Calon

✍ Scribed by Sheers, Owen

• Book ID: 109574660
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 139 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780571297313

✦ Synopsis

<div><p><i>There are moments when the many, through the few, become one.</i></p><p></p><p> At the 2011 Rugby World Cup a young Welsh side captained by the 22-year-old Sam Warburton, captured the imagination of the rugby-watching world. Exhibiting the grit and brilliance of generations past, an ill-fated semi-final ended in heartbreak. But a fledgling squad playing with the familiarity of brothers had sent out an electrifying message of hope: could this be a third golden generation of Welsh rugby?</p><p></p><p> It was with this question hanging in the air that Owen Sheers took up his position as Writer in Residence for the Welsh Rugby Union. <i>Calon</i> is the document of a year spent at the heart of Welsh rugby; the inside story of a 6 Nations campaign that galvanised a nation and ended in Grand Slam success for the third time in 8 years.</p><p></p><p> What does rugby mean...