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Synopsis
This vintage book is a complete and comprehensive guide to rugby. Designed to help people play and appreciate rugby in a time when it was not very well known, “Rugby Football” contains all the information you need to know to play the game properly. This volume would be of considerable utility to beginners and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of vintage sporting literature. Contents include: “Forward Play (I)”, “Forward Play (II)”, “Forward Play (III)”, “Half-Back Play (I)”, “Half-Back Play (II)”, “Half-Back Play (III)”, “Threequarter Play (I)”, “Threequarter (II)”, “Full-Back Play (I)”, “Full-Back Play (II)”, “The Team as a Whole (I)”, “The Team as a Whole (II)”, “Captaincy”, “Training and Outfit”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of rugby. First published in 1922.
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Product Description
[ Rugby Football Gent, D. R. ( Author ) ] { Paperback } 2009
About the Author
Born and bred in Wales, a native of Swansea, and twice a Welsh triallist, D. R. Gent became a Gloucester, Gloucestershire and England player. He made 146 appearances for Gloucester between 1903-11, and was captain for the 1906-7 season. He won five caps for England, his first being against the 1905 New Zealand team. He later became a school headmaster and rugby correspondent for the Sunday Times.
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