An extraordinary collection of astonishing true stories from the past 130 years which reveal a bizarre side to the sport hitherto uncelebrated. Weird and wonderful Rugby anecdotes and statistics. Among other things it describes the match in which a team of top footballers beat their rugby counterparts literally at their own game. The irish international who arranged his marriage in order to qualify for leave of absence to play against England. The international where an entire Welsh side were sent off and the unknown who played for his country due to an administrative mistake. 313pp.