Heart and Soul: The Character of Welsh Rugby
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Heart and Soul: The Character of Welsh Rugby
By (Author) Huw Richards
Edited by etc.
Edited by Peter Stead
Edited by Gareth Williams
University of Wales Press
University of Wales Press
22nd January 1999
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Biography: sport
796.3330922429
Physical Properties
Hardback
224
Width 156mm, Height 236mm
Description
The changing nature and fortunes of Welsh Rugby since the 1950s are here traced through the careers, on and off the field, of some of its most interesting and controversial characters. Each player's style and personality are evoked, his rapport with fans and the media examined and his career and interest off the rugby field traced.
Reviews
A litany of rugby saints which, collected together, twine into an illuminating and resonant social history of Welsh rugby. A grand book. Frank Keating
--Frank Keating"
"A litany of rugby saints which, collected together, twine into an illuminating and resonant social history of Welsh rugby. A grand book." -Frank Keating
--Frank Keating
Author Bio
Huw Richards is the rugby correspondent of the Financial Times. Peter Stead is a writer, broadcaster, and professor at the University of South Wales. Gareth Williams is a professor at the Centre for Modern and Contemporary Wales at the University of South Wales.
