ENGAGE : The Fall and Rise of Matt Thompson

ENGAGE : The Fall and Rise of Matt Thompson
ENGAGE : The Fall and Rise of Matt Thompson
ENGAGE : The Fall and Rise of Matt Thompson
ENGAGE : The Fall and Rise of Matt Thompson
ENGAGE : The Fall and Rise of Matt Thompson
ENGAGE : The Fall and Rise of Matt Thompson
ENGAGE : The Fall and Rise of Matt Thompson
ENGAGE : The Fall and Rise of Matt Thompson
ENGAGE : The Fall and Rise of Matt Thompson
ENGAGE : The Fall and Rise of Matt Thompson

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Title: ENGAGE : The Fall and Rise of Matt Thompson
Author(s): KIMMAGE, Paul
ISBN: 9781847372703
Category: Biographies
New / Used: Used
Book Type: Small Hardcover
Published: 2011
Published By: Simon & Schuster
Pages: 395
Size (mm): 160 w x 240 h x 30 d

Condition

Near new condition. Gift inscription inside cover and some staining around page edges, otherwise page clean and unmarked. Images depict all need to know detail.

About

"Engage!" was the last word Matt Hampson heard before dislocating his neck while in rugby training with other young England hopefuls. On a cold, gray day in 2005, the cream of the young English rugby crop gathered at a Northampton training ground. Matt Hampson, "Hambo" to his mates, was one of them. His skill, conviction, and dedication had brought him to the cusp of realizing his dream of playing professionally, in an England U21 team that included Olly Morgan, Toby Flood, Ben Foden, and James Haskell. But as the two sets of forwards engaged for a scrum on the training field, the scrum collapsed and Matt, who played tight-head prop, took the full force of two opposing sides. In that moment his life changed forever. Paul Kimmage went to visit Matt as he recuperated, and wrote an award-winning piece on him for the Sunday Times. They struck up a friendship which led to this spectacular book—where Paul tells Matt's whole story, in all its intimate detail. From the build-up to the dreadful day, to Matt's recuperation, to his struggle to adjust back to normal life, this is a story of terrible sadness yet unadorned triumph and joy, of anger yet of reconciliation and peace—and of a boy who became a man.

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