'The Bounce of the Century' they called it. A ball kicked across Cardiff Arms Park in the dying minutes of a match between two of international rugby's fiercest rivals. The world's two greatest wingers waited as it bounced towards them, knowing that whoever caught the ball would score and win the match for his country.
Dragons and All Blacks tells what happened when Wales played New Zealand in 1953. The story is written from contemporary accounts and the memories of the men who played that day, including Bob Stuart and Bleddyn Williams, for many of whom the match was the highlight of a career.
The book retells the stories of the two teams and the men who played for them, and charts the events of their lives: how they got to that meeting point in Cardiff in December 1953 and what has happened to them in the half-century since.
Dragons and All Blacks examines the remarkable relationship between two countries on opposite sides of the world, brought together by a mutual passion for rugby with few parallels elsewhere. It shows how their rivalry has developed over a century - from perhaps the greatest of all rugby matches in 1905 to the single-point thriller of 2004 - and looks to its future in the aftermath of the 2005 Welsh Grand Slam and Lions tour of New Zealand.
Über den Autor Huw Richards
Huw Richards baut seit mehr als 17 Jahren organische, nachhaltige Lebensmittel im Garten an und hat kürzlich die "Abundance Academy" ins Leben gerufen, die Online-Kurse zur Verbesserung der Gartenproduktivität anbietet. Er ist aktiv in den sozialen Medien: Der YouTube-Kanal von Huw hat über 500.000 Abonnenten - die beliebtesten Videos haben mehr als 3 Millionen Aufrufe. Seine Facebook-Seite hat mehr als 85.000 Likes und bei Instagram hat er 53.000 Follower. Huw hat bei DK bereits zwei Bücher veröffentlicht: "Hochbeet" und "Frische Ernte zum kleinen Preis".