Le Coq: A Journey to the Heart of French Rugby

by Peter Bills

Book Overview

From French rugby's origins in Le Havre, (as an English export in the late nineteenth century) to the Catalan coast, acclaimed rugby writer Peter Bills travels the length and breadth of this vast country visiting not only the big cities but those regional heartlands of the game such as Toulouse, Bordeaux and Clermont as well as clubs in the Basque country, to reveal a country whose deep love of rugby has created a culture and playing style like no...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1838956050
• ISBN13: 9781838956059
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Atlantic Books (UK)
• Length: 400 Pages