Rugby Ireland International magazine, Vol 2 Issue 11, March 2001 (official magazine of the IRFU): foot and mouth halts the Six Nations; Rob Henderson, Declan Kidney, Graham Henry, Ken Maginnis

Rugby Ireland International, Volume 2 Issue 11, March 2001 (cover price £2.50), The Official Magazine of the IRFU, edited by Patrick Madden and published by Pat Fitzgerald through New Century Publishing, Monkstown, Co. Dublin. Cover: 'Six Nations hold the back page – foot and mouth halts Ireland's momentum', the 2001 outbreak that postponed Ireland's remaining Six Nations fixtures until the autumn; 'Rob Henderson – fitter, faster, happier than ever'; and 'Ken Maginnis writes exclusively on the future of Irish rugby'. The cover shows an Ireland forward celebrating in the green Irish Permanent jersey. Contents: The Waiting Game, by Edmund Van Esbeck (page 6); Declan Kidney profile (9); We'll Meet Again – Ireland v England (12); Why England Have an Edge (16); Regarding Graham Henry (20); the Celtic League (24); Diffley Goes Down Memory Lane (26); A Lion Roars in Munster (30); The Foley Family (34); John O'Sullivan talks with Rob Henderson (37); Coleraine Colts (41); universities rugby (43); schools cups (44); Tony Ward's AIB League scene (46); French Rugby Sans Flair (48); Marvellous Galwegians (52); Oval Game Around the World (59); the Coca-Cola Academy (62); Social Spotlight (64); and the back page, by Ken Maginnis (70). Correspondents include David Hands, Paul Rees, Sean Diffley, Tony Ward, Barry Coughlan, Jim Stokes, Tom Keogh, Des Daly, Paul Whittington, John O'Sullivan and John Fallon; photography by Inpho. The contents page carries photographs of Munster and of Ireland v England action. About 72 pages, 21 x 29.7 cm, full colour. Barcode 9770139373917 (issue 11). A snapshot of Irish rugby at the moment the 2001 Six Nations was frozen by foot and mouth disease, with Ireland's unfinished games – including the famous October win over England at Lansdowne Road – still to come. THEMES: Six Nations 2001, foot and mouth, Ireland rugby, Munster, Declan Kidney, Rob Henderson, Graham Henry, Celtic League, AIB League, Irish rugby magazines.

Author: Patrick Madden (ed.), Pat Fitzgerald (Publisher)

Publisher: Rugby Ireland International

Publication Date: 2001

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

Condition: Used - Very Good