Stand Up And Fight
40th Anniversary Edition
Published on 11. October 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-78729-036-5 (ISBN)
Description
31/10/1978 Thomond Park. One of the greatest days in rugby history, Munster beat the All Blacks. More than 100,000 people claimed to have watched the game, even though the ground could only hold 12,000.
In this 40th anniversary edition of the widely acclaimed Stand Up and Fight, Alan English revisits some of the key characters involved in this extraordinary story to offer a fully updated account of this extraordinary match.
In this 40th anniversary edition of the widely acclaimed Stand Up and Fight, Alan English revisits some of the key characters involved in this extraordinary story to offer a fully updated account of this extraordinary match.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
279 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78729-036-5 (9781787290365)
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Person
Alan English was born in Limerick in 1965, two years after the All Blacks made their first appearance at Thomond Park. He began his career at the Limerick Leader and is now deputy sports editor of the Sunday Times. In 1999, he edited the bestselling Sunday Times Sporting Century. He lives in London with his wife and three children