{"product_id":"9781473664180","title":"Rugby: The Game of My Life : Battling for England in the Professional Era","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Andrew, Rob, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 04\/10\/2018,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 352 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Hodder Paperback,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton General Division,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Autobiography: sport, Memoirs, Sports teams \u0026amp; clubs, Rugby Union\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781473664180\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRob Andrew is one of the key figures in modern rugby history: an outstanding international who won three Grand Slams with England and toured twice with the British and Irish Lions, he also played a central role in the game's professional revolution with his trailblazing work at Newcastle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e During a long spell on Tyneside, he led the team to a Premiership title at the first opportunity, brought European action to the north-east and gave the young Jonny Wilkinson his break in big-time union by fast-tracking him into the side straight out of school. What happened off the field was equally eventful. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRob produced 'The Andrew Report' - the most radical of blueprints for the future of English rugby - and then, over the course of a decade as one of Twickenham's top administrators, found himself grappling with the extreme challenges of running a game repeatedly blown off course by the winds of change. He did not merely have a ringside seat as one of the world's major sports went through its greatest upheaval in a century: more often than not, he was in the ring itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022421786777,"sku":"9781473664180","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781473664180.jpg?v=1602537940","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781473664180","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}