The Iron Curtain: My Rugby Journey from League to Union
The Iron Curtain tells the story of rugby pioneer Phil Larder, the first coach to break through the hidden wall between rugby league and union. The journey starts with Phil's upbringing as a player, takes in the 1980s rugby league revolution he sparked as national coaching director, and his jump across the barricades to rugby union in 1997. The authors examine how rugby league ideas revolutionized the concept of defense in union and changed the face of the game forever, and discuss the scientific "quantum leaps" in analysis and conditioning under Sir Clive Woodward that led to triumph in 2003. In a book that will appeal to rugby lovers of both codes, Phil reveals the sources of his coaching inspiration, the players he loved working with, and the secrets of his defensive innovation, giving his frank views on the English Premiership and the two Lions tours in which he was involved.
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The Iron Curtain: My Rugby Journey from League to Union
The Iron Curtain tells the story of rugby pioneer Phil Larder, the first coach to break through the hidden wall between rugby league and union. The journey starts with Phil's upbringing as a player, takes in the 1980s rugby league revolution he sparked as national coaching director, and his jump across the barricades to rugby union in 1997. The authors examine how rugby league ideas revolutionized the concept of defense in union and changed the face of the game forever, and discuss the scientific "quantum leaps" in analysis and conditioning under Sir Clive Woodward that led to triumph in 2003. In a book that will appeal to rugby lovers of both codes, Phil reveals the sources of his coaching inspiration, the players he loved working with, and the secrets of his defensive innovation, giving his frank views on the English Premiership and the two Lions tours in which he was involved.
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The Iron Curtain: My Rugby Journey from League to Union

The Iron Curtain: My Rugby Journey from League to Union

The Iron Curtain: My Rugby Journey from League to Union

The Iron Curtain: My Rugby Journey from League to Union

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The Iron Curtain tells the story of rugby pioneer Phil Larder, the first coach to break through the hidden wall between rugby league and union. The journey starts with Phil's upbringing as a player, takes in the 1980s rugby league revolution he sparked as national coaching director, and his jump across the barricades to rugby union in 1997. The authors examine how rugby league ideas revolutionized the concept of defense in union and changed the face of the game forever, and discuss the scientific "quantum leaps" in analysis and conditioning under Sir Clive Woodward that led to triumph in 2003. In a book that will appeal to rugby lovers of both codes, Phil reveals the sources of his coaching inspiration, the players he loved working with, and the secrets of his defensive innovation, giving his frank views on the English Premiership and the two Lions tours in which he was involved.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781785310393
Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd
Publication date: 12/01/2015
Pages: 544
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Phil Larder MBE played for Oldham RLFC before becoming the director of coaching in British Rugby League in 1982, and joined Clive Woodward's England team as defensive coach in 1997. Nick Bishop is an elite performance consultant and author of Seeing Red and The Good the Bad and the Ugly, both shortlisted for the BSBA Sports Book of the Year. 

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 7

Prologue 9

Chapter 1 Watershed moments 13

Chapter 2 Show him the lot - the 1982 Invincibles 30

Chapter 3 Super-coach and the Australian way 54

Chapter 4 More pricks than kicks 76

Chapter 5 Tigers, roses and the evolution of a defence 95

Chapter 6 A few good men 128

Chapter 7 Politics, politics, politics… and the 1999 World Cup 162

Chapter 8 Becoming number one 194

Chapter 9 Seeing is believing 221

Chapter 10 The last thousand feet 243

Chapter 11 Now it's our turn 275

Bibliography 303

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