The Random History Of Rugby

A lot of rucking and mauling has gone on since William Webb Ellis first
picked up the ball and ran, but this doughty little book heroically manages
to capture the true essence of the daddy of all oval ball games in just 80
minutes (plus 20 minutes of overtime). This is the story of rugby as never
been told before: a jinking, weaving compilation of surreal match reports,
spoof correspondence and quirky cartoons. From the playing fields of
Edwardian England's public schools to the canopied splendour of Cardiff's
Millennium Stadium, the game's towering achievements, hilarious happenings
and ludicrous coincidences are entertainingly recalled. In the
uber-professional rugby world of the 2010s, players don't drink or
misbehave, as England showed in New Zealand in 2011 ...