Winter Colours: Changing Seasons in World Rugby - Couverture rigide

McRae, Donald

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1851589945 ISBN 13 : 9781851589944

Editeur : Mainstream Publishing, 1998

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.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This volume explores how rugby is played and revered in different countries and cultures. The book 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. The book 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.

Revue de presse

Simply the best book on rugby union ever written. --The Guardian

A memorable, epic journey through the sport --Sunday 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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mainstream Publishing
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1851589945
• ISBN 13: 9781851589944
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 387
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible