Saving Rugby Union: The Price of Professionalism 1995-2020 - Softcover

Reyburn, Ross

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1912631326 ISBN 13: 9781912631322

Verlag: Y Lolfa, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

The increased popularity of rugby union as a spectator sport in the 25 years since it turned professional has thrown a smokescreen over the crisis it faces. A highly physical game has been turned into a dangerous sport by misguidedly trying to match the flow of its great rival, rugby league, and there is a worrying drop in male playing numbers in major nations.Commercialism has been allowed to dominate the game, the English Premiership has severely undermined one of rugby’s greatest success stories - Lions tours to New Zealand, South Africa and Australia - and the major northern hemisphere rugby countries exert financial power over rugby unions south of the equator. The book recounts the history of rugby union’s early decades as a professional sport and praises the best features of the modern game, especially the expansion of women’s rugby. It also provides a template for solving the sport’s injury crisis.

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Ross Reyburn is a freelance writer and lifelong student of rugby history. He was a feature writer with the London Hampstead & Highgate Express (1967-74) and The Birmingham Post (1975-2003). His previous books include 'Jonah' (JM Dent, 1983), the official biography of squash legend Jonah Barrington co-written with Michael Emery, 'The Great Rivals: Oxford versus Cambridge' (Pitkin, 2010) and 'The Man Who Changed The World of Rugby: John Dawes and the Legendary 1971 Lions Tour' (Y Lolfa), 2013). His freelance features have appeared in 'The Guardian' newspaper and 'History Today' magazine. -- Publisher: Y Lolfa

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Y Lolfa
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1912631326
• ISBN 13: 9781912631322
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208
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