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Matt Dawson - Nine Lives: The Autobiography
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Marshall Pickering
Publication date March 1, 2004
Pages 384
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780007165667
ISBN-10 0007165668
Dimensions 1.50 by 6.25 by 9.50 in.
Weight 1.68 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $35.00
§As reported by publisher
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: The honest and hard-hitting memoirs of the most capped England rugby scrum-half of all time, a captain of his country, a two-times British Lions tourist and now a Rugby World Cup winner. Matt Dawson's career story is a colourful tale spiced with controversy, from club rugby at Northampton to England winning the Rugby World Cup in Australia. Matt Dawson narrates his twelve-year journey in a sport transformed beyond recognition. The boy from Birkenhead learnt the game the hard way, working as a security guard and an advertising salesman in his formative years, in the days when rugby players found relief in an active and alcoholic social life. (Dawson: 'The drinking started on Saturday night, continued all Sunday and most nights until Thursday.') Despite the frequent visits to the operating theatre and the physio's table, hard graft for his club Northampton eventually heralded international recognition. Dawson talks about the influential, and occasional obstructive figures in his blossoming career: the likes of John Olver, Will Carling, Ian McGeechan and, more recently, Wayne Shelford and Clive Woodward. The advent of professionalism in 1995 changed for good the game at all levels, and Dawson is in the position of having straddled the transformation, when cash became more important than conscience. In typically opinionated mode, he also reflects on the successes and failures of the England team and, famously, the Lions in Australia in 2001. After speaking out against punishing schedules, disenchanted players and lack of management support in a tour diary article, Dawson was almost sent home in disgrace. He revisits that bitterly disappointing period in his life and is still not afraid to point out where everything went wrong. Following England's Rugby World Cup 2003 success, Dawson provides a first-hand account of all the dressing room drama -- including a troubled Jonny Wilkinson -- and the memorable final itself, followed by the stunning reaction to this historic win back home.

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9780007165667 | details & prices | 384 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.50 in. | 1.68 lbs | List price $35.00
About: The honest and hard-hitting memoirs of the most capped England rugby scrum-half of all time, a captain of his country, a two-times British Lions tourist and now a Rugby World Cup winner.

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