After the Final Whistle (eBook)

The First Rugby World Cup and the First World War

Stephen Cooper (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015
256 Seiten
Spellmount (Verlag)
978-0-7509-6566-8 (ISBN)

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 CROSS SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD
When Britain's empire went to war in August 1914, rugby players were the first to volunteer: they led from the front and paid a disproportionate price. When the Armistice came after four long years, their war game was over; even as the last echo of the guns of November faded, it was time to play rugby again.
As Allied troops of all nations waited to return home, sport occupied their minds and bodies. In 1919, a grateful Mother Country hosted a rugby tournament for the King's Cup, to be presented by King George V at Twickenham Stadium. It was a moment of triumph, a celebration of military victory, of Allied unity and of rugby values, moral and physical. Never before had teams from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Britain and France been assembled in one place. Rugby held the first ever 'World Cup' – football would not play its own version until 1930.
In 2019 the modern Rugby World Cup moves to Japan in the Centenary of the King's Cup. With a foreword by Jason Leonard, this is the story of rugby's journey through the First World War to its first World Cup, and how those values endure today.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.8.2015
• Vorwort: Jason Leonard
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: 1919 • allied unity • armistice • August 1914 • Australia • Battle • battles • Britain • Canada • Celebration • first rugby world cup • First World War • Football • France • Jason Leonard • King George V • moral values • mother country • New Zealand • physical values • rfu • rugby players • |rugby teams • rugby teams, rugby players, Australia, Canada, new Zealand, south Africa, Britain, france, first rugby world cup, football, Jason leonard, first world war, world war one, world war 1, world war I, ww1, wwi, the great war, rfu, soldiers, trenches, battles, battle, • rugby tournament • rugby union, world cup, first world war, rugby history • Rugby values • soldiers • South Africa • Sport • The first rugby world cup and the first world war • The first rugby world cup and the first world war, august 1914, rugby players, volunteer, volunteers, armistice, sport, 1919, mother country, rugby tournament, the king’s cup, king George v, Twickenham stadium, triumph, celebration, allied unity, rugby values, moral values, physical values, • The Great War • the king’s cup • Trenches • Triumph • Twickenham stadium • Volunteer • volunteers • World War 1 • World War I • world war I, first world war, battle, trenches, soldiers, rugby, rugby world cup • World War One • WW1 • wwi
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-6566-5 / 0750965665
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-6566-8 / 9780750965668