Behind the Dragon

Name: Behind the Dragon
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SKU: 9781913538705
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Playing Rugby for Wales

By Ross Harries

Series: Behind the Jersey

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Behind the Dragon is a comprehensive history of the Welsh rugby union team, narrated by the players themselves. Ross Harries combines meticulous research with interviews from a wide range of Test match players and coaches spanning from the Second World War to today. The book reveals the essence of representing Wales, sharing the challenges, glory, drama, and camaraderie on and off the field, offering a compelling insight into Welsh rugby’s rich heritage.
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This book is perfect for rugby enthusiasts, sports historians, and fans of Welsh sport eager to hear firsthand stories from players and coaches who have shaped Welsh rugby's legacy.

This is a complete history of the Welsh rugby union team – told by the players themselves.

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This is a complete history of the Welsh rugby union team told by the players themselves.

Based on a combination of painstaking research into the early years of the Wales team and interviews with a vast array of Test match players and coaches from the Second World War to the present day, Ross Harries delves to the very heart of what it means to play for Wales, painting a unique and utterly compelling picture of the game in the only words that can truly do so: the players' own.

Behind the Dragon lifts the lid on what it is to pull on the famous red shirt - the trials and tribulations behind the scenes, the glory, the drama, and the honour on the field, and the heart-warming tales of friendship and humour off it.

Absorbing and illuminating, this is the ultimate history of Welsh rugby told, definitively, by the men who have been there and done it.

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Behind the Dragon has been praised as a unique and revealing history of Welsh rugby. Peter Jackson of The Rugby Paper commends it as "a history book like no other." Tom English of BBC Sport highlights its mix of humour and poignancy. Alan Pearey from Rugby World describes it as "punchy, revelatory, irresistible," while Stephen Jones of The Sunday Times calls it "an epic story by the men who created legends in the Welsh jersey."

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781913538705

Publisher: Polaris Publishing Limited

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 November 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Polaris Publishing Limited

Edition: New in Paperback

Illustration: Illustrations, color

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 40.0mm

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 230.0mm

Weight: 738g

Pages: 420

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About the Author

Ross Harries is regularly seen presenting the BBC’s international rugby coverage, and presenting BBC Wales’ Scrum V and Scrum V Live programmes (the most watched rugby programmes on British television) and a regular on BBC radio. In 2015, he co-wrote Bomb: My Autobiography with Adam Jones.

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