50 of the Best

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By Martin Offiah

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Martin Offiah

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• Published: 12th Nov 2009
• ISBN: 1905988818
• Pages: 250
• Size: 203mm x 127mm

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In "50 Of The Best", Martin Offiah presents his personal selection of fifty of rugby league's greatest ever tries. He relives a few of his own - the spectacular, the significant and the memorable! In this fascinating selection, he also celebrates the achievements of other great players, team-mates and foes alike. From David Topliss to Kyle Eastmond, Clive Sullivan to Wally Lewis, he features legends, rookies, a few lucky breaks and some great stories of the game's past and present.

Martin Offiah analyses great tries through the prism of speed and strength, tactics and teamwork and individual stealth. For him, those are the skills that combine to make rugby league the fast, skilful and spectacular game he loves. Martin Offiah tells the stories behind these great moments, discusses how rugby league has developed and offers his vision for its future.

'I loved scoring tries. That's what I did. It was my thing and I was pretty good at it, 501 times good at it' - Martin Offiah.

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carolovens ()

Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

Martin Offiah’s 50 of The Best is an unusual sports book. It’s not a biography or a memoir. It slings no mud and calls no names. Neither does the author spend most of the book promoting himself. What interests Martin Offiah is try-scoring. That’s not a surprise, because he was the most successful try-scorer in modern rugby league. 50 Of The Best is Martin Offiah’s personal selection of the best scores in the game’s recent history. In the book, the ultimate try-scorer discusses and analyses the try-scorer’s art, celebrates the game’s skills and offers a little discussion on how things have changed over the last 30 years. It will interest all rugby fans, of whatever code.

Posted on 30th Nov 2009 at 14:32:48 GMT.

maureenmoss ()

Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

Sports books are rarely just about the technicalities of the sport they describe. In all sports it’s the personalities, the teams, the settings, the occasions and the competitions that provide the interest. And so Martin Offiah’s 50 of The Best concentrates on specific players and the tries they scored in particular games. Most of the featured games were big occasions, but not all of them. The scores in the book are almost all from the last 30 years of rugby league and together they illustrate how the game has developed into SuperLeague.

Posted on 25th Nov 2009 at 15:58:45 GMT.

scottyo ()

Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

I'm not normally a big Rugby League fan, preferring to watch the men from the frozen north in black n white stripes knocking the blown up pigs bladder into the onion bag. However, as soon as I began my first journey into a RL book I knew I would be reading long into the night. As a sports fan the book was enthralling, incredibly well written and if you are RL fan I'm sure it must rank as the number one stocking filler on your wish list. What's even better about this book is the fact you can play back each try on a specially commissioned website detailed in the book, cutting edge stuff and surely the way to go with all good sports book. I cant wait for the football version of this type of book to come out. In the meantime I'll take a leisurely day out and read through (and view the website) once again. That should tell you how good this book is. Real value for money, like a book and DVD rolled into one.

Posted on 24th Nov 2009 at 17:08:32 GMT.