Unique printing of early rugby rules makes £13,000 at Cardiff auction

An early printed copy of the laws of rugby appeared at Rogers Jones in Cardiff as part of a themed sale titled Sweat, Mud & Blood. Auctioneer Ben Rogers Jones said: ”In 25 years of our business, it is the most valuable book we have sold and probably the smallest.”

The laws of rugby as we came to know it were first written out in longhand by three pupils of the Ru…

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