Rugby's Strangest Matches: Extraordinary but True Stories from Over a Century of Rugby (Strangest series)

330 pages. Rugby fans will delight in this extraordinary collection of astonishing true stories from the past 130 years, which reveal a bizarre side to the sport hither to uncelebrated. Here you'll find the Irish international who arranged his marri age in order to qualify for leave of absence to play against England, the match in which a team of top soccer players beat their rugby counterparts literally at their own game, the riotous encounter that led to a seven-year lapse in the fix ture, the international where an entire Wales side were sent off, and the unknow n who played for his country due to an administrative mistake. Editorial Review s About the Author John Griffiths is a regular contributor to the Daily Telegra ph's rugby column, and the author of several sports books, including The Book of English International Rugby, The Book of International Rugby Records, British L ions, and The Five Nations Championship.