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What is After the final whistle : the first rugby World cup and the first World war about?

When Britains 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, sports occupied their minds and bodies. In 1919, a grateful Mother Country hosted a rugby tournament for the Kings 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. This is the story of rugbys journey through World War I to its first World Cup, and how those values endure today.

Author

Stephen Cooper; Jason Leonard

Publisher

Spellmount Publishers Ltd

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780750969994

Subjects

Anthropology, Social_sciences