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Forerunners of the All Blacks
The real 'Originals' were not the All Black team who toured Britain in 1905-6, but the Native team of 1888-89. The first international rugby team ever to tour Britain, they played an astonishing 107 matches - against more difficult opposition than anything encountered by the famed 1905 and 1924 All Blacks. They were often controversial, described as professionals and gamblers; they lost one match after drinking too much champagne, and three players walked off during a test match in protest at refereeing decisions. Yet the Natives were a very serious rugby team who provided two future national team captains and changed the style of New Zealand rugby for years to come. This is their fascinating, hitherto untold story.
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Canterbury Rugby League Team Players
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 49. Chapters: Aaron Whittaker, Abbie Shadbolt, Adrian Shelford, Alan Rushton, Alister Atkinson, Billy Mitchell (rugby), Bill Bussell, Bill Devine, Bill Guiney, Bill King (rugby), Bill Noonan, Bill Stuart (rugby league), Blair Harding, Bob Jarvis (rugby league), Brendon Tuuta, Brent Stuart, Brent Todd, Bruce Dickison, Charles Fitzgerald (rugby), Charles Manning (rugby league), Charlie Herekotukutuku, Charlie Pearce, Corey Lawrie, David Kidwell, David McPhail (rugby league), David Vaealiki, Ernest Button, Esene Faimalo, Gary Clarke (rugby league), George H. Tur...
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100 Years
100 Years: Maori Rugby League 1908-2008 tells the story of the New Zealand Maori Rugby League Team from its origins in 1908 to the present day. The book covers major matches, along with biographies of prominent players and administrators. A rich collection of stories and interviews with former players tells the reader what really happened off and on the field. The book has been thoroughly researched with information coming from England, France, Australia and throughout New Zealand, and it is illustrated with over 200 images. There have been no books specifically written on Maori involvement with rugby league, until now. 100 Years: Maori Rugby League 1908-2008 is about players, administrators and whanau. It's about the fabulous moments, the glories of victory and the agonies of defeat, and it gives a comprehensive story of Maori participation in rugby league.
Rugby: A New Zealand History
Rugby is New Zealand's national sport. From the grand tour by the 1888 Natives to the upcoming 2015 World Cup, from games in the North African desert in World War II to matches behind barbed wire during the 1981 Springbok tour, from grassroots club rugby to heaving crowds outside Eden Park, Lancaster Park, Athletic Park or Carisbrook, New Zealanders have made rugby their game. In this book, historian and former journalist Ron Palenski tells the full story of rugby in New Zealand for the first time. It is a story of how the game travelled from England and settled in the colony, how Maori and later Pacific players made rugby their own, how battles over amateurism and apartheid threatened the s...
