1st Edition
Rugby Union and Professionalisation Elite Player Perspectives
By Mike Rayner
Copyright 2018
182 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
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The game of rugby has changed significantly in the course of its history. In the early part of the 19 th century it evolved from a folk game played by the working class to a recreational activity for public schoolboys. From the 1820s rugby represented an opportunity for gentlemen to demonstrate physical prowess and masculinity and in more recent times it has developed into an activity that... Read more
1. Introduction: Creating the Rugby Landscape
2. The Power of Ignorance: Rugby in the Last Period of Amateurism
3. Rugby Goes Professional: Rugby Union’s Strategies of Resistance, Adaptation and Integration
4. Creating the Rugby Spectacle: Glitz, Glamour and Glory
5. New ‘Business’ Horizons: Growth, Asset Development and Creating Competitive Advantage
6. Future Directions for Elite Level Rugby Union
Biography
Mike Rayner is a Senior Lecturer in Sports Management in the Department of Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Portsmouth, UK
