Front Up, Rise Up
The Official Story of Connacht Rugby
$29.12
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
18 May 2017
Summary
Front Up, Rise Up is the story of Connacht’s remarkable journey to becoming the 2016 Pro12 champions. This compelling inside account offers unique insight into the rise of Connacht Rugby through the professional era. The story goes inside the dressing-room, takes in their unscheduled, week-long, bonding trek to Siberia and back for a European Challenge Cup game, and all the key twists and turns along the way.
It brings us the characters in this Band of Brothers, from the locals such a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848272392 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1848272391 |
| Author: | Gerry Thornley |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Transworld Ireland |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 18 May 2017 |
| Weight: | 279g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 126mm x 197mm |
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Critics Review
“A hell of a yarn, told with precision and lan.” –Malachy Clerkin, Irish Times Books of the Year
A great story, brilliantly told. – Matt Cooper * The Last Word, Today FM *
A hell of a yarn, told with precision and élan. – Malachy Clerkin * Books of the Year, Irish Times *
A great, insightful read. * Rugby World *
Gerry Thornley
Gerry Thornley has been the rugby correspondent of the Irish Times since 1997 and is a regular contributor and rugby analyst on both television and radio. He is the award-winning author of Trevor Brennan: Heart and Soul, which won the William Hill Irish Sports Book of the Year in 2007 and the Irish Book Awards Sports Book of the Year in 2008. His other books include the bestselling Ronan O’Gara: Unguarded (2013) and Pulling The Strings with Peter Stringer (2015), which was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards Sports Book of the Year.
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