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Saving Rugby Union – The Price of Professionalism
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An unrivalled insight into the sad mismanagement of rugby union in the 25 years since it turned professional, endangering its future at amateur level. The book recounts the history of the early decades as a professional sport, and suggests solutions to the injury crisis and financial apartheid operated by the major northern-hemisphere unions.
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| Publisher | Y Lolfa (15 Oct. 2020) |
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| Language | English |
| Paperback | 208 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1912631326 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1912631322 |
| Dimensions | 15.49 x 2.03 x 23.88 cm |
by A C Jones
saving Rugby Union is an an excellent book which describes in detail many of the problems being faced by Rugby Union in England especially. It is rightly very critical of the RFU, the games governing body and sets out very clearly what changes need to be made to halt the drift downwards in the numbers of male adult players who play the sport each weekend. The structure of the Twickenham “leadership” comes in for severe criticism .
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Good thought provoking topics
by Richard Lipscombe
It was great to read that I’m not the only one who thinks that’s scrums are no longer a contest due to the constant, crooked feeding of the balls into scrums.
by Bangor Bell
A thoughtful analysis of the problems that are so obvious in the game of rugby union and a few suggestions to improve the game and make it less dangerous for players.
by A C Jones
Some interesting and well argued views, but could have been written in half the number of words. A lot of repetition of previously covered points in most of the chapters.