2000Medical Entomology and ZoologyRequires access

The Union Game: A Rugby History

Sean Smith

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A celebratory volume to accompany the fourth Rugby World Cup, taking place in the UK in the year 2000. It traces the social and popular history of rugby, and includes chapters on such topics as the game's adoption by so many different countries, and the vexed decision to turn professional.

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A celebratory volume to accompany the fourth Rugby World Cup, taking place in the UK in the year 2000. It traces the social and popular history of rugby, and includes chapters on such topics as the game's adoption by so many different countries, and the vexed decision to turn professional.

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A celebratory volume to accompany the fourth Rugby World Cup, taking place in the UK in the year 2000. It traces the social and popular history of rugby, and includes chapters on such topics as the game's adoption by so many different countries, and the vexed decision to turn professional.

Key concepts: Social history (medicine), Political science, Media studies, Sociology, Medicine, Surgery

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