Huw Richards: 4 books
The Red & The White
A History of England vs Wales Rugby
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
In every Five Nations – and now Six Nations – season the real showdown is always that between England and Wales: Wales with its history of playing the finest rugby of all the home nations, England with its enviable strength in depth and forward muscle. Whether in the vast bowl of Twickenham or...
A Game for Hooligans
The History of Rugby Union
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
Rugby union has undergone immense change in the past two decades - introducing a World Cup, accepting professionalism and creating a global market in players - yet no authoritative English-language general history of the game has been published in that time. Until now.
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Dragons and All Blacks
Wales v. New Zealand - 1953 and a Century of Rivalry
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2012
'The Bounce of the Century' they called it. A ball kicked across Cardiff Arms Park in the dying minutes of a match between two of international rugby's fiercest rivals. The world's two greatest wingers waited as it bounced towards them, knowing that whoever caught the ball would score and win the...
Raising The Dragon
A Clarion Call To Welsh Rugby
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2011
Rugby has held a central role in Welsh life over the past century. In the words of historian Gareth Williams, the game has been 'a pre-eminent expressionof Welsh consciousness, a signifier of Welsh nationhood'. Less than 25 years ago touring teams from the southern hemisphere knew that their hardest...