Exe Men

The Extraordinary Rise of the Exeter Chiefs

Rob Kitson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

304 Seiten

2020
Polaris Publishing Limited (Verlag)
978-1-913538-01-9 (ISBN)

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Winner of the Telegraph Sports Book Awards Rugby Book of the Year

Among the best stories in modern British team sport has been the rise of Exeter Chiefs. How, exactly, did an unfashionable rugby team from Devon emerge from obscurity to become the double champions of England and Europe? What makes them tick? What are their secrets?

Exe Men is a compelling story of regional pride, fierce rural identity, larger-than-life local heroes, remarkable characters, epic resilience, big city snobbery, geographical separation, steepling ambition and personal sacrifice which will strike a chord with anyone who enjoys a classic underdog story.

This is not any old rugby book, it is the inside story of Exeter’s incredible journey from the edge of nowhere to the summit of the English and European club game.

Robert Kitson has been The Guardian’s rugby union correspondent since 1999 and is one of the UK’s most respected sports writers. He has covered eight Rugby World Cups, five British and Irish Lions tours and in excess of 300 Tests worldwide. As well as rugby he has also been to five Olympic Games, worked at multiple football and cricket World Cups, covered cricket in Australia, West Indies, India and Pakistan and written on virtually every major sport. He was highly commended in the SJA Rugby Journalist of the Year awards in 2015.

Erscheinungsdatum	23.11.2020
Zusatzinfo	16 Plates, unspecified
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 240 mm
Gewicht	568 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
ISBN-10	1-913538-01-X / 191353801X
ISBN-13	978-1-913538-01-9 / 9781913538019
Zustand	Neuware