Front Up, Rise Up

The Official Story of Connacht Rugby

Gerry Thornley

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Transworld Ireland
18 May 2017

Sports teams & clubs; Rugby Union

A compelling inside account offering unique insight into the rise of Connacht Rugby through the professional era.

Front Up, Rise Up is the story of Connacht's remarkable journey to becoming the 2016 Pro12 champions. The story goes inside the dressing-room, takes in their unscheduled, week-long, bonding trek to Siberia and back for a European Challenge Cup game, and all the key twists and turns along the way.

It brings us the characters in this Band of Brothers, from the locals such as captain John Muldoon from Portumna to their iconic fans' favourite Bundee Aki - who like their talismanic coach Pat Lam is a Kiwi from Auckland of Samoan descent - and their Nigerian-born and Dublin-raised match-winner Niyi Adeolokun.

The story takes in the province's troubled professional history, which had them on the brink of extinction as a professional entity in 2003 and led to Connacht and their supporters marching to the IRFU offices in a successful bid to keep them afloat.

It covers their dethroning of the champions Glasgow in the Sportsground in Galway and their stunning performance in the final against Leinster in Edinburgh. In more than two decades of professional rugby, there has been no story quite like it.

By: Gerry Thornley
Imprint: Transworld Ireland
Country of Publication: Ireland
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 275g
ISBN: 9781848272392
ISBN 10: 1848272391
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 18 May 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gerry Thornley has been the rugby correspondent of the Irish Times since 1997 and is a regular contributor and rugby analyst on both television and radio. He is the award winning author of Trevor Brennan- Heart and Soul which won the William Hill Irish Sports Book of the Year in 2007 and the Irish Book Awards Sports Book of the Year in 2008. His other books include the bestselling Ronan O'Gara- Unguarded (2013) and Pulling The Strings with Peter Stringer (2015) which was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards Sports Book of the Year.

Reviews for Front Up, Rise Up: The Official Story of Connacht Rugby

A great story, brilliantly told. -- Matt Cooper The Last Word, Today FM A hell of a yarn, told with precision and elan. -- Malachy Clerkin Books of the Year, Irish Times A great, insightful read. Rugby World