The Boys' Club

Name: The Boys' Club
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9780733648410
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By Michael Warner

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The Boys' Club by Michael Warner dives deep into the intense world of sports, offering a detailed look at the dynamics and pressures within a renowned American football team. As the story unfolds, it exposes the challenges, ambitions, and personal struggles faced by both the team players and their coaches. The narrative reveals the highs and lows of their journey, capturing the essence of teamwork and the fierce drive for victory.
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You might enjoy this book if you're intrigued by the politics and dynamics of elite sports environments. It offers an inside look into the world of exclusive athletic clubs, exploring themes of power, loyalty, and ambition that drive the sports industry. Ideal for fans of sports with a keen interest in the behind-the-scenes human drama.

The Boys' Club lifts the lid on the scandals, secrets and deals that have shaped AFL, Australia's biggest sport.

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The Boys' Club is the must-read inside story behind the power and politics of the AFL, Australia's biggest sport.

Revealing how a fledgling state administrative body evolved into the Australian Football League and its meteoric rise to become one of the richest and most powerful organisations in the land, award-winning investigative journalist Mick Warner delivers a fascinating insight into key figures and their networks.

Tracking the rise of the AFL and its supremos, The Boys' Club lifts the lid on the scandals, secrets and deal-making that have shaped this iconic Australian game.

'Cannot recommend this book highly enough ... The Boys' Club reaches far and wide.' Paul Kennedy

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780733648410

Publisher: Hachette Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 April 2022

Country: Australia

Imprint: Hachette Australia

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 265g

Pages: 384

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About the Author

Michael Warner is an award-winning investigative journalist with Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper. He won the 2018 Alf Brown Award as the Australian Football Media Association's most outstanding performer and has collected multiple Melbourne Press Club Quill Awards, News Awards and an Australian Sports Commission award for his coverage of the Essendon doping scandal, West Coast Eagles illicit drugs saga and Melbourne tanking affair. The grandson of legendary war correspondent Denis Warner and son of distinguished Australian spy chief Nick Warner, Michael is a member of 3AW radio's top-rating football team, a contributor to Macquarie Sports Radio in Sydney and Brisbane and panellist on Channel Seven's iconic 'Talking Footy' program.

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