The Iron Curtain
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The Iron Curtain

My Rugby Journey from League to Union

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eBook - ePub

The Iron Curtain

My Rugby Journey from League to Union

About this book

The Iron Curtain tells the story of rugby pioneer Phil Larder, the first coach to break through the hidden wall between rugby league and union. The journey starts with Phil's upbringing as a player, takes in the 1980s rugby league revolution he sparked as national coaching director, and his jump across the barricades to rugby union in 1997. The authors examine how rugby league ideas revolutionized the concept of defense in union and changed the face of the game forever, and discuss the scientific "quantum leaps" in analysis and conditioning under Sir Clive Woodward that led to triumph in 2003. In a book that will appeal to rugby lovers of both codes, Phil reveals the sources of his coaching inspiration, the players he loved working with, and the secrets of his defensive innovation, giving his frank views on the English Premiership and the two Lions tours in which he was involved.

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Information

Publisher
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Year
2015
eBook ISBN
9781785311055
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Prologue
  7. Chapter one: Watershed moments
  8. Chapter two: Show him the lot – the 1982 Invincibles
  9. Chapter three: Super-coach and the Australian way
  10. Chapter four: More pricks than kicks
  11. Chapter five: Tigers, roses and the evolution of a defence
  12. Chapter six: A few good men
  13. Chapter seven: Politics, politics, politics… and the 1999 World Cup
  14. Chapter eight: Becoming number one
  15. Chapter nine: Seeing is believing
  16. Chapter ten: The last thousand feet
  17. Chapter eleven: Now it’s our turn
  18. Bibliography
  19. Photographs