- Paperback: 254 pages
- Publisher: Mainstream Publishing; New edition edition (Dec 27 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1845960416
- ISBN-13: 978-1845960414
- Product Dimensions: 13 x 1.6 x 19.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 240 g
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#60,391 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #9 in Books > Sports > Other Team Sports > Rugby
- #35 in Books > Entertainment > Humour > Sports
- #45 in Books > Sports > Miscellaneous > Humour
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Odd-Shaped Balls captures the humor, the agony, and the ecstasy of one of the world's most popular sports, rugby. The book is no less than a who's who of the game, with both old and young getting the opportunity to have their say. It looks at players such as Max Boyce, Keith Wood, Sean Fitzpatrick, Austin Healy, and Bill Beaumont and his streaker. All exponents of surrealism, comic genius, and savage wit, they offer a quirky insight into the sporting psyche as well as provide some riotous good laughs. With hundreds of funny stories, Odd-Shaped Balls is a light-hearted romp through decades of rugby tomfoolery that is guaranteed to put a smile on the face of all sports fans.
About the Author
John Scally is a lecturer at Trinity College in Dublin. A former journalist and broadcaster, he is the author of many books on sport, including Legends of Irish Rugby and Them and Us.
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Miscreants Indeed, April 19 2012
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This review is from: Odd-Shaped Balls: Mischief Makers, Miscreants and Mad-Hatters of Rugby (Paperback)
A delightful romp through the peculiar pitches of rugby, a real treat with laugh-out-loud tales. Divided by country: "England's Ruck and Rollers," "Flower of Scotland," "Welsh Wit," "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," Men in Black," etc., the chapters contain rugby jokes and humorous lore relevant to each rugby team's nationality and beyond. This is not an instruction manual on rugby union, but a tour de force of robust rugby jocularity for avid fans and players. Catch the story of the Scottish terrier named "Thistle" dancing up on a pub's bar, the harangued Irish bus driver, or the 15 positions tried by Welsh full-back J.P.R. Williams . . .
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