rugby football

Describes the basics of the sport of Rugby, including the game's rules and positions, skills, fitness training, and winning techniques.

Text and photographs introduce readers to the basics of rugby including player positions, skills and technique, strategies, drills, and rules of the game. Also includes information on the sport's unique traditions and social aspects.

Now a senior at Pine Mountain Academy, fifteen-year-old Ryan Dean West becomes captain of the rugby team, shares his dormitory room with a twelve-year-old prodigy, Sam Abernathy, and through the course of the year learns to appreciate things he has tried to resist, including change.

Now a senior at Pine Mountain Academy, fifteen-year-old Ryan Dean West becomes captain of the rugby team, shares his dormitory room with a twelve-year-old prodigy, Sam Abernathy, and through the course of the year learns to appreciate things he has tried to resist, including change.

Marcus is a math whiz who is not good at sports. But his dad, a self-help author, is convinced otherwise. He believes that Marcus can achieve anything he sets his mind to--with hilarious results.

Two years younger than his classmates at a prestigious boarding school, fourteen-year-old Ryan Dean West grapples with living in the dorm for troublemakers, falling for his female best friend who thinks of him as just a kid, and playing wing on the Varsity rugby team with some of his frightening new dorm-mates.

"Provides information about the fundamentals of rugby, from equipment and moves to superstars and legends. Intended for third to fifth grade students"--Provided by publisher.

Features superstars, equipment, rules, and the history behind rugby.

An introduction to the basic techniques, rules, strategy, and fundamental plays of rugby.

Describes how early in his presidency Mandela sought to symbolically unite South Africa's black and white citizens by having the nation host rugby's first World Cup. He enlisted South Africa's national team, the Springboks, to participate, and the team's improbable run to the World Cup finals attracted and united many fans, black and white.