This text looks at how an understanding of rugby can provide insight into what it has meant to "be a man" in societies influenced by the ideals of Victorian upp
In 1995 rugby union became the last significant international sport to sanction professionalism. To some this represented an undesirable challenge to the tradit
This is the first book to introduce key themes in the study of women’s rugby from multi-disciplinary perspectives, including history, sociology, gender studie
It is generally forgotten that cricket rather than rugby union was the 'national game' in New Zealand until the early years of the twentieth century. This book
There has been an explosion in the quantity of sports history literature published in recent years, making it increasingly difficult to keep abreast of developm