Return to rugby land
Subtitle: expatriate reflections on the rugby world cup 2011, sport, society and New Zealand
By: David Scott
Publisher: Bay Owl Press
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Colombo, [Sri Lanka]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9789551723446
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Rugby Union football; All Blacks (Rugby team); World Cup (Rugby football) (2011 : New Zealand); World Cup (Rugby football) fast (OCoLC)fst01409526
Description: After living overseas for forty years an expatriate returns to New Zealand for the 2011 Rugby World Cup to report on matches and travel around the islands. But Return to Rugby Land is about more than the games and the scenery. Sport's place in society, especially New Zealand society, is explored. The myths, psyche and anxieties of a small nation are examined. Comfortable shibboleths, including about Maori and women, are questioned. 'Return to Rugby Land' is a personal account that offers a broad understanding of New Zealand, and the game that is at its heart, historically and now. Sometimes challenging and provocative, the writing is also insightful and heartfelt. A thinking sports' follower's book.