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Around the World in 80 Minutes: In Search of Rugby Greatness de Robert Kitson

Around the World in 80 Minutes: In Search of Rugby Greatness

Autor Robert Kitson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 aug 2024
A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 - SPORT'A mesmerising, unforgettable journey around world rugby. ' Donald McRae - Twice Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year'Magnificent. a hugely intelligent and entertaining.' Stuart Barnes, Sunday Times'Really enjoyed it.'Will CarlingWhat makes rugby special? Which individuals and teams have defined the modern game? Around the World in 80 Minutes charts the 'golden era' of global rugby union between 1973 and 2023 and goes in search of the sport's most influential trailblazers.Robert Kitson, the Guardian's long-time rugby union correspondent, assesses the game's current health, tracks down the battered gladiators of yesteryear and asks some pertinent questions. Does rugby retain its old rugged charm? What does its future look like? And what, ultimately, constitutes rugby 'greatness'?Observant, amusing and thought-provoking, the journey takes in some of the game's more prominent names - including David Campese, Brian O'Driscoll, Maggie Alphonsi, Sean Fitzpatrick, Eddie Jones and Sir Clive Woodward - to reflect on rugby's intangible shared joy.Millions of fans continue to find rugby maddeningly irresistible and endlessly compelling. This book is for them, and for anyone else wondering where the appeal lies.
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ISBN-13: 9781399403566
ISBN-10: 1399403567
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Sport
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Around the World in 80 Minutes will also be asking some pertinent question: Does rugby still have an identifiable soul? Do traditional perceptions of the game need updating? Has its old rugged charm faded? What does its future look like?

Notă biografică

Robert Kitson has been the Guardian's rugby union correspondent since 1999. He has attended every Rugby World Cup since 1991 and has covered almost 400 Test matches worldwide. He has also worked at five Olympic Games and reported on numerous other sports, including cricket, football, golf and tennis. His first book, Exe Men, won the 2021 Telegraph Rugby Book of the Year award. He is married with three children and lives in Devon.@robkitson

Cuprins

Preface1. David Duckham and Other Animals2. Great Southern Land3. Sunshine on Leith4. Take Me to the River5. All Aboard the Chariot 6. The Great Divide7. Queens of the Stone Age8. The Lion Kings9. Silver Ferns and Golden Eras10. Bokke, Bokke!11. 2003 and All That12. The Brave and the Faithful13. Distant Horizons14. First Among Equals15. Postcards from the Edge16. Fighting the Good Fight17. Pacific Warriors18. Riding the Bullet Train19. The Americas Dream20. Allez les Bleus!EpilogueAcknowledgementsBibliographyIndex

Recenzii

A mesmerising, unforgettable journey around world rugby. With a brilliant cast of great players, Rob Kitson's riveting new book spans contrasting eras and countries with the depth and range, wit and grit, substance and style of the great sport it captures and celebrates.
Hugely enjoyable. Full of a generosity that can't help but rekindle those warm, fuzzy feelings of shared communion, but without avoiding the hard edges of injury, racism, sexism, the future. I can't see how anyone who loves rugby - or who wants to love rugby - could fail to enjoy this book.
An adventure through the very heart and soul of rugby, guided beautifully by an author who has seen it all, from gleaming World Cup finals to the Forest of Dean.
A glorious, warm, perceptive, eclectic exploration of the essence of rugby and rugby folk. Finishing it, I came within a whisker of dragging those 30-year-old boots out of retirement.
Around the World in 80 Minutes takes us on a fascinating journey through the highways and byways of global rugby union, celebrating its past and exploring the issues confronting it today. It's essential reading for serious fans of the game.
Really enjoyed it
An absolutely marvellous book. Recommended heartily.
Magnificent . a hugely intelligent and entertaining interweaving series of tales that gets into the "how" of rugby.
Enjoying this. part memoir, part love letter to a sport in need of love. Bravo
Joyful... a thoroughly entertaining read for both the rugby mad and the newbie.
Brilliant ... an insightful and thought-provoking look at the state of the game ... features fascinating interviews with numerous rugby luminaries.
Essential reading for all rugby fans ... a deeply perceptive and hugely entertaining adventure in the world of rugby, reflecting both on the history and future of this spellbinding sport.