The Grudge: Two Nations, One Match, No Holds Barred - Couverture rigide

English, Tom

 
9781909715837: The Grudge: Two Nations, One Match, No Holds Barred
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ISBN 10 : 1909715832 ISBN 13 : 9781909715837
Editeur : Arena Sport, 2020

Synopsis

Murrayfield, the Calcutta Cup, March 1990. England vs. Scotland - winner-takes-all for the Five Nations Grand Slam, the biggest prize in northern hemisphere rugby. Will Carling's England are the very embodiment of Margaret Thatcher's Britain - snarling, brutish and all-conquering. Scotland are the underdogs - second-class citizens from a land that's become the testing ground for the most unpopular tax in living memory: Thatcher's Poll Tax. In Edinburgh, nationalism is rising high - what happens in the stadium will resound far beyond the pitch.

The Grudge brilliantly recaptures a day that has gone down in history when a rugby match became more than a game. This is the real story of an extraordinary conflict, told with astounding insight and unprecedented access to key players, coaches and supporters on both sides (Will Carling, Ian McGeechan, Brian Moore and the rest). Tom English has produced a gripping account of a titanic struggle that thrusts the reader right into the heart of the action. Game on.

Fully revised and updated, this special hardback edition is published to mark the thirtieth anniversary of Scotland's most storied rugby season.

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À propos de l'auteur

Tom English is an award-winning BBC Sport writer and broadcaster. A former Irish rugby correspondent with the Sunday Times and chief sports writer with Scotland on Sunday, he was voted Scottish Sports Feature Writer of the Year six times. He won Rugby Book of the Year at the 2011 British Sports Book Awards for The Grudge, before claiming the prize again in 2016 for No Borders: Playing Rugby for Ireland. He is a co-author of the best-selling Behind The Lions: Playing Rugby for the British & Irish Lions and When Lions Roared: The Lions, the All Blacks and the Epic Tour of 1971.

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Éditeur
Arena Sport
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1909715832
ISBN 13 
9781909715837
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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9780224083218: The Grudge: Two Nations, One Match, No Holds Barred

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  022408321X ISBN 13 :  9780224083218
Editeur : Yellow Jersey, 2011
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