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Front Up, Rise Up

The Official Story of Connacht Rugby

By (author) Gerry Thornley
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd, Dublin, Ireland
Imprint: Transworld Ireland
Published: 18th May 2017
Dimensions: w 128mm h 193mm d 27mm
Weight: 280g
ISBN-10: 1848272391
ISBN-13: 9781848272392
Barcode No: 9781848272392
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Synopsis
Front Up, Rise Up is the story of Connacht's remarkable journey to becoming the 2016 Pro12 champions. The story goes inside the dressing-room, takes in their unscheduled, week-long, bonding trek to Siberia and back for a European Challenge Cup game, and all the key twists and turns along the way. It brings us the characters in this Band of Brothers, from the locals such as captain John Muldoon from Portumna to their iconic fans' favourite Bundee Aki - who like their talismanic coach Pat Lam is a Kiwi from Auckland of Samoan descent - and their Nigerian-born and Dublin-raised match-winner Niyi Adeolokun. The story takes in the province's troubled professional history, which had them on the brink of extinction as a professional entity in 2003 and led to Connacht and their supporters marching to the IRFU offices in a successful bid to keep them afloat. It covers their dethroning of the champions Glasgow in the Sportsground in Galway and their stunning performance in the final against Leinster in Edinburgh. In more than two decades of professional rugby, there has been no story quite like it.

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A great story, brilliantly told. -- Matt Cooper * The Last Word, Today FM * A hell of a yarn, told with precision and elan. -- Malachy Clerkin * Books of the Year, Irish Times * A great, insightful read. * Rugby World *