Tackling Rugby: The Changing World of Professional Rugby

Gareth Edwards; Peter Bills

ISBN 10: 0747252769 / ISBN 13: 9780747252764

Published by Headline, London, 2002

About this Item

2002 first edition, first impression. Size octavo, 280 pages. Black hard cover with gilt titles to the spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition fine, a very clean copy. Dust jacket condition near fine, not price clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Seller Inventory # 016910

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tackling Rugby: The Changing World of Professional Rugby
• Publisher: Headline, London
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0747252769
• ISBN 13: 9780747252764
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition, First Impression.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

About this title

Synopsis

Gareth Edwards looks at how rugby has evolved on the field, with ever higher levels of fitness and greater speed, but also asks if rule changes are depriving the game of some of its unique aspects. He questions whether the sport is losing touch with its heartlands and selling its soul. Talking to players past and present such as Keith Wood, Jason Little and Graham Price, he provides a portrait of the sport he loves. He deals with issues such as how rugby has coped with going professional and whether it could return to amateurism, whether the demands of television are destroying the sport, and much else besides.

About the Author

Gareth Edwards played rugby as scrum-half for Cardiff, Wales and the British Lions in the 1960s and 1970s. He is widely regarded as the greatest rugby player of all time, and is now a respected TV commentator.