Winter Colours: Changing Seasons in World Rugby [Illustrated]

McRae, Donald

ISBN 10: 1851589945 / ISBN 13: 9781851589944

Published by Mainstream Publishing, 1998

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VGC.Mainstream Publishing,1998.First UK edition-first printing.Tan hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,nick and light shelf wear on the edges of the cover) with Dj(two tears on the edges of the back Dj cover,crease,nicks and scratches on the Dj cover),both in VGC.Nice and clean pages with a ink mark and light shelf wear on the outer edges,a couple of nicks and creases on the edges of the pages,two pencil marks impressions on the edge of the first blank page of the book,small ink mark on page 7.The book is in VGC with a mark and light shelf wear inside the edges of the Dj cover.387pp.Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Product Description: This volume explores how rugby is played and revered in different countries and cultures. It unfolds in the space of two years, from September 1996 to August 1998, as McRae travels across the hemispheres, moving from Britain and France to the New World, comparing the game at club, provincial, and national levels. It begins in the South Africa of McRae's youth where rugby was a byword for Apartheid. It covers the tours of the All Blacks and The British Lions in the new South Africa, crosses France, Britain, and Ireland in the company of the Springboks and Wallabies, and ends up in New Zealand and Australia with the English and Welsh teams.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Winter Colours: Changing Seasons in World Rugby [Illustrated]
• Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1851589945
• ISBN 13: 9781851589944
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First UK edition-first printing.
• Condition: Very good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sports, Hobbies & Games

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Synopsis

This volume explores how rugby is played and revered in different countries and cultures. It unfolds in the space of two years, from September 1996 to August 1998, as McRae travels across the hemispheres, moving from Britain and France to the New World, comparing the game at club, provincial, and national levels. It begins in the South Africa of McRae's youth where rugby was a byword for Apartheid. It covers the tours of the All Blacks and The British Lions in the "new" South Africa, crosses France, Britain, and Ireland in the company of the Springboks and Wallabies, and ends up in New Zealand and Australia with the English and Welsh teams.

About the Author

Donald McRae is the award-winning author of eight books. He is one of only two authors to have won the prestigious William Hill award twice, for Dark Trade and In Black & White. As a journalist he has twice won Sports Interviewer of the Year - as well as winning Sports Feature Writer of the Year. He lives in Hertfordshire.