Bibliograph

Final scrum, rugby internationals killed in the Second World War, Nigel McCrery & Michael Rowe

Type

Label

Final scrum, rugby internationals killed in the Second World War, Nigel McCrery & Michael Rowe

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Final scrum

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Nigel McCrery & Michael Rowe

Sub title

rugby internationals killed in the Second World War

Summary

After the terrible losses of The Great War, twenty years later the Second World War resulted in the death of some of the finest sporting icons. This book honors the ninety International Rugby players who lost their lives. Fifteen were Scottish, fourteen English, eleven Welsh and eight Irish. Australia and New Zealand suffered with ten and two Internationals killed respectively and France eight. Germany topped the list with nineteen. In the same way that the Authors best-selling Into Touch remembered the 130 Internationals lost in the First World War, Final Scrum gives an individual biography of each of the ninety with their international and club playing record as well as their backgrounds, details of their military careers and circumstances of their death. We learn where they are buried or commemorated together with at least one photograph of each player. Rugby enthusiasts will find this book a fascinating and moving record of the sacrifice of the finest young men of their generation who fought in the second worldwide conflict of the 20th Century

Target audience

adult

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