02562nam 2200625Ia 450 991081387470332120200520144314.01-282-03601-797866120360191-4438-0414-2(CKB)2420000000004677(EBL)1133230(OCoLC)815768878(SSID)ssj0000291220(PQKBManifestationID)11222166(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000291220(PQKBWorkID)10248263(PQKB)11520021(MiAaPQ)EBC1133230(Au-PeEL)EBL1133230(CaPaEBR)ebr10677145(CaONFJC)MIL203601(OCoLC)318632962(FINmELB)ELB118273(EXLCZ)99242000000000467720080805d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe changing face of rugby the union game and professionalism since 1995 /edited by Greg Ryan1st ed.Newcastle Cambridge Scholars20081 online resource (240 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84718-530-4 Includes bibliographical references.TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CONTRIBUTORSIn 1995 rugby union became the last significant international sport to sanction professionalism. To some this represented an undesirable challenge to the traditions of the game. To others the change was inevitable and overdue - an acknowledgment of both the realty of modern sport and the extent to which money had already permeated the game. While there are some commonalities in the response to professional rugby, the contributions to this book, representing almost all of the significant rugby...Rugby Union footballHistoryProfessional sportsRugby Union footballEconomic aspectsRugby Union footballHistory.Professional sports.Rugby Union footballEconomic aspects.796.33309049Ryan Greg1967-1671678MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813874703321The changing face of rugby4034441UNINA