NICK AND I - AN ADVENTURE IN RUGBY - VAN DER VALK WITH COLQUHOUN

LARGE FORMAT SOFTCOVER BOOK IN GOOD CONDITION .A SMALL TEAR ON TWO PAGES - NOTHING MISSING -NOT SERIOUS AT ALL . PUBLISHED BY DON NELSON IN 2002 SECOND IMPRESSION, 224 PAGES, COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS . IN A STARTLING EXPOSE OF WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THE DRESSING ROOM DOOR THE BOOK REVEALS THE HIDDEN AGENDAS, POLITICAL BATTLES AND PERSONAL PREJUDICES THAT THREATEN TO BRING THE NATIONAL TEAM TO ITS KNEES . IT TELLS FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME HOW FORMER SPRINGBOK SKIPPER GARY TEICHMANN CONTEMPLATED TAKING THE SPRINGBOKS OUT ON STRIKE ON THE VERY EVER OF THE MATCH THAT SET-UP SOUTH AFRICA'S FIRST TRI -NATIONS TRIUMPH . IT DISCLOSES THE SECRET PLOT OF SPRINGBOK PLAYERS AND MANAGEMENT TO FORM A REBEL SPRINGBOK CAVALIERS TEAM AND HOW THE NATIONAL COACH WAS ORDERED TO CHANGE HIS LINE-UP TO INCLUDE A BLACK PLAYER . THE AUTHOR PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO WHAT REALLY HAPPEND IN THE NATIONAL SET-UP UNDER MALLETT; WHAT REALLY HAPPENS AT SPRINGBOK INITIATION; WHY BREYTEN PAULSE WAS TOLD HE WAS'NT GOOD ENOUGH; WHICH PLAYER GOT THE BEST PAY DEAL AT THE 1999 WORLD CUP AND HOW JOOST VD WESTHUIZEN'S SACKING AS BOK CAPTAIN WAS CLEVERLY DISGUISED .