932, 1962 & 1991); Sic Transit Gloria Mundi (1933); Never Mind His Leg, Man, Go For His Finger (1937); A Clear Case of Moving the Goalposts (1938); Cup Suckers (1949, 1980, 1992 & 1993); To Lose Once in a Day is Unfortunate, But Twice is Careless (1949).; title: The Long Drought That Followed a 44-Point Downpour (1951)Crocodiles Only Eat You (1955); Aussie Nerve Cracks at the Death; title: Twice (1958); Rum Goings-on at Ellis Park (1958); Can You Kick It From Here If I Blow For a Penalty? (1959); A Cure For Insomnia (1963); The Calcutta Cup of Victory Dashed (1965); Forget the Rugby, What Can We Trash Next? (1968); When It Pays to Know Your Browns (1971); Bad Workmen Blame Their Dogs (1971); Can I Eat Yours If You Don't Want It? (1972); An Unfortunate Incident in the Angel Hotel (1972); 'Who Wants a Goat's Head Above the Mantelpiece?' (1974).; title: Not a Swart Move (1974)Seen Through Glass Darkly (1909-76); 'Right, Lads, 80 Per Cent Commitment For 100 Minutes' (1975-80); Hwyl Go Too Far If You're Not Careful (1980); Give Him Twenty Years and He'll Turn Out All Right (1980); Springboks Under Siege (1981); 'The Aftershave'll Flow Tonight ... ' (1982); 'Like a Pip Out of an Orange' (1987); The Winner, on a Technical Knockout, Wayne Shelford! (1987); The Racing Pinks (1987-9); Campo's Catastrophe (1989); 'So Foul and Fair a Day I Have Not Seen' (1990); Who's Right? You, Me or the Ref? (1990).; title: The Anglo-Saxon Conspiracy Theory Gets an Airing (1992)Weasels With Attitude; title: and Appetite (1966 & 1990s); On a Wing and a Prayer (1993); I'm Sure Someone Gave Me a Book of Rules Once ... (1993); A Night of Shame (1995); Would That Be Jonah as in Whale? (1995); Back Tosses His Toys Out of the Pram (1996); 'Bokke, O Bokke!' (1997); The Tussle in Le Toulzac (1997); Slammed Out (1999); De Beer Drops in to Spoil the Party (1999); 'The Only Explanation is That We Are French' (1999); The Plank That Turned into a Springboard (2001); It's Time to Make Crossbars Bigger (2000-02).