Rugby Football

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 ... Read More

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. Read Less