The Captain's Run: What it Takes to Lead the All Blacks

by Gregor Paul

Overview

The job of All Blacks captain comes with a scrutiny that puts it alongside the prime minister in terms of profile and public expectation. Leadership roles in any sports team or organisation carry additional responsibilities, but the All Blacks captaincy is next level in that regard. It takes a strong, confident and assured personality to captain a team where failure is never tolerated. The Captain's Run is a behind the scenes journey into the world of All Blacks captaincy. It reveals how the great captains dealt with the pressure of leading the world's most successful rugby team, how they coped with failure, and what they would have done differently, if given their time again.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781775541646
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	08/16/2022
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.06(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.94(d)

About the Author

Gregor Paul is The New Zealand Herald's most respected rugby columnist and is a regular contributor to publications around the world. He has won multiple journalism awards for news, features and opinion writing, and is a sought after guest on radio and TV.

His bestselling biography Steve Hansen: The Legacy was shortlisted for the The Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 2023.

Gregor was born and raised in Scotland, and has lived in Auckland with his wife and three children since 2003.

Table of Contents

24 November 2013 1

1 The Pioneer Captains 7

2 Game of Thrones 22

3 Sharing the Load 42

4 Tough Love 62

5 Happy Hour 79

6 Great Expectations 92

7 Exorcising the Demons 109

8 Best in Show 125

9 Hardest of Hard Men 140

10 Working-Class Man 151

11 Heat of the Battle 166

12 Regrets … I've Had a Few 181

13 Swinging the Balance 201

14 United Front 218

15 Playing the Victim 239

16 Charmed Life 262

17 Captaincy in the Digital Age 275

Postscript: Play it Again, Sam … 287

Acknowledgements 296