World rugby one hundred years of rugby 18861986 edited by don rutherford. Scarlets the official history signed edition graffeg. Rugby match between llanelli and south africa springboks at stradey park, llanelli, 26 october 1951. The first springboks attracted more than 40,000 to st helens in 1906 for a game they won 110, although the first australian tourists were defeated 96 in cardiff two years. New dock stars rugby football club in llanelli the time now. It was the moment llanelli beat the all blacks and the score, 93 now a new book commemorating the historic match is about to be. Men from llanelly royal choir, cincinnati, ohio 190910 tour. Clwb rygbi llanelli is a welsh rugby union club founded in 1875 though often recorded as 1872 the club began the 200809 season at their historic home ground of stradey park in llanelli, but moved in november 2008 to the new parc y scarlets in adjacent pemberton. It is the focal point for one of the most passionately supported rugby clubs in the world, the scarlets with a rich and unrivalled rugby heritage. The home side enjoyed plenty of territory and possession, but edinburghs defence held firm on crucial occasions to ensure they headed home with the four points. Please check out our ebay shop for more great rugby books. Llanelli is one of the most famous rugby towns in the world and, as such, has one of the most passionately supported rugby clubs, the scarlets.
Amongst other things, it is famous for its proud rugby and brewing traditions. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. This beautiful book documents the rich and unrivalled rugby heritage of the club, from its first game in 1876 through to the present day, offering a comprehensive history of the club and its place at the heart of the loc. Cardiff came out on top in this keenly contested specsavers national cup quarter final clash. Season by season history of llanelli, all the results from their long history. New dock stars rugby football club, st georges field, llanelli. Llanelli rfc first came to prominence when they beat an australian touring side in 1908. Llanelli take on australias touring 1992 side and in dramatic fashion to claim victory continuing the record as the club who beats nations final score. The rugby ground guide parc y scarlets, llanelli scarlets.
With the scarlets having moved to parc y scarlets, stradey park was demolished in 2010 and is to be. A history of llanelli rugby football club by gareth. Llanelli conceded two tries in the first ten minutes, squad to face bridgend at brewery field on saturday. Llanelli centre roy bergiers scored the only try of the game, charging down. As the two codes diverged, rugby started to produce its own literature with a number of instructional titles and scarce early tour books appearing before world war. Llanelli rugby club images of wales archive photographs bob harragan on. A stirring fightback brought saracens two vital bonus points to book a semifinal place in spite of losing the game. Parc y strade was a rugby union stadium located near the centre of the town of llanelli in carmarthenshire, wales. The largest town in the county of carmarthenshire, llanelli has a long and illustrious history. Llanelli photos explore and buy nostalgic photos of llanelli everything old photos old maps books memories nearby places. Click the image above to purchase memorabilila for llanelli v australia 1975 or the link below to browse our rugby memorabilia. A history of llanelli rugby football club hughes, gareth on.
The ground replaced stradey park, which was the home of rugby in llanelli for over 100 years. Llanelli 2421 llandovery llanelli got a much needed win over fellow. Registered in england 06557400, company vat number 5 5978 79. This book draws on an assortment of some 200 old maps, prints and photographs to illustrate the transformation of llanelli from a small medieval hamlet and fishing village on the sea shore of the burry estuary, through a period of renown as the centre of the worlds tinplate industry, to its. Founded in july 2011, we recently celebrated our 5th anniversary. Buy llanelli rugby football club by bob harragan from waterstones today. It was the moment llanelli beat the all blacks and the score, 93 now a new book commemorating the historic match is. As part of their 197273 tour of the northern hemisphere, the new zealand national rugby union teams fourth match saw them take on llanelli rfc of wales at stradey park, llanelli, on 31 october 1972. Llanelli rugby football club by bob harragan waterstones. This legendary result has been called one of the top ten moments in rugby history and possibly one of the greatest rugby upsets ever. History of llanelli rfc, published in 1983 it covers all the greatest moments in this welsh clubs long and illustrious history. Boldmere house, faraday avenue, hams hall distribution park, coleshill, birmingham. This is a documentary about llanellis win over the all blacks in 1972. Cwmgors rfc the club is situated in the amman valley, 15 miles from swansea, 10 miles from neath and 18 miles from llanelli.
The last game of rugby was played at stradey park, llanelli on the 24th october 2008 bringing to an end one hundred and twentynine years of rugby history. A history of llanelli rugby football club by hughes, gareth at. Henry raymond ray williams november 1927 5 january 2014 was a welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for felinfoel and llanelli. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. We have the largest selection of out of print rugby books in the world. The story of the game is retolad in this book and each one on the. A history of llanelli rugby club by gareth hughes rugby book. Ammanford rfc recreation ground, ammanford brynamman rfc amman rd, brynamman.
A great addition to this is full page individual caricatures of the leading scarlets. Llanelli llanelli rugby club complied by bob harragan. We beat the all blacks llanelli vs the all blacks 1972. The clubs nickname is sosban fach, a welsh song meaning little saucepan, which is. The 40th anniversary of llanellis historic rugby victory over new zealand will be toasted later at a dinner being held for 1,200 people. Scarlets the official history by alun gibbard rugby. A secondhand hardback with dust wrapper in good condition published in.
More than any other in the history of the game, that incredible match, the only fixture lost by the all blacks, helped to turn rugby union into a game of global interest. Llanelli 93 all blacks the day the gods smiled on the. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Scarlets suffered their first home guinness pro14 defeat of the season, going down to a 149 loss to conference b rivals edinburgh in atrocious conditions at parc y scarlets. Our group usually consists of small businesses and smes but large organisations are more than welcome to attend.
It was the home of the scarlets region and llanelli rfc rugby teams. Clwb rygbi llanelli is a welsh rugby union club founded. His previous books include rugbys great split, rugby league in twentieth century britain, and a social history of english rugby union, each of which won the aberdare prize for sports history book of the year. The scarlets beat the mighty all blacks 93 at stradey. In 2009, his social history of english rugby union was. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Llanelli scarlets 3632 saracens edf energy cup group d rugby union. The llanelli rugby business network was the second rbn to be established. This beautiful book documents the rich and unrivalled rugby heritage of the club, from its first game in 1876 through to the present day, offering a comprehensive history of the rugby club and its place. Published by tempus in their images of wales series this is a mainly history of llanelli rfc, a secondhand paperback book in very good condition. The stadium was a combination of seating and standing with a total capacity of 10,800. In one of the most famous results in rugby union history, llanelli won the match 93 in front of 20,000 spectators. Llanelli is one of the most famous rugby towns in the world and, as such, it is the focal point for one of the most passionately supported rugby clubs, the scarlets.
Llanelli rugby club defeated the all blacks on 31 october 1972. Books welsh rugby histories wales, welsh clubs etc. Cor meibion llanelli llanelli male choir i bedwar ban byd to the four corners of the world duration. A vector image of a star to represent action to save this item. A vector image of a star to represent action to save. History of llanelli rfc the club was first established by mr john d rogers a young industrialist who had learned the way to play rugby union football at rugby. Llanelli rugby dinner marks 1972 all blacks defeat bbc news. Llanelli is one of the most famous rugby towns in the world.
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