<p>Full of enthusiasm, this guide sets out to convince non-believers that rugby is the world's greatest game. </p>

How to Watch a Game of Rugby (The Ginger Series)

Zavos, Spiro

Biographies & Memoirs

Awa Press

<p>In 2007, 20 rugby-playing nations will take to the field to try and bring home rugby's most coveted prize, the William Webb Ellis trophy. Over 44 intense days, supporters will pour into rugby grounds and stadiums to watch the 47 matches that will lead up to the Rugby World Cup final in Paris on October 20. Around the world, an estimated 3.4 billion viewers will turn on their TV sets to be thrilled, maddened and exhilarated by the action as it unfolds. In this exciting book, acclaimed New Zealand rugby writer Spiro Zavos provides an insight into the extraordinary events that in 20 years have taken the Rugby World Cup from a pipedream to its place as one of the world's three top sporting events, equalled only by the Olympics and the Soccer World Cup. How to Watch the Rugby World Cup 2007 is an insider's guide to the players, coaches, referees, strategies, and national styles and idiosyncrasies that have shaped the five past tournaments, and that will make 2007 the most thrilling of them all. If you love rugby, you cannot afford to be without it.</p>

Watching the Rugby World Cup: Relive Past Cups and Prepare for the Greatest Contest Yet

Sports & Outdoors

Other Team Sports

Since the Rugby World Cup tournament began in 1987, its powerful players, speed-harged runs, soaring kicks, brutal scrums and controversial refereeing decisions have gripped billions of people around the world. In 2011, the tournament returns to its birthplace, New Zealand, where teams from 20 qualifying nations will battle to win rugby's mo'st coveted prize. For players and coaches, this is the ultimate test. Will Robbie Deans bring the Wallabies to glory? Can Graham Henry's All Blacks break their 20-year jinx? Will reigning champions South Africa overcome a season of disasters, or England recapture the brilliance of its 2003 victory? Can France, Wales, Scotland or Ireland win for the first time? Will a newly emerging team such as Argentina shock the world? Zavos also unveils the inside stories and controversies surrounding all six Rugby World Cup tournaments to date. This is a book that thrills from start to finish.

How to Watch the Rugby World Cup 2011

Penguin Group

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How to Watch a Game of Rugby (The Ginger Series)

Watching the Rugby World Cup: Relive Past Cups and Prepare for the Greatest Contest Yet

How to Watch the Rugby World Cup 2011