A meticulously researched history of international rugby by renowned rugby writer and historian Huw Richards. Covers all of the great matches, teams and players but also explores the social, political and economic changes which have affected the course of rugby's development Rugby union has undergone immense change in the past two decades - introducing a World Cup, accepting professionalism and creating a global market in players - yet no authoritative English-language general history of the game has been published in that time.
