Peter Bills

La historia definitiva del mejor equipo de la historia del deporte como nunca antes nos la habían explicado. Incluye entrevistas con Richie McCaw, Steve Hansen, Bauden Barrett y Dan Carter. Los All Blacks es el equipo que tiene el mejor record ganador de la historia de cualquier deporte, han sido capaces de destrozar a todos sus oponentes de una manera apabullante y llegar al Mundial 2019 de Rugby como los vigentes campeones. Esta es, entre muchas otras historias, la de un pais que con tan solo 4,8 millones de habitantes ha dominado el mundo del rugby como nunca antes se habia visto. Peter Bills, quien durante mas de 40 años ha sido periodista internacional de rugby, tuvo acceso exclusivo a todas las figuras mas importantes del rugby en Nueva Zelanda para tratar de entender el porque del exito detras de los All Blacks. Esta es la historia de los primeros colonos, y de los originales que forjaron la leyenda de los All Blacks. Un dibujo extraordinario de jugadores, entrenadores, oficiales, aficionados y muchos otros que han contribuido a que el jersey de los All Blacks sea un icono del mundo del deporte. Este libro va directamente al corazon del exito de los All Blacks. Una historia repleta de epica, no solo de un equipo de rugby, sino de un pais entero, cuyas identidades estan intrinsecamente unidas.Reseñas:Una maravillosa descripcion de porque los All Blacks es el mejor equipo del mundo. Un libro extraordinariamente bien escrito.Nick Mallett, ex entrenador de Sudafrica e Italia Extremadamente bien escrito. Cautivador, preciso, perspicaz y brillante en la forma que captura el estilo neo zelandes.John Hart, ex entrenador de los All Blacks Una gran lectura. Lo disfrute mucho.Conrad Smith, 94 veces capitan de los All BlacksMaravilloso. Los fans devoraran este libro.Sir Graham Henry, entrenador de los All Balcks campeon del mundo 2011 La historia, llena de epica, de los primeros colonos y los neozelandeses originales que forjaron la leyenda del mejor equipo deportivo del mundo.Angel Carceles, periodista y comentarista en TeleDeporte El periodista Peter Bills explica la mistica neozelandesa en el rugby.Pedro Zuazua, El Pais

From the founding of Ireland s first national team in 1875 to the Grand Slam winners of today

An impassioned tour around France which is best enjoyed with a bottle of red ... or two.The Sunday TimesIve known Peter for some years and Im sure you will enjoy his personal journey to the heart of rugby in this superb country. Dan Carter, Former All Black and Rugby World Cup winnerBills wondrous travelogue features so many great tales from the mouths of legends.Irish IndependentI really enjoyed this book ... A great memoir of France and its people through the eyes of rugby. Michael Lynagh, TV analyst and Australian Rugby World Cup winnerWonderful! This is a great read. I simply loved it and I am sure that many others will also. Bob Dwyer, Australian World Cup winning coach 1991From French rugbys origins in Le Havre to the Catalan coast, acclaimed rugby writer Peter Bills travels the length and breadth of France, visiting the big cities and regional heartlands of the game, to reveal a country whose deep love of rugby has created a culture and playing style like no other.Featuring exclusive interviews with many of the greatest international players to have played club rugby in France, from Ronan OGara to Dan Carter, as well as French legends of the sport, from Serge Blanco and Jean-Pierre Rives to Antoine Dupont, Le Coq brings to life the passion, colour, excitement, characters, anecdotes, locations and great moments of French rugbys near 150 years of existence.Former French Grand Slam captain Jacques Fouroux talked of Rugby; the game, the life. This book will show you exactly what he meant.

An entertaining and whimsical search for "the soul of Irish rugby"... Peppered with astute observations Irish TimesTriumphs, Trophies and Troubles has got Irish rugby just right in this the 150th anniversary season of the IRFU Willie John McBrideFOREWORD by former Ireland fly half Ollie CampbellIn a world going all too fast, Peter Bills has the time, the wit and the attention to detail for stories that would otherwise be lost. His is an easy style, a remembering of times and values not just of the Saturday internationals past but of the grassroots members who keep rugby alive to this day. Keith WoodIn late 2024 Ireland, with a population of just 7 million people, stood at the top of rugby unions world rankings.Irelands rise to such an exalted position has been the great triumph of rugbys professional era. For a nation that fought tooth and nail to keep the game amateur, their progress since 2000 has been extraordinary. The trophies, once so rare in Irish rugby hands, have become almost commonplace. Six Nations Championships, Triple Crowns, Millennium Trophies have all stood in the IRFU offices in Dublin.But that is the top tier of the game. What is the health of the sport at other levels all around Ireland? In this book award-winning international rugby writer Peter Bills seeks to take the pulse of the game at every level - schools, clubs, provinces - as well as the fast-expanding womens game. For if rugby at grassroots level withers, the decline will affect everyone. And how can rugby learn to live side by side with the ubiquitous GAA?Featuring interviews with some legendary names of Irish rugby, such as Keith Wood, Willie John McBride, Tony Ward, Bill Mulcahy, Gordon DArcy, Trevor Ringland, Nigel Carr and Tommy Bowe, we also hear from men and women from junior and club rugby, at clubs like Dingle, Kinsale, Monkstown, Boyne, Westport, City of Derry, Donegal Town, Omagh and Oughterard. All of them are doing stirring work behind the scenes for their local clubs and communities as Bills goes in search of the soul of Irish rugby.