Description
Temporarily out of stock
Title: Taking It to the Streets: The Second Life of the Newtown RLFC
Author: DWYER GLEN
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/08/2019
Imprint: CONSIGNMENT STOCK
Price: $30.00
Publishing status: Active
Taking it to the Streets is an updated history of the Newtown Jets that focuses on the clubs second life in rugby league from 1991 to 2018. Along with many anecdotes, photos, interviews and observations, this book looks at how the club has survived and reinvented itself in greatly-changed times.
The modern saga of the club that refused to die is one of the great and inspiring tales of modern rugby league – Ian Heads, sports journalist, author and historian.
This is the classic tale of re-invention, of a club that wouldnt lie down and die – Dave Hadfield, award-winning English rugby league journalist and author.
The Newtown Jets recent history is about passion and the Australian spirit, about overcoming adversity and surviving against the odds Anthony Albanese MP, Leader of the Federal Opposition.
This book is an important record of a landmark period in this old clubs history the author Glen Dwyer is uniquely positioned and qualified to tell the story of Newtowns recent history – Terry Williams, acclaimed rugby league author, sports historian and social analyst.
This is the rugby league club that was consigned to oblivion in the middle 1980s, and now proudly competes again in a high standard rugby league competition. The old club attracts good crowds to its spiritual home, Henson Park, and has really connected with the modern version of inner-western Sydney and its new population – Ron Sparks, radio broadcaster, journalist and program manager formerly with 2SM, 2UW, Triple M, 2Day FM and WSFM.
ISBN: 9780646801995