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The book gives an inside picture of a great sports team
One aim of the book was to outline historical insights into the All Blacks, drawing on new interviews and material. The other was to give an understanding of life inside the test teams as they prepared for test matches. I was a doctoral researcher for four years with the All Blacks with full access to every team and player situation. I interviewed or surveyed some 400 All Blacks and overseas test players. The chapters on characteristics of a great team and on coaches have been used in developing quality workplace teams and coaches. There are many players, from the 1920s to date whose interviews give new slants on rugby history.
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One aim of the book was to outline historical insights into the All Blacks, drawing on new interviews and material. The other was to give an understanding of life inside the test teams as they prepared for test matches. I was a doctoral researcher for four years with the All Blacks with full access to every team and player situation. I interviewed or surveyed some 400 All Blacks and overseas test players. The chapters on characteristics of a great team and on coaches have been used in developing quality workplace teams and coaches. There are many players, from the 1920s to date whose interviews give new slants on rugby history.
For three years the author, Robin McConnell, lived with the All Blacks, followed them around New Zealand, travelled with them overseas, attended their training sessions, and celebrated and commiserated with them in their dressing rooms – while all the time observing them both as public stars and private individuals. The result is this fascinating fly-on-the wall account of what it’s like to be an All Black.
To gain an understanding of their make-up and a feeling for how and why the All Blacks have become the world’s greatest rugby team, McConnell went back to the early days, interviewing the oldest surviving former players from the 1920s, as well as stars of the post-war era and the current professional team.
These insightful observations are supplemented by the views of coaches, captains and opponents; a chapter on the All Blacks’ legendary rivalry with the Springboks; and the nail-biting build-ups to Test matches involving the Five Nations teams and the British Lions.
In a new chapter for this paperback edition, the author brings the story right up to date, describing the current team and assessing their prospects for victory in the 1999 Rugby World Cup.
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- PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 1869502744
- ISBN 13 9781869502744
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages279
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