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“clive akers”

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  • Balls, Bullets and Boots

    by Clive Akers, Bettina Anderson, Peter Cooke ...
    ‘Rugby may borrow the language of warfare, but in war injury time may last a whole lifetime and not all of the team go home after a shower and a beer.’ ~ Stephen Cooper: The Final Whistle, 2012.In this fascinating WWI centenary e-publication, rugby historian Clive Akers explores the impact that hostilities had on New Zealand’s pre-war signature sport and its sportspeople. Stories of how the lives. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • Winning Matters

    by Sean Fitzpatrick ...
    Sean Fitzpatrick played for the best rugby team on the planet, the All Blacks. His aggressive, uncompromising approach made him one of the greatest players ever. Ruthless, devious and compelling to watch, he was a one-man wrecking machine. He was also an inspirational leader. Between 1986 and 1997, he played 128 matches for the All Blacks, 92 of those test matches, and a record 51 as captain. In ... Read more

    $14.49 USD

  • Behind The Lions

    Playing Rugby for the British & Irish Lions

    by Stephen Jones, Tom English, Nick Cain ...
    Series Book 1 - Behind the Jersey
    For over 130 years the British & Irish Lions have stood out as a symbol of the ethics, values and romance at the heart of rugby union. To represent the Lions is the pinnacle for every international player in Britain and Ireland, and the dream of tens of thousands of avid fans who fol-low them. A Lions tour, undertaken every four years to the southern hemisphere, is more than a series of rugby ... Read more

    $10.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • My Life as a Hooker

    When a Middle-Aged Bloke Discovered Rugby

    by Steven Gauge ...
    In my late thirties, it gradually dawned on me that I had become Jason’s regular hooker. It was an arrangement that worked well for a couple of reasons. He didn’t need me to dress up in anything particularly risqué or to do anything too vulgar, other than cuddle in the middle of a field with him and fourteen other men on a Saturday afternoon.Steven Gauge’s response to an impending midlife crisis ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • A Stadium of 4 Million

    by Martin Snedden ...
    The hero of 2011 was Martin Snedden. Not even a terrible earthquake prevented him from staging a magnificent World Cup. The hospitality and warmth of the New Zealand welcome at the World Cup is a memory I will always cherish.' - Paul Ackford, Sunday Telegraph, London. The story of New Zealand's greatest sporting event - and, ultimately - one of its greatest triumphs. Fascinating insights into some ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • No Borders

    Playing Rugby for Ireland

    by Tom English ...
    Series series Behind the Jersey Series
    Fully updated to include Ireland’s historic victory over the All Blacks and their 2018 Six Nations Grand Slam.From Jack Kyle's immortals to Brian O'Driscoll's golden generation, this is the story of Irish rugby told in the players' words.Celebrated rugby writer Tom English embarks on a pilgrimage through the four provinces to reveal the fascinating and illuminating story of playing test rugby in ... Read more

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  • Stephen Donald - Beaver

    by Scotty Stevenson ...
    Stephen Donald etched himself into All Blacks folklore with that 'kick' in the 2011 Rugby World Cup final at Eden Park, Auckland. Donald, one of the country's most popular All Blacks, had not originally been wanted for the World Cup squad. He was whitebaiting in the Waikato River and effectively off the rugby grid when the SOS went out for his services. The rest, as they say, is history. That one ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • More than Rugby

    by Pierre Spies ...
    You might never play rugby again.' Everything that I had done for the largest part of my life had been centred around rugby, so you can imagine the shock I experienced on hearing that. But if you thought that was bad - there's more. The doctor went on to say that I could even die. That was the truly devastating part! From being on cloud nine - selected for the Springbok squad to go to the World ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Hookers, Flankers, and Locks

    by Jean Roller ...
    About Hookers, Flankers, and Locks When Doc joined the Yale women’s rugby team, she expected a rugged time on the field. But nothing prepared her for what happened off the field, especially when Eva fell in love with a gorgeous teammate, rankling her hostile Southern Baptist family. Filled with raucous song and Ivy League rivalries, the book also explores questions of identity and human ... Read more

    $8.00 USD

  • Introduction to Becoming and Remaining RugbyFit

    by James Haskell ...
    As a professional rugby player and renowned athlete, James is widely known for his elite athleticism and commanding physique. As such, it would be fair to say James Haskell knows a thing or two about getting and keeping fit, as well as preparing to play rugby.Since the beginning and the publication of his very first blog, James’s mission has been to provide clear, concise information to help both ... Read more

    $9.75 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Violence in Rugby

    by John H. Kerr ...
    Like all the other various codes of football, rugby has been and continues to be a physically hard and occasionally violent game. There are two types of violence in rugby: sanctioned violence, permitted by the laws of the game, enjoyed by players and found in the violent collisions that occur in tackles, rucks and mauls; and unsanctioned violence, which falls outside the rugby laws and involves ... Read more

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  • Advances in Rugby Coaching

    An Holistic Approach

    by Richard Light, John R. Evans, Stephen Harvey, Rémy Hassanin ...
    Contemporary sports coaching studies have moved beyond simple biophysical approaches to more complex understandings of coaching as a set of social relationships and processes. This is the first book to examine what that means in the context of one major international sport, rugby union. Drawing on cutting-edge empirical research in the five most powerful rugby-playing nations, as well as ... Read more

    $70.99 USD