- Hardcover: 254 pages
- Publisher: Mainstream Publishing (29 Mar 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1840187085
- ISBN-13: 978-1840187083
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.3 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,644,927 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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?I distrust summaries, any kind of gliding through time, any too great a claim that one is in control of what one recounts ...To re-collect is to re-enter and be riven ...I admire the authority of being on one?s knees in front of the event? ? Harold Brodkey In November 2003, England had their most wondrous day of sporting glory since the 1966 football World Cup when, inspired by the incredible Jonny Wilkinson, they won the Rugby World Cup, silencing anti-Pom Australia with a stupendous victory in the final in Sydney in one of the most hair-raising sporting contests ever staged. This was more than a rugby victory. It turned the tide against Australian sporting dominance, put the Northern Hemisphere back in charge of the sport, perhaps even lit a beacon for the revival of all England's national sporting teams. It was a triumph earned after years of cunning planning, of relentless sweat and dedication. It was won in the teeth of Down Under jeering. It elevated people like Wilkinson, Clive Woodward and the inspirational captain, Martin Johnson, into sporting legend. Stephen Jones followed the whole process through to the end of England?s spectacular run. Long-regarded as one of the sports leading authorities, Jones reached a 20-year landmark as a Sunday Times writer and his 50th birthday during the tournament, and wondered if his own fascination for the sport and for life as a reporter would survive the long and cataclysmic sporting experience; whether he would ever get used to having needles stuck into his eyes, and whether there was a sporting tomorrow for a tired hack after covering the greatest match he was ever likely to see. This is the story of Jonny, Johnno and England?s road to stardom ? a highly personal and (after the needles) sidelong view of the greatest game.
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Stephen Jones has been a rugby correspondent for the Sunday Times for 18 years. He has covered five British Lions tours and all four Rugby World Cups to date. He has been Sports Reporter of the Year and Sports Correspondent of the Year, and was also highly commended on three occasions in the annual Sports Council sportswriting awards. His book Endless Winter won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year and Midnight Rugby was short-listed for the same award.
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Reliving the rollercoaster,
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This review is from: On My Knees: The Long Road to England's World Cup Glory - A Harassed Hack's Homage (Hardcover)
Perhaps through a need to remind myself of English rugby's awesome superiority at the time following their pretty dismal form since, I picked up On My Knees only recently, more than 18 months after the World Cup win. Stephen Jones's description of the last few seconds of the final is as goose-bump raising as any I've read; not only that, but the entire book is a gripping account of the unflinchingly thorough preparation undertaken by Clive Woodward and his team over the two years prior to RWC 2003.I'd recommend the book to any rugby fan...well, any rugby fan from the Northern Hemisphere. I'd love to think that fans of the game from Australia and New Zealand would also read the book, if only to gain an insight into how their countries' teams are perceived by the rest of the world, but I think they'd struggle with some of the longer words... All in all, an entertaining read for anyone who enjoys Stephen Jones's writing in the Sunday Times or follows rugby, and an essential one for any England rugby supporter.
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