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Renaissance of the Rose.
The Rise of English Rugby 1909-1914
by Adrian Hunter
When Twickenham Stadium opened in 1909 England had struggled for nearly twenty years to be competitive on the international rugby field. Players such as Adrian Stoop, Ronald Poulton and Dave Davies combined with a fresh style of play to match their new home brought a change of fortune which meant that the England team would barely loose a match from then until the outbreak of the First World War. In many ways the rugby played today is very different to that which graced the playing fields of a hundred years ago. In many places modern terminology that would have been quite unknown at the time is used but it hopefully simplifies matters for the modern reader. ...Click for more details
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