Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • The Sixth SA Armoured Division
  • The Division in Egypt
  • The move to Italy
  • Demobilisation
  • Rugby in the Middle East
  • Sport in war time
  • Trial matches
  • First trial matches 8 October 1943
  • Second trial matches: 30 October 1943
  • Third trial matches: Wednesday 3 November at Gezira
  • Match No. 1.: Sunday 7 November 1943 vs New Zealand Base at El Alamein Club, Cairo. Won 22-5
  • Match No. 2: Sunday 14 November vs 10th Armoured Division at Alamein Club, Cairo. Won 49-0
  • Match No. 3: Saturday 25 December 25 vs Cairo United Services at Alamein Club, Cairo. Won 28-3.
  • Match No. 4: Saturday 1 January 1944 vs New Zealand Base at Alamein Club Cairo. Won 12-11
  • Match No. 5: Sunday 23 January vs Rest of Egypt at Alamein Club, Cairo. Won 12-9.
  • Match No. 6: Saturday 4 March vs Rest of Egypt at Alamein Club. Won 27-3
  • Match No. 7: Saturday 18 March vs New Zealand Base at Alamein Club. Lost 4-13
  • Record for the 1943/44 season
  • Player representatives in Egypt 1943/44
  • Pont scorers in Egypt 1943/44
  • Rugby in Italy
  • The 1944/5 season in Italy
  • The 1945/46 season
  • The first trial matches, 22 October
  • Match No. 1: Saturday 27 October 1945 vs 59 Area at Rapallo Stadium. Won 45-3
  • Match No. 2: Saturday 10 November 1945 vs 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force at Rapallo Stadium won 30-5
  • The legend of "The Book"
  • Match 3: Monday 19 November 1945 vs 2nd NZ Expeditionary Force at the Florence Stadium, Florence, won 23-3
  • The touring side selected
  • Match 4: Tuesday 27 November 1945 vs 2 Military District at Rapallo Stadium won 19-3
  • The diary of Ham Barry
  • Match 5: Saturday 1 December vs British Army XV CMF at Alexander Stadium, Milan, won 17-10
  • Match results in Italy
  • 6th SA Armoured Division
  • Rugby representatives in Italy 1945
  • 6th SA Armoured Division
  • Points scorers in Italy 1945
  • The European tour
  • Departure from Italy
  • Arrival in London
  • Match No. 1: Saturday 8 December vs Brigade of Guards at Caterham. Won 16-0
  • Match No. 2: Tuesday 11 December vs St Mary's Hospital at Richmond Athletic Ground. Won 17-5
  • Match No.3: Saturday 15 December vs Royal Australian Air Force. (RAAF) at White City, London. Drew 10-10
  • Match No.4: Wednesday 19 December vs New Zealand Services at Richmond Athletic Ground. Lost 6-9
  • Match No. 5: Saturday 22 December vs Guy's Hospital at Honors Oak Park, London. Lost 0-3
  • Disappointing tour
  • An Official View
  • Departure for France
  • Match No. 6: Sunday 30 December vs Combined Paris and Bordeaux Universities at Parcheraire, Bordeaux. Won 18-13
  • Match No. 7: Tuesday 1 January 1948 vs Regional team in Pau. Drew 9-9.
  • Match No. 8: Saturday 5 January 1946 vs Bayonne Club in Bayonne. Won 16-4.
  • Onward to Paris and Brussels
  • Arrival in Germany