Heroics & heartbreak : twelve months with the All Blacks / Jamie Wall.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Auckland, New Zealand : Allen & Unwin, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781988547329
- 1988547326
- Heroics and heartbreak
- GV945.6.A44 W35 2019
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Fiction | Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction | 796.333 WAL | Available | T00827139 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The story of the All Blacks campaign for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, with insightful analysis and full commentary.
The story of the All Blacks campaign for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, with insightful analysis and full commentary. What happened to the All Blacks at the 2019 Rugby World Cup? They were aiming for their third title in a row. A win would have capped a decade of dominance for the team and provided a fitting end to the careers of Steve Hansen and Kieran Read. But it turned out to be a much tougher challenge, and ended in crushing failure. Heroics & Heartbreak is Jamie Wall's story of the campaign, from someone who was there every step of the way. The campaign for the cup started with the end-of-year tour in October 2018. It was a hard slog, with the team clearly feeling the effects of a long season. Notably, Hansen and Read came under considerable scrutiny throughout. The signs were there that most of the other test-playing nations had gained some serious ground on the All Blacks in the past couple of seasons, seen in the results against England and Ireland on that tour. Jamie analyses the campaign and the All Blacks' games, trainings, press conferences and dramas throughout the World Cup as he follows the team in Japan. The climax was not the one that the All Blacks wanted, and signals a new era in world rugby. It may prove to be a defining moment for the game in New Zealand as well.
Jamie Wall is a freelance sports writer, specialising in rugby and is the author of Brothers in Black. He covers live sporting events and delves into the deeper socio-political implications that sports, especially rugby, can bring. He has worked for The Spinoff, Radio New Zealand and Maori Television. Over the last two seasons, Jamie has travelled with the All Blacks to Buenos Aires, Sydney, Tokyo, London, Dublin and Rome, and he will be attending the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction (p. 11)
- Part 1 A Year Out
- 01 Systems Check Complete (p. 17)
- 02 We Hate Disneyworld (p. 29)
- 03 Influencers (p. 37)
- 04 Hairy Hands Hypnotism (p. 42)
- 05 The New Boys (p. 47)
- 06 Pub Trivia (p. 52)
- 07 London's Dripping (p. 56)
- 08 Mitch's Journey (p. 63)
- 09 Haka Headlines (p. 69)
- 10 Rugby's Cathedral (p. 73)
- 11 Everyone's a Winner (p. 83)
- 12 Dublin's Calling (p. 87)
- 13 Unsmiling Giants (p. 91)
- 14 Eyes of Ice (p. 96)
- 15 Out-Passioned (p. 101)
- 16 Favouritism (p. 105)
- 17 Off The Record (p. 109)
- 18 Regulation Hiding (p. 113)
- 19 Hansen's Announcement (p. 119)
- Part 2 The Lead-Up
- 20 Bigger Than Rugby (p. 124)
- 21 The Hardest Post Match (p. 128)
- 22 Reshuffling the Northern Deck (p. 132)
- 23 The Unluckiest Break (p. 137)
- 24 A Tale of Two Halfbacks (p. 144)
- 25 Super Rugby Out of the Way (p. 148)
- 26 The First Naming (p. 153)
- 27 The Black Caps Grab the Limelight (p. 158)
- 28 A Day at the Museum (p. 162)
- 29 Public Relations (p. 167)
- 30 First Test of the Year (p. 175)
- 31 Bag Boys (p. 180)
- 32 The Old Enemy (p. 184)
- 33 The Worst Crowd Ever (p. 192)
- 34 Hell is Other People (p. 197)
- 35 Craig the Uber Driver (p. 203)
- 36 The Red Card (p. 208)
- 37 Back to Square One? (p. 214)
- 38 The Pressure (p. 218)
- 39 What Happens When You Make the All Blacks Angry (p. 224)
- 40 'Not On My Watch' (p. 228)
- 41 The Big Day (p. 232)
- 42 The City of the Future (p. 237)
- 43 The State of the Union (p. 243)
- 44 We Are Where Our Feet Are (p. 252)
- 45 Home Away from Home (p. 262)
- 46 The Company Men (p. 268)
- 47 The Rising Sun Melts the Eyes of Ice (p. 273)
- 48 Haka, Revisited (p. 278)
- 49 The Sad Parade (p. 281)
- 50 Godzilla Road (p. 286)
- 51 Not So Heavy Sits the Crown (p. 292)
- 52 The Typhoon (p. 299)
- 53 Writers on the Storm (p. 305)
- 54 Crunch Time (p. 310)
- 55 Heart Breakers, Dream Takers (p. 315)
- 56 Fans with Keyboards (p. 325)
- 57 Switcheroo (p. 330)
- 58 Flashback (p. 334)
- 59 Downfall (p. 338)
- 60 The Bitter End (p. 345)
- 61 Fallout (p. 350)
- 62 The Half-Empty Room (p. 353)
- 63 Vulnerability (p. 358)
- Epilogue: Sayonara, Domo Arigato (p. 362)
- Acknowledgements (p. 367)