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Stand Up and Fight When Munster Beat the All Blacks

40th anniversary updated edition

Paperback (11 Oct 2018)

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Publisher's Synopsis

31/10/1978 Thomond Park. One of the greatest days in rugby history, Munster beat the All Blacks. More than 100,000 people claimed to have watched the game, even though the ground could only hold 12,000.

In this 40th anniversary edition of the widely acclaimed Stand Up and Fight, Alan English revisits some of the key characters involved in this extraordinary story to offer a fully updated account of this extraordinary match.

About the Publisher

Yellow Jersey Press

Yellow Jersey Press, launched in 1998, is a sports publisher with a literary edge. It is home to titles from some of sport's greatest heroes, like Frank Bruno, Diego Maradona and Seve Ballesteros, and some of sport's greatest writers including William Fotheringham, Gary Imlach, Paul Kimmage and H.G. Bissinger. It is the publisher of four winners of the prestigious William Hill Sports Book of the Year award, including the 2011 winner, A Life Too Short, by Ronald Reng.

Book information

ISBN: 9781787290365
Publisher: Random House
Imprint: Yellow Jersey Press
Pub date:
Edition: 40th anniversary updated edition
DEWEY: 796.333650941945
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 368
Weight: 270g
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine width: 22mm