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Team England Rugby: World Cup 2003 - The Official Account of Englands World Cup Triumph
Orion (
02 December, 2003 )
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Uninformative, brief and underwhelming  |
This book is in 11 chapters, a chapter each for the three warm up games, one for the world cup squad selection, and a chapter each for the seven world cup games. Each chapters a quick read and (except the squad selection chapter) follows a standard pattern. A couple of pages of comments before the game, a quick highlight of the game, then a few comments from after the game. The comments are largely from Woodward and the senior players, and are the comments which were publicised in the large media coverage of the event. If you read the rugby articles in any of the main English national papers over the World Cup, youll have read 90% of the book. Even if you hadnt, the comments soon become repetitive: pre-game we respect the opposition, but we are focussed giving way to post-match they deserve credit, but we won, and will focus on the next match. The book does demonstrate the lack of ego and real work ethic that has permeated this great team, but it doesnt offer anything new or insightful. As a nicely presented and official account of one of this countrys great sporting achievements, it makes a nice memento, but as a book it disappoints. Theres no behind the scenes comment, no insightful looks into the relationships or the stresses and strains within the squad. There would be no reason to buy this if England hadnt won the World Cup, and for an official guide that would presumably have been publicised anyway, this is a disappointment.
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Decent, Great Price  |
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This book is a review of the world cup from tem Englands perspectie and its quite interesting reading. With detailed information from Clive (or Sir Clive now) Woodwards squad selection, world cup warm up games, and the actual games at the world cup and the media reaction to everything. In the book you hear from pretty much every squad member on frustratment and joy on a whole range of subjects. It suprised me how philosophical rugby players are, and that they all seem to be more intullectual than I first took them for. You really get a good insite into players personality from this book from the shy Jonny Wilkinson, to the extremely talkaative Mike Catt. It also gives all the results from every game an superb quality pictures at stages of the book, of England in action during all of their matches, and of course, the great picture of Jonny Wilkinson slotting over the great drop goal as I have named it. If you want a good sports book for a great price I would strongly recommend this to you.
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what a waste - I hope the proceeds are going to Samoan rugby  |
whatever the price is, its too much for this collection of press conference reports strung together with some photos which were much better reported in context elsewhereas "the offical account" I have never been so disappointed with a book - definitely a christmas turkey just hope the proceeds from this cynical commercial exploitation are given to the Samoan RFU
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