Refuse To Be Denied
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- Synopsis
- Refuse to be Denied is the Wales captain's personal account of a remarkable period in his young rugby life that ended with his receiving the Six Nations trophy after Wales had completed a stunning Grand Slam in March 2012. The year began with his promotion to the captaincy for the match against the Barbarians in June 2011. At just 22 years of age, it came as a complete shock to Sam Warburton and he admits it became a problem in his own mind. As he frankly reveals, he thought long and hard about accepting the role for the World Cup. But he did, and he did a fine job, leading his team on a superb run at the World Cup in New Zealand. It ended in personal trauma for Warburton as he was sent off in the semi-final against France for a tip tackle on France wing Vincent Clerc. He relives this moment and its aftermath in intricate detail, taking the reader into his own mind, as well as the Wales dressing room afterwards. From that low point, Warburton recovered to play his part in a wonderful Grand Slam campaign, not least with his man-of-the-match display in the tight victory over England at Twickenham. Revealing, funny and honest, Refuse to be Denied also details the hardship of three Poland training camps that helped draw the squad together. But, most importantly, it captures for the reader the excitement and passion of a momentous year in Welsh rugby that opened up such glorious possibilities for the future. Sam Warburton was born in Cardiff in 1988. He has a twin brother, Ben, and a sister, Holly. He attended Whitchurch High School, where he was a classmate of the international footballer Gareth Bale. He made his Cardiff Blues debut in 2009, and his Wales debut, against the United States of America, in the same year. In June 2011, he was named Wales captain aged just 22, the country's second youngest captain after the great Gareth Edwards. He led them to the World Cup semi-final later that year, and in 2012 to the Six Nations championship, in which they won every game, achieving the fabled Grand Slam. Steve James is a former Glamorgan and England cricketer, who now writes on cricket and rugby for the Daily Telegraph. This is his fifth book, but his first on rugby, having written an autobiography, two books with former England coach Duncan Fletcher, and The Plan, detailing the England cricket team's rise to number one in the world.
- Copyright:
- 2012
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781471113109
- Publisher:
- Simon & Schuster
- Date of Addition:
- 09/21/12
- Copyrighted By:
- Sam Warburton
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Sports
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.