Saving Rugby Union: The Price of Professionalism

by Ross Reyburn

The increased popularity of rugby union as a spectator sport in the 25 years since it turned professional has thrown a smokescreen over the crisis it faces. A highly physical game has been turned into a dangerous sport by misguidedly trying to match the flow of its great rival, rugby league, and there is a worrying drop in male playing numbers in major nations.

Commercialism has been allowed to dominate the game, the English Premiership has...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912631326
• ISBN13: 9781912631322
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Y Lolfa
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.4"