Unholy Union, 9781472130709
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Rugby’s rapid transformation: soaring heights, terrifying strains, uncertain future.

Unholy Union

When Rugby Collided with the Modern World

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    22 February 2021

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Summary

What is the state of rugby?

Is the game on the brink of expansion?

Or is it on the brink of implosion?

No game has undergone so traumatic a transformation since the turn of the century. The last of the major sports to embrace professionalism, rugby was propelled on a trajectory that has twisted its cumbersome frame to the limit in a drama compelling and appalling to behold. After a hundred years defying the future, rug…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781472130709
ISBN-10:1472130707
Author:Mike Aylwin
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Constable
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:22 February 2021
Weight:280g
Dimensions:196mm x 126mm x 32mm
About The Author

Mike Aylwin

Michael Aylwin is a sportswriter with the Guardian and an award-winning author, whose work has topped the Sunday Times bestseller list. His novel, Ivon, a satire of sport in the twenty-second century, was published in 2018. He lives in London.

Mark Evans was director of rugby at Saracens when rugby turned professional and then chief executive of Harlequins for more than ten years. He moved to Australia to become chief executive of Melbourne Storm and is currently consultant to a variety of sporting organisations in the UK.

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