Rugby Books

New and Published Books

1. Science and Football (Routledge Revivals)

   Proceedings of the first World Congress of Science and Football Liverpool, 13-17th April 1987

   Edited by Tom Reilly, Adrian Lees, Keith Davids, W. J. Murphy

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1988, this book contains edited and revised papers presented at the first World Congress of Science and Football. Held under the auspices of the International Council of Sport, Science, and Physical Education, the Congress was a unique gathering of international scientists...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
2. Science and Football VI

   The Proceedings of the Sixth World Congress on Science and Football

   Edited by Thomas Reilly, Feza Korkusuz

   Science and Football VI showcases the very latest scientific research into the variety of sports known as football. These include the games of association football, the rugby codes (union and league), and the national codes (American, Australian and Gaelic). The book aims to bridge the gap between...

   Published July 25th 2011 by Routledge
3. Australian Sport

   Antipodean Waves of Change

   Edited by Kristine Toohey, Tracy Taylor

   Series: Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives

   Australia is only a small player in the world’s political and economic landscapes, yet, for many decades, it has been considered to be a global powerhouse in terms of its sporting successes. In conjunction with this notion, the nation has long been portrayed as having a preoccupation with sport....

   Published November 16th 2010 by Routledge
4. Strength and Conditioning for Team Sports

   Sport-Specific Physical Preparation for High Performance

   By Paul Gamble

   Drawing on the very latest scientific research, Strength and Conditioning for Team Sports is designed to help students, coaches, researchers and sports medicine professionals devise more effective high-performance training programs for team sports. The only evidence-based study of sport-specific...

   Published July 27th 2009 by Routledge
5. A Social History of English Rugby Union

   By Tony Collins

   From the myth of William Webb Ellis to the glory of the 2003 World Cup win, this book explores the social history of rugby union in England. Ever since Tom Brown’s Schooldays the sport has seen itself as the guardian of traditional English middle-class values. In this fascinating new history,...

   Published January 12th 2009 by Routledge
6. Performance Assessment for Field Sports

   By Christopher Carling, Tom Reilly, A. Mark Williams

   What are the most effective tools, techniques and technologies available to coaches and sport scientists in the assessment of player and team performance? This is the first book dedicated to the assessment of performance in field sports such as soccer, rugby, hockey and lacrosse. It provides...

   Published November 27th 2008 by Routledge
7. Rugby's Great Split

   Class, Culture and the Origins of Rugby League Football, 2nd Edition

   By Tony Collins

   Since it’s first publication, Rugby’s Great Split has established itself as a classic in the field of sport history. Drawing on an unprecedented range of sources, this deeply researched and highly readable book traces the social, cultural and economic divisions that led, in 1895, to schism in the...

   Published July 13th 2006 by Routledge
8. Rugby League in Twentieth Century Britain

   A Social and Cultural History

   By Tony Collins

   Called ‘the greatest game of all’ by its supporters but often overlooked by the cultural mainstream, no sport is more identified with England’s northern working class than rugby league. This book traces the story of the sport from the Northern Union of the 1900s to the formation of the Super...

   Published April 17th 2006 by Routledge
9. Making the Rugby World

   Race, Gender, Commerce

   Edited by Timothy J.L. Chandler, John Nauright

   Series: Sport in the Global Society

   This book explores the expansion of rugby from its imperial and amateur upper-class white male core into other contexts throughout the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The development of rugby in the racially divided communities of the setter empire and how this was viewed are explored...

   Published November 29th 1999 by Routledge
10. Making Men: Rugby and Masculine Identity

    Edited by Timothy J.L. Chandler, John Nauright

    Series: Sport in the Global Society

    This text looks at how an understanding of rugby can provide insight into what it has meant to "be a man" in societies influenced by the ideals of Victorian upper and middle classes. It shows that rugby has been a means of promoting male exclusivity, but also been a means of cultural incorporation....

    Published June 28th 1996 by Routledge