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The Derelicts

The Heart and Art of Veterans’ Rugby

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Pub Date Jul 28 2026 | Archive Date Aug 26 2026

General Fiction (Adult) | Sports

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The Derelicts is a love letter to the social side of rugby union and what makes it such a wonderful sport. It’s a funny, sometimes surreal, collection of observations that can loosely be called ‘match reports’ chronicling the adventures and humour of a real veterans’ social rugby team and its individual characters, who are long past their sporting peak.

The book evolved over several glorious seasons of sweaty, muddy and deluded endeavour and laughs. For those who played for the Derelicts, whatever standard of rugby they once achieved, this was some of the very best fun they ever had.

The Derelicts is a love letter to the social side of rugby union and what makes it such a wonderful sport. It’s a funny, sometimes surreal, collection of observations that can loosely be called...

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A Note From the Publisher

Paul Mosley is a retired national newspaper journalist and storyteller with a passion for rugby union. He chronicled the endeavours of the Dorking Derelicts veterans during several joyous seasons of social rugby, where he played as a rather slow prop forward.

Paul Mosley is a retired national newspaper journalist and storyteller with a passion for rugby union. He chronicled the endeavours of the Dorking Derelicts veterans during several joyous seasons of...

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EDITION Ebook
ISBN 9781806348077
PRICE £4.99 (GBP)
PAGES 224

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