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A World in Conflict: The Global Battle for Rugby Supremacy
Contributor(s): Parkes, Geoff (Author)
ISBN: 1925635740     ISBN-13: 9781925635744
Publisher: Greenslade Creations
OUR PRICE:   $20.69  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: November 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Rugby
Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.88 lbs) 302 pages
 
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Power and influence in rugby is shifting away from its historical tie to international on-field success, much of it in the southern hemisphere, to the boardrooms of cashed-up, influential rugby clubs in the UK and France.


A confused rugby calendar is subjected to a 'land grab' from clubs and national unions, all striving to maximise revenue. Player welfare concerns are cited by all and sundry, yet are cast aside as soon as there is a dollar to be made.


Told through the eyes of rugby identities from around the world, this is a fascinating story of a once staunchly amateur sport now fully engulfed in the clutches of professionalism--the future uncertain and the fabric of 'the game they play in heaven' straining under the excesses and ambitions of rugby's new powerbrokers.