Rugby: The Game of My Life - Battling for England in the Professional Era

Shortlisted for Rugby Book of the Year at the British Sports Book Awards ' An excellent read ' - Rugby World Rob Andrew is one of the key figures in modern rugby history: an outstanding international who won three Grand Slams with England and toured twice with the British and Irish Lions, he also played a central role in the game's professional revolution with his trailblazing work at Newcastle. During a long spell on Tyneside, he led the team to a Premiership title at the first opportunity, brought European action to the north-east and gave the young Jonny Wilkinson his break in big-time union by fast-tracking him into the side straight out of school. What happened off the field was equally eventful. Rob produced 'The Andrew Report' - the most radical of blueprints for the future of English rugby - and then, over the course of a decade as one of Twickenham's top administrators, found himself grappling with the extreme challenges of running a game repeatedly blown off course by the winds of change. He did not merely have a ringside seat as one of the world's major sports went through its greatest upheaval in a century: more often than not, he was in the ring itself.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Rob Andrew, ANDREW ROB
• Verlag: Hodder & Stoughton
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9781473664159
• ISBN: 978-1-4736-6415-9
• Seiten: 352
• Abmessung: 153 mm x 234 mm x 30 mm
• Themen: Ratgeber > Sport > Ballsport; Sachbuch > Politik, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft > Biographien, Autobiographien; SPORTS & RECREATION / Coaching / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / Rugby, Rugby Union, Sports teams & clubs, Autobiography: sport, Sports teams and clubs, Sports governing bodies