Winter Colours: Changing Seasons in World Rugby - Couverture souple

McRae, Donald

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1840182474 ISBN 13 : 9781840182477

Editeur : Mainstream Publishing, 1999

Synopsis

This volume explores how rugby is played and revered in different countries and cultures. It unfolds in the space of two years, from September 1996 to August 1998, as McRae travels across the hemispheres, moving from Britain and France to the New World, comparing the game at club, provincial, and national levels. It begins in the South Africa of McRae's youth where rugby was a byword for Apartheid. It covers the tours of the All Blacks and The British Lions in the "new" South Africa, crosses France, Britain, and Ireland in the company of the Springboks and Wallabies, and ends up in New Zealand and Australia with the English and Welsh teams.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"Simply the best book on rugby union ever written" (The Guardian)

"A memorable, epic journey through the sport" (Sunday Times)

"A work that stands head and shoulders above any rival" (The Times)

"This is the best book on rugby to hit the shelves since Stephen Jones's Endless Winter . . . McRae spent a year rubbing shoulders with the world's heroic rugby figures . . . he achieves levels of intimacy that elude many others" (The Independent)

"Enthralling - a book which ranges like a loose forward, grips like a hooker entering a five-metre scrum and is told with the guile of a French three-quarter" (The Herald)

Présentation de l'éditeur

Through intimate interviews with the sport's greatest contemporary icons, Donald McRae examines how rugby is played and revered in different countries. In this new and updated edition of a sporting classic, Martin Johnson, Brian O'Driscoll, Jonny Wilkinson, Sean Fitzpatrick, François Pienaar, Jonah Lomu and Gregor Townsend are just some of the stars who help McRae reveal the distinctive colours and cultures of world rugby.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mainstream Publishing
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1840182474
• ISBN 13: 9781840182477
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 483
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible