Robert Kitson

Around the World in 80 Minutes (eBook, ePUB)

In Search of Rugby Greatness

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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... hugely intelligent and entertaining.'
Stuart Barnes, Sunday Times

'Really enjoyed it.'
Will Carling

'An absolutely marvellous book... Recommended heartily.'
Jonathan Drennan, Sydney Morning Herald

CONTRASTING CHARACTERS, COLLIDING CULTURES, THE SAME OVAL-SHAPED BALL. A JOURNEY TO FIND THE RUGBY'S MOST REMARKABLE PEOPLE, TEAMS AND PLACES.

What 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. August 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781399403573
• Artikelnr.: 68354131

Autorenporträt

Robert Kitson has been the Guardian's rugby union correspondent since 1999 and is one of the UK's most respected sports writers. He has covered eight Rugby World Cups, five British and Irish Lions tours and in excess of 300 Tests worldwide. As well as rugby he has also been to five Olympic Games, worked at multiple football and cricket World Cups, covered cricket in Australia, West Indies, India and Pakistan and written on virtually every major sport. He was highly commended in the SJA Rugby Journalist of the Year awards in 2015. @robkitson

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. David Duckham and Other Animals 2. Great Southern Land 3.
Sunshine on Leith 4. Take Me to the River 5. All Aboard the Chariot 6. The
Great Divide 7. Queens of the Stone Age 8. The Lion Kings 9. Silver Ferns
and Golden Eras 10. Bokke, Bokke! 11. 2003 and All That 12. The Brave and
the Faithful 13. Distant Horizons 14. First Among Equals 15. Postcards from
the Edge 16. Fighting the Good Fight 17. Pacific Warriors 18. Riding the
Bullet Train 19. The Americas Dream 20. Allez les Bleus! Epilogue
Acknowledgements Bibliography Index

Rezensionen

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.