RUGBY BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS
The largest selection of rugby books and publications in the world can be found on this website. Please scroll down to see the pages containing players biographies, national, provincial and club histories, books from the great tours and tournaments, All Blacks, Wallaby & Springbok tours. annuals, bibliographies, coaching books, humorous rugby books, anthologies, rugby & politics, works of reference etc. Everything and anything to do with rugby football. This page is for navigation only and our books for sale can be found on the linked pages. Please click on the quick links below or scroll down to see more information the fantastic selection of books available.
QUICK LINKS TO BOOK PAGES....... ANNUALS - BIBLIOGRAPHIES - BIOGRAPHIES - CHILDREN'S BOOKS - COACHING & INSTRUCTIONAL - FICTION, RUGBY NOVELS - FITNESS & INJURIES - GENERAL SPORT INCLUDING RUGBY - HANDBOOKS - HISTORIES - HUMOUR - INTERNATIONAL TOURS - LIMITED EDITION LUXURY PRESENTATION BOOKS - MAGAZINES - MEDIA GUIDES - OFFERS - POLITICS & RUGBY - QUIZ BOOKS - REFERENCE - REFEREEING & LAWS - SIX NATIONS TOURNAMENT - RUGBY LEAGUE
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ANNUALS |
A superb selection of rugby annuals from around the world including Australian, English, New Zealand, Irish, Welsh, Scottish, South African, French and rugby annuals from other nations. Annuals are a great source of statistical information. This page also includes Handbooks and Media Guides which are other excellent information sources CLICK HERE FOR THE ANNUALS PAGE or click on the links below to be taken immediately to a section on this page. AUSTRALIA - BRITAIN - ENGLAND - FRANCE - IRELAND - ITALY - NEW ZEALAND - OTHER COUNTRIES - SCOTLAND - SOUTH AFRICA - WALES - HANDBOOKS - MEDIA GUIDES |
Books containing information about rugby books, listings of published rugby works CLICK HERE FOR THE BIBLIOGRAPHIES SECTION . |
RUGBY BIOGRAPHIES |
On this page you will find
a wonderful selection of
rugby biographies. It contains autobiographies, biographies &
biography compilations of all the major rugby playing countries,
including Welsh, English, All Black, Springbok, Irish,
Scottish, Wallaby & French players. To visit this page
please..............
or click on the links below for individual sections on this page Players surname's beginning with.... A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U W Y. Biography Compilations - Australia - British Lions - England - Ireland - New Zealand - Scotland - South Africa - Wales - Various (all countries) |
COACHING & INSTRUCTIONAL |
Coaching books up to 1950 can be found on the HISTORY page. Modern coaching books including fitness and injuries can be found on the misc books. page. These books are split into two sections. To visit either section please click on the links below. |
CHILDREN'S RUGBY BOOKS |
Rugby books for the young rugby fan, children's annuals, colouring books etc |
FICTION - RUGBY NOVELS |
Rugby stories. Novels with a rugby theme. |
A great selection of historical rugby books. Visit this page to see national, provincial & regional, club, stadium & tournament histories. View the section on the early development of the game, books from the 19th century, classic histories. The majority of books published before 1960 can be found on this page. Also listed are reference books, anthlogies & photographic compilations. CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE HISTORIES PAGE or click on the links below to be taken to an individual section within the Histories page AUSTRALIA - BARBARIANS - BRITISH & IRISH LIONS - ENGLAND - FIJI - FRANCE - IRELAND - ITALY - NEW ZEALAND - SCOTLAND - SOUTH AFRICA - USA - WALES 1823 to 1914 - 1915 to 1939 - 1940 to 1959 - 1960 + EARLY RUGBY - MODERN HISTORIES - GROUNDS - TOURNAMENTS/COMPETITIONS - ANTHOLOGIES - PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPILATIONS - HISTORIES MISC - REFERENCE
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RUGBY HUMOUR |
Fancy a laugh - Each rugby playing country has it's own brand of rugby humour, we have a fine selection of books from around the world. |
INTERNATIONAL TOURS & SIX NATIONS TOURNAMENT PUBLICATIONS |
Books and
publications associated with tours by the Springboks, All Blacks and
Wallabies to Britain and France, Overseas tours by France, Japan,
Ireland, Scotland, Samoa, USA & Wales. This page also covers
publications associated with the Six
Nations tournaments, books, magazines and brochures covering Grand Slams & Triple Crowns,
To visit this page click on the link below
CLICK HERE FOR INTERNATIONAL TOURS & TOURNAMENTS or click on the links below for each individual section ALL BLACKS - BRITISH LIONS - ENGLAND - FRANCE - IRELAND - NEW ZEALAND - SAMOA - SCOTLAND - SPRINGBOKS - WALES - WALLABIES - NON INTERNATIONAL TOURISTS |
Luxury & Limited Edition Rugby Books |
Luxury and limited edition presentation books are wonderful collectables. They are featured on a special page which contains a selection of superb books featuring the great rugby players and teams from around the world. Many of these books are autographed and contain the signatures of the world's greatest rugby players. Ideal for gifts and presentations the owners of these marvellous publications will treasure them for life. To visit this page and to see the books available please.............. |
MEDIA GUIDES |
One of the
finest sources for information relating to rugby teams and individual
players is the 'Media Guide' Usually published by a news agency these
publications are a must have for the rugby statistician and historian.
To view the 'Media Guides' available please click on the photo above or.................
To see some samples of Media Guide pages click on the Thumbnails below
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POLITICS, LEGAL ISSUES & RUGBY |
Politics and rugby occasionally mix, this section also covers official reports by rugby organisations. See also Tour books 1969, 1971 & 1981 Springbok tours |
REFEREEING & LAWS |
The laws of rugby football are a complex affair, brush up on your knowledge with these books |
"A Rugby Compendium" by John M Jenkins |
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Comprehensive look at English language rugby publications. This bibliography breaks down into different sections, biographies, development, coaching etc. Covers club histories in much greater detail than Dave McLaren's bibliography. Jenkins has scoured National Libraries and other institutions for information relating to rugby books. The quick view index at the back helps you find books by author, title or subject. It is an absolute MUST HAVE for the rugby book collector. Published by the British Library with illustrated boars and without a dust wrapper. This is a second-hand hardback in excellent condition |
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1st Edition: 1998 |
Pages: 322 |
Ref: bkbp1998-jenkins.j-xb - £30.00 |
QUICK LINKS TO BOOK PAGES....... ANNUALS - BIBLIOGRAPHIES - BIOGRAPHIES - CHILDREN'S BOOKS - COACHING & INSTRUCTIONAL - FICTION, RUGBY NOVELS - FITNESS & INJURIES - GENERAL SPORT INCLUDING RUGBY - HANDBOOKS - HISTORIES - HUMOUR - INTERNATIONAL TOURS - LIMITED EDITION LUXURY PRESENTATION BOOKS - MAGAZINES - MEDIA GUIDES - POLITICS & RUGBY - QUIZ BOOKS - REFERENCE - REFEREEING & LAWS - SIX NATIONS TOURNAMENT |
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