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Author: Sean SmithCondition: NewFormat: HardbackPages: 224Publisher: Ebury PublishingYear: 1999ISBN: 9780563551188
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.
Dublin 4, probably best-known in sporting terms as the spiritual home of Leinster Rugby, has one of the highest densities of diverse sports clubs in all of Ireland.