02611cam a2200349 4500 599965321 TxAuBib 20220604120000.0 ||||||s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780750965668 0750965665 B00XGX90GS Amazon a2fb10a0-5539-42d4-9b6e-a9f29638b9e1 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2822010 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Cooper, Stephen. After the Final Whistle [Sunflower eLibrary eBook] : The First Rugby World Cup and the First World War. The History Press, 2015. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 5661kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 5661kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. As Britain's Empire went to war in August 1914, rugby players were the first to volunteer. They led from the front and paid a disproportionate price. In 1919, a grateful Mother Country hosted a rugby tournament: sevens teams at eight venues, playing 17 matches to declare a first 'world champion'. There had never been an international team tournament like it. For the first time teams from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Britain and France were assembled in one place. Rugby held the first ever 'World Cup'. It was a moment of triumph, a celebration of military victory, of Commonwealth and Allied unity, and of rugby values, moral and physical. In 2015 the tournament returns to England as the world remembers the Centenary of the Great War. Values of teamwork, respect, discipline were forged and tested in war – and enjoyment of rugby helped men through it. With a foreword by Jason Leonard, this is the story of rugby's journey through the First World War to its first World Cup, and how those values endure today. 'After The Final Whistle' is shortlisted for the 2016 Cross Sports Book of the Year award. Sports & Recreations. Nonfiction. Military. History. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-08-03 20:00:03. Leonard, Jason. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a2fb10a0-5539-42d4-9b6e-a9f29638b9e1&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a2fb10a0-5539-42d4-9b6e-a9f29638b9e1&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a2fb10a0-5539-42d4-9b6e-a9f29638b9e1&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)