Download or read book Walking After Midnight written by Katy Hutchison and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2006 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Katy Hutchison waited five years to confront her husband's killer--and when she finally got her chance, she forgave him. This gripping page-turner tells the story of Hutchison's remarkable journey out of tragedy and into forgiveness, redemption, and hope.
Download or read book Jamie Cudmore written by Jamie Cudmore and published by Marabout. This book was released on 2017-05-10 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entrer dans la légende du « bûcheron » canadien Dans sa biographie, Jamie Cudmore, célèbre joueur de rugby canadien revient sur son passé sulfureux et sa vie adolescente tumultueuse au Canada. Ses implications dans de nombreuses bagarres qui auraient pu mettre en péril sa carrière ainsi qu'un drame qui a marqué sa vie à jamais. Suivre son parcours, c’est revenir sur l’histoire d’un club celui de l’ASM Clermont Auvergne dans lequel sa carrière de joueur a décollé. Le deuxième ligne a mis fin à la terrible malédiction des clermontois qui jamais ne parvenait à remporter le bouclier de Brennus en finale du Top 14. En 2010, enfin, les Clermontois accèdent au titre de vainqueur de France. Enfin, dans ce passionnant témoignage, Jamie Cudmore n’hésite pas à parler franchement : pour revenir sur certains épisodes musclés sur les terrains de Top 14 qui ont assis sa légende mais aussi pour accuser les organisateurs de la Coupe du monde de rugby de privilégier, en leur proposant un calendrier à la carte, les grandes nations tandis que les prétendues "petites equipes" sont méprisées et là uniquement pour faire le nombre. Il dénonce également les dérives du rugby business qui mettent en péril la santé des joueurs en repoussant toujours plus leurs limites physiques. Points forts : Le parcours d’un rugbyman de renom qui a disputé 4 Coupes du monde Revenir sur l’histoire du célèbre club de rugby français ASM Clermont Auvergne
Download or read book Jamie Cudmore written by Gavin Mortimer and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Legend of the Canadian "lumberjack":In his biography, Jamie Cudmore, a famous Canadian rugby player looks back on his past and his tumultuous teenage life in Canada, recounting the many fights that could have jeopardized his career, a drama that marked his life forever, and how they shaped him. This account stretches from a career that began at Capilano Rugby Club in Vancouver to the history of the French club ASM Clermont Auvergne where he was a player for 13 seasons. The second line, of which he was a key component, ended the terrible curse of Clermont who had never managed to win the Brennus Shield, symbol of the championship in the final round of the Top 14. In 2010, finally, Clermont won the title of winner of France. In this fascinating testimony, Jamie Cudmore does not hesitate to speak frankly: to return to some contentious altercations on the playing grounds of Top 14 which defined his legend, but also to recount his viewpoints on the organization of the Rugby World Cup. He also questions the pro-business management aspect of rugby that endangers the health of players by pushing their physical limits too far.Highlights: The course of a renowned Canadian rugby player who has played 4 World cups and spent his career as a professional rugby player In Europe.
Download or read book Rugby World Cup 1987 2011 Complete Results Statistics written by Simon Barclay and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rugby World Cup 1987 2019 Complete Results and Statistics written by Simon Barclay and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-11-03 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South Africa's victory over England in the Yokohama final brought to close a thrilling 2019 Rugby World Cup. This 443 page book is a statistical record of every match played in the nine world cups since 1987 and then concentrates on the 2019 tournament, with each pool and knock-out phase match, full information on the worldwide qualifying competitions, each country's squads, followed by records from both the 2019 tournament and across history of the competition.
Download or read book Rugby Revealed written by Gavin Hickie and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rugby Revealed is the definitive guide to rugby in terms of the roles and responsibilities of each individual position and how they combine to create a tactically astute rugby team. This engaging guide to rugby union will help coaches and players understand the modern game, giving practical advice to achieve maximum results with optimum technique. With its mix of contributions from leading names, practical coaching advice and player statistics, Rugby Revealed includes: · the roles and responsibilities of each position in 15-a-side rugby · correct technique for core skills · the mechanics of the set piece · the elements for a successful attack and defence Professional players such as Jamie Roberts, Aaron Smith, Johnny Sexton, George Ford, Cian Healy, Manu Tuilagi, Keven Mealamu and Marcos Ayerza, and leading coaches, including Stuart Lancaster, Mike Cron, Dr Dave Alred, Mike Ford, Brendan Venter and Sir John Kirwan, are some of the 101 top names who share their insights into the game. This highly accessible guide will help new, emerging and developing players and coaches reach their rugby potential.
Download or read book Rugby World Cup 1987 2015 Complete Results and Statistics written by Simon Barclay and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-11-04 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Zealand's wonderful victory over close rivals Australia in the Twickenham final brought to close a thrilling 2015 Rugby World Cup which saw southern hemisphere teams dominate and playing a style of rugby which left the northern teams wondering how they can compete in future. This 395 page book concentrates on the 2015 tournament, detailing each pool and knock-out phase match, full information on all the qualifying competitions, each country's squads with changes made, plus a 10 page section filled with records and statistics from both the latest tournament and for the history of the world cup. The book also has match details for every game played in the world cup since 1987.
Download or read book They Played Rugby for Wales 2023 edition written by Eric Lemon and published by Eric Lemon. This book was released on 2024-05-11 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A remarkable compilation of over 400 pages of statistics and records of every match and every player for the Wales national Rugby Union team from the first match in February 1881 up to December 2023.
Download or read book Rugby World Cups 2003 and 2015 written by Paul Tait and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2013-11-20 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History was made on November 22 2003 - England was crowned the World Champion. Everything was ready for rugby to explode in England, for the national team to kick-on, for the level of the domestic game to continue growing and for the sport to truly become prominent nationwide. It did not eventuate. England lost far too many matches and the Aviva Premiership does not match the French Top 14. The result for Rugby World Cup 2015 is a match schedule allocating more games to Wales than to the north of England. Understanding how this came about and also how and why Wales secured matches is an important part of the puzzle and carries substantial implications for future Rugby World Cups. Local and global issues including decision making, rival sports and nationalized players are all tackled in an analysis that seeks to offer realistic and viable solutions for the benefit of English and global rugby.
Download or read book Reasons 2 Smile written by Matthew Rees and published by Y Lolfa. This book was released on 2018-12-13 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The autobiography of Cardiff Blues, Scarlets, Wales, Lions and Barbarians player Matthew Rees, the most-capped hooker ever for Wales. Lots of insight behind the scenes on his rugby career, but also revealing the full stories behind finding out who his father was at 20 and his battle with testicular cancer at the height of his career. 43 photographs.
Download or read book Knife in the Fast Lane written by Bill Ribbans and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2020-11-02 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knife in the Fast Lane charts the history of care for sportspeople from the expert view of a doctor and orthopaedic surgeon with over 40 years' experience. Bill Ribbans gives you the inside track on the life of a surgeon operating on some of sport's biggest names. From looking after world champions from eight different sports and Olympians with 27 medals between them, to having his actions scrutinised by millions at Twickenham, Bill's experiences are interwoven with fascinating, surprising and controversial subjects from the annals of sports medicine. The book explores the legal minefields and ethical dilemmas faced by medics in sport. It deals with current issues like concussion, depression, drug-taking and the dangers of sporting academies. It also asks whether the enormous resources poured into elite medical care have really reduced harm to athletes or made them so fit, fast and strong that it threatens their long-term health.
Download or read book Confessions of a Rugby Mercenary written by John Daniell and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-04-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Daniell is a rubgy mercenary. A brutal word for an often brutal game. In 1996, when Rugby Union turned professional, John emigrated to France where he played for a decade in top competitions. His team ricocheted between fear and ecstasy, as they battled to save the club from relegation and their careers from the scrap heap. Now he lifts the lid on the dark world of the journeyman player, where losing a home game is considered a crime, coaches and club owners will do anything to win, and agents ruthlessly manipulate players. His compelling confessions are both shocking and funny, taking you behind the scenes, onto the field and into the very heart of the scrum.
Download or read book Bomb written by Adam Jones and published by Headline. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In rugby, there are the Flash Harrys and the Glory Boys: the fly-halves who run, kick and dazzle; the scrum-halves who nip and dart; the wingers who step and glide. These are the players who get the crowd on their feet, who set stadiums abuzz. But they only get to do these things because other, less glorified figures do all of the donkey work. Adam Jones is one such figure. And for a decade he was one of the world's best. On many occasions when George North or Shane Williams were careering under the posts to score a try, and the crowd was engulfed in rapturous joy, Adam Jones would be hauling himself up from the turf, spitting blood and mud, and massaging his aching neck. He hadn't scored the try; but more often than not it was his graft and strength which had made it. This is the story of 'Bomb': the self-effacing manual labourer from the Swansea Valley who traded laying paving slabs for running out in some of the world's most imposing sporting citadels. He rose to the pinnacle of his sport, winning virtually everything there was to be won: Grand Slams, Six Nations Championships, Lions tours, Pro12 titles. In a nation of rugby heroes, Adam Jones has become a legend. Only six Welshmen can say they've won three Grand Slams. He is one of them: not just as a bit-part player, but as the beating heart of the most successful squad in Welsh rugby history. His was one of the first names on the team sheet. He was - literally and metaphorically - the cornerstone of this Welsh side. In his autobiography, Jones reveals exactly what goes on in the murky depths of the front row: the tricks, the techniques, the physical and psychological warfare; and the mental fortitude it takes to endure in one of the hardest positions, in one of the world's toughest contact sports.
Download or read book The Outsider written by Geordan Murphy and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geordan Murphy does not come from the leafy suburbs of south Dublin or the rugby hotbeds of Limerick or Cork. As a teenager he played Gaelic football for Kildare minors. But his greatest love, and his true genius, was for rugby. Now nearing the end of a career that has seen him win over seventy Ireland caps - a number that a great many supporters and pundits believe should be considerably higher - and attain the captaincy of the top English club, Leicester, Geordan Murphy tells his own story for the first time. 'A delightful read ... brilliant' Rugby World 'Bright, breezy, entertaining and revealing' Gerry Thornley, Irish Times 'An open, honest and entertaining book' RTE Guide
Download or read book The Test written by Brian O'Driscoll and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-10-23 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The number one bestselling autobiography of the greatest rugby player of our time: Brian O'Driscoll. Since 1999, when he made his international debut, there has been no greater player in world rugby than Brian O'Driscoll. In 2010 Rugby World magazine named him its world player of the decade - and since then the legend has only grown. Now, at the end of his amazing career - which culminated in fairy-tale fashion with Ireland's victory in the 2014 Six Nations championship - he tells his own story. Honest, gritty and thoughtful, Brian O'Driscoll's Autobiography is not just an essential sports book. It is an essential book about family, friends, hard work, courage and imagination. 'Honest, charming and revealing - a thoroughly good read' Rugby World 'After reading The Test I warmed even more to O'Driscoll as a player and a man. He stood for a new ethos in Irish sport that refused to accept mediocrity or glorious failure' Fergal Keane, Irish Times 'O'Driscoll's honesty ... takes the reader to a place they simply have not been before' Vincent Hogan, Irish Independent 'A must-read insight into the life and mind of Ireland's greatest rugby player' Irish Mail on Sunday 'There are fascinating insights into the lengths he was willing to go to perform at the highest level' Sunday Business Post
Download or read book On The Seventh Day Thirty Years of Great Sports Writing written by John Greene and published by Mercier Press Ltd. This book was released on 2019-03-08 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you read about the day Eamon Dunphy went for a drink in London with George Best? Or the day Paul Kimmage sat down with Roy Keane in Saipan? Or the story about Paul O'Connell and the Superman tee-shirt? Have you met Hurling Man? Do you know why prop forwards rule the roost in Rugby Hell? Or why a famous goal brought so much misery to the man who scored it? These stories and many more can be found in On The Seventh Day, an anthology of some of the best sports writing published in Ireland over the last thirty years, now released in paperback. There is a literary quality to the best sports writing – a refusal to dumb down. On the Seventh Day showcases some of the best, and features undoubted stars of the genre like Paul Kimmage, Eamon Dunphy and David Walsh. Kimmage's remarkable piece, 'Inside the team that Mick built', which tells the story of Ireland's memorable win over Holland in 2001, opens the book and sets the tone for a stunning collection of articles spanning the years from Euro '88 to the summer of 2018. Featured writers also include Eamonn Sweeney, Joe Brolly, Neil Francis, Colm O'Rourke, Brendan Fanning, Marie Crowe, Anthony Cronin, Dion Fanning, Richard Sadlier, Cliona Foley, Tommy Conlon and Mick Doyle, covering the GAA, soccer, rugby, golf, athletics, horse racing, boxing, snooker and more. On The Seventh Day explores anger, joy, humour, sadness, pity, tragedy, beauty; there are memories, controversies and celebrations; tales of addiction and tales of redemption. Together, the pieces, which are taken from the pages of the Sunday Independent over the last three decades, show how truly great sports writing stands the test of time.
Download or read book The Story of Thomond Park written by Charlie Mulqueen and published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'What's so special about Thomond Park? The crowd. Simply the crowd. The atmosphere is electric.' Donal Spring, one of Munster rugby's greatest. Since the first game played there in 1934, Thomond Park has become one of the world's iconic rugby venues. It is a magnificent stadium, famous for many great occasions, notably Munster's 1978 victory over the All Blacks and the 'Miracle Match' against Gloucester in 2003. It also has a worldwide reputation for tradition, wit and an outstanding sense of fair play. Here the history of Thomond Park is traced in a colourful and entertaining style, featuring some rare photos of Munster favourite Paul O'Connell, and highlighting great games played and great characters who have graced the arena.
