- Paperback: 184 pages
- Publisher: Robson Books Ltd; New ed of 2 Revised ed edition (1 Jan 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1861050011
- ISBN-13: 978-1861050014
- Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.4 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 160,411 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"'Not many people have been funny about sport but Michael Green does it superbly.'-Sunday Times"
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"One of the funniest books about any game". - Sunday Express
This best-selling classic, now updated for the Coarse Rugby player of the 1990s, includes all of the truly fine points of the game.
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having recently kickstarted my own rugby career at the tender age of 27, it was with some trepidation that I ordered The Art of Coarse Rugby after being practically ordered to by a rugby playing colleague. Books that try too hard to be both funny and informative can fail miserably, but its difficult to remember one page that didn't earn me a nudge in the ribs for laughing too much by the wife. Although written long before I was wheezing and staggering across a muddy bog desperate for the whistle to go that signalled a pint of the Black stuff, the characters, stories, triumphs and misery are all too close to the tale of my local 4th team's recent season to bare. In fact, if this book had only just been published, I am sure the skipper would be up in arms wanting to know who had ratted all the teams secrets to Mr Green. Trust me Michael, the Rugger world of the RFU may be about to implode, but Coarse Rugby is alive and well on the Surrey/Hants border. To any prospective readers...if you want to understand the real world of Rugby or just want to laugh your way to the club bar, this is a must.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As captain of my primary school football team, it was with great regret that I ended up at a rugby playing secondary school. However, having purchased a copy of this volume through the school book club (subversive or what) at age 11, I found a kindred spirit in Michael Green and life was bearable in the face of adversity.
If you have ever been forced to play a sport against your will or even with a will, and lack any sort of prowess at it, you will recognise yourself in the many anecdotes of lower team rugby. As Mr Green asserts, `it is easy to win by running faster or tackling harder than the opposition, it takes skill to win by other means!' And thereby hangs the premise of this book, a contention that I have adopted as a life philosophy ever since.
My dog-eared copy of this book has been read and re-read countless times and for one reason - it is one of the funniest books I know on any subject. It works because it mirrors the British psyche where the ill prepared underdog wins out in the face of the over prepared specialist. The amateur's victory over the professional is so prevalent in our culture that it occurs right through literature from Sherlock Holmes to Harry Potter.
This is the best of British humour. Savour it.
If you have ever been forced to play a sport against your will or even with a will, and lack any sort of prowess at it, you will recognise yourself in the many anecdotes of lower team rugby. As Mr Green asserts, `it is easy to win by running faster or tackling harder than the opposition, it takes skill to win by other means!' And thereby hangs the premise of this book, a contention that I have adopted as a life philosophy ever since.
My dog-eared copy of this book has been read and re-read countless times and for one reason - it is one of the funniest books I know on any subject. It works because it mirrors the British psyche where the ill prepared underdog wins out in the face of the over prepared specialist. The amateur's victory over the professional is so prevalent in our culture that it occurs right through literature from Sherlock Holmes to Harry Potter.
This is the best of British humour. Savour it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Timeless - as funny as when I first read it in mid-70s. Mainly still relevant, although maybe getting a bit dated.
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