Full Description
*WINNER of the Pinsent Masons Best Sports Writing Award at The British Sports Book Awards 2024*
*SHORTLISTED for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2023*
*SHORTLISTED for Rugby Book of the Year at The British Sports Book Awards 2024*
*A TIMES AND DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR*
By recounting the untold story of the most influential sports campaign in British newspaper history, which turned concussion in professional rugby from a niche issue into front and back page news, Concussed poses the questions all sports lovers need answering.
Expanding his research from rugby to football, NFL and other contact sports, Sam Peters brings an unparalleled
breadth of experience, depth of knowledge and journalistic rigour to a subject he has written about and campaigned over for a decade.
Now sport's 'dirty secret' is out in the open, Peters asks: how can rugby and other sports save themselves from the
vested interests which threaten their very existence?
'There is a real sense of mission in his voice - and vitriol for those who held back the sport for so long' Observer
'Peters' work is in the greatest tradition of British journalism: fearless, unstoppable and committed to righting a profound wrong' Dan Snow
Contents
I: Introduction 1: A love affair begins 2: Growth, growth, growth 3: Someone's going to have to die 4: Bloodgate, statistics and damned lies 5: Nothing to see here 6: Death of a schoolboy 7: The campaign begins 8: Pulling the pin 9: Even the doctors are laughing 10: Head games 11: A tale of two valleys 12: 'Not a rugby man' 13: Justice for Jeff 14: Going rogue 15: The bomb goes off 16: If in doubt, sit them out ii: Appendix iii: Acknowledgements iv: Index
