Dark Blue Blood contains around 200 photos of team line ups, action shots, spectators, Sevens tournaments, and the grounds where the game was played. Many of these photos have lain unseen for 40-50 years in newspaper archives and various other collections. Great care has been taken to show the game at all levels, from the world record crowd setting Scotland vs Wales match of 1975, to fun in the sun Sevens tournaments on the summer circuit, and Orkney RFC anniversary celebrations. The book has very high production values in an effort to be a desirable gift, the “just right” Christmas present for the most impossible people to buy for.

• Length: 300 pages
• Language: English
• Publisher: DC Thomson
• Publication date: 24 Jan. 2020