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An All Black's memoir of rugby, dementia, and the hidden cost of success
$31.99
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
19 June 2023
Summary
Head On explores the intense pressures faced by modern athletes, where peak physical performance clashes with commercial interests, and success can become a player’s undoing.
Exploited and then abandoned, Carl Hayman is now left to confront the hidden price of achieving more than any young rugby player could ever dream of. He grapples with both the known and the unknown, seeking answers regarding dementia and a degenerative brain condition known as CTE (chronic traumatic ence…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781775542353 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1775542351 |
| Author: | Carl Hayman, Dylan Cleaver |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers New Zealand |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 19 June 2023 |
| Weight: | 400g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 155mm x 24mm |
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About The Author
Carl Hayman
Dylan Cleaver has spent the better part of three decades covering sport. Now the publisher of sports newsletter The Bounce, Cleaver has worked for mastheads such as the New Zealand Herald, Herald on Sunday, Sunday Star-Times, Sunday News and Irish Examiner.
Cleaver has won close to 40 national journalism awards, including Best Investigation at the Canon Media Awards in 2015 for his work on match-fixing allegations involving former New Zealand cricketers. He has been named Sports Journalist of the Year on multiple occasions, including 2022, where he was recognised in part for a feature article on Carl Hayman, and in 2017 for his groundbreaking work linking the high rates of dementia in former rugby players with head injuries suffered in their playing days.
Cleaver was raised in New Plymouth and now lives on the North Shore of Auckland with his wife Michelle and two teenage children Liam and Libby.
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