{"product_id":"9781907140150","title":"Renaissance of the Rose: The Rise of English Rugby 1909-1914","description":"When Twickenham Stadium opened in 1909 England had struggled for nearly twenty years to be competitive on the international rugby field.\u003cp\u003ePlayers 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe concept of a '5 Nations' championship, or a 'grand slam' was largely unheard of at the time, but as general rugby history marks it's birth in 1910 so has the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe metric system was still a far off dream and so today's twenty two metre line is referred to by its imperial equivalent twenty five yards out. The British Lions were not so named until 1924 and so remain the British Isles within these pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe scoring system of the day was three points for a try or penalty, two for a conversion and four for a drop goal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book traces their journey from the international wilderness to the heights of their success.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"emp3books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47058517524720,"sku":"9781907140150","price":14.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781907140150_p0.jpg?v=1763618792","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781907140150","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}