Behind the Silver Fern: Playing Rugby for New Zealand

by Tony Johnson, Lynn McConnell

Go behind the scenes with the world's most successful sports team. This is a complete history of rugby's most famous yet enigmatic team, the New Zealand All Blacks, told by the men who have had the honour of wearing the iconic black jersey. From the legendary 1905 'Originals' all the way through to Richie McCaw's record-breaking back-to-back World Cup champions of 2015, this is a history of the All Blacks like you have never experienced it before. Thanks to exhaustive archival research and exclusive new material garnered from a vast array of interviews with players and coachesfrom across the decades, Behind the All Blacks unveils the compelling truth of what it means to play for the team that has dominated Test match rugby for over a century - all the trials and tribulations behind the scenes, the glory, the drama and the honour on the field, and the passionate friendships and bonds of a brotherhood off it. Absorbing and illuminating, this is the ultimate history of New Zealand rugby - told, definitively, by the men who have been there and done it.

400 pages, Hardcover

Published July 1, 2017

Reviews

[Rutger Gerrits · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lees je nog wel eens wat anders dan rugby boeken Rutger? Uh weinig. Behind the silver fern geeft ene gedetailleerd beeld over het ontstaan, verloop en succes van een van de meest succesvolle sport teams aller tijden: the all blacks. Verschillende spelers vertellen verhalen over hun tijd in het shirt, en wat het shirt (heeft) betekend