'this rugby spellbound people'

Now in it's third edition, The Birth of Rugby in Cardiff and Wales is the essential guide to the importance and significance of rugby in Cardiff to the development of Welsh rugby in the nineteenth century. In this new and updated edition, Gwyn Prescott provides a fascinating insight into the origins and early years of the game in Cardiff. He outlines how its citizens of all backgrounds, its many distinct districts, and its commercial and religious interests took rugby to their hearts through the growth of clubs, competitions and the establishment of the famous Arms Park as the focal point of rugby in Wales.