Rugby's Strangest Matches
John Griffiths
- Rugby
- fans
- will
- delight
- in
- this
- astonishing
- collection
- of
- outlandish
- stories
- from
- the
- past
- 150
- years
- of
- the
- game.
- Here
- you’ll
- find,
- among
- many
- other
- curious
- events,
- the
- Irish
- international
- who
- arranged
- his
- marriage
- in
- order
- to
- play
- against
- England,
- the
- team
- of
- top
- soccer
- players
- who
- beat
- their
- rugby
- counterparts
- at
- their
- own
- game,
- the
- day
- the
- entire
- Wales
- team
- was
- sent
- off,
- and
- when
- in
- an
- astonishing
- turn
- of
- events
- underdog
- Japan
- trimphed
- and
- beat
- South
- Africa
- (and
- who
- doesn't
- love
- an
- underdog).
- The
- tales
- in
- this
- book
- are
- bizarre,
- fascinating,
- and,
- most
- importantly,
- true.Revised,
- redesigned
- and
- updated
- for
- 2016,
- this
- book
- makes
- the
- perfect
- gift
- for
- the
- rugby
- obsessive
- in
- your
- life.Word
- count: 45,000
