110 Great Irish Rugby Moments
JOHN SCALLY
Description
Here are Irish Rugby’s most legendary, celebratory and brilliant moments from the 1940s to today.
110 Great Irish Rugby Moments is a unique celebration of the sport’s most significant moments. Featuring:
- Grand Slam Glory for both Irish Men and Women.
- A first Series win in New Zealand.
- A drawn Series in South Africa.
- European glory for Ulster, Munster and Leinster.
- Connacht winning the Pro 12.
- Ireland women achieve double defeat of mighty New Zealand.
These epic moments are based on exclusive interviews with the game’s biggest stars and most colourful personalities including Fiona Coughlan, Peter Clohessy, Ciaran Fitzgerald, Willie John McBride, Brian O’Driscoll, Ronan O’Gara and many more of the great and good of Irish Rugby.
Enjoy a host of brilliant anecdotes and remarkable insights into the controversies, epic matches, thrilling contests and pivotal events on and off the field which shaped these 110 GREAT IRISH RUGBY MOMENTS.
Product Details
101 Great Irish Rugby Moments (PAPERBACK)
Published: 30 January 2025
Format: Paperback 198x129mm
Extent: 368+8pp plate section pages
ISBN: 9781785307492
101 Great Irish Rugby Moments (PAPERBACK)
Published: 3rd February 2020
Format: Paperback 198x129mm
Extent: 368+8pp plate section pages
ISBN: 9781785303012
101 Great Irish Rugby Moments (TRADE PAPERBACK)
Published: 1st August 2019
Format: Paperback 234x156mm
Extent: 400 pages
ISBN: 9781785302534
Author
John Scally is a lecturer in Trinity College, but in his spare time is a writer and broadcaster. Since 1992 he has written 40 books with cumulative sales of over 150,000 copies. He is the author of the biggest selling GAA book in Ireland, Raising the Banner: The Biography of Ger Loughnane, and for a few years his biography of Tony Ward was the biggest selling rugby book in Ireland.
Reviews
‘This is a love story filled with wonder, admiration and enchantment for the great moments of Irish rugby.’ – Tony Ward
'This is an informative, insightful and impressive account of Irish rugby’s greatest moments from the pre Jack Kyle epoch to the post Johnny Sexton era. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.' – Ollie Campbell