Talent Is Not Enough

Danny Buderus, Neil Cadigan, Andrew Johns

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Ebury Australia
02 November 2009

Autobiography: sport; Sports & outdoor recreation; Rugby League

The life and times of one of Rugby League's favourite sons.

Danny Buderus is a record maker in the toughest rugby league competition in the world. The New South Wales captain in every match from 2004-2008, Buderus holds the record for most successive appearances (21) of any NSW State of Origin player as well as most as captain (15). Added to that he was unchallenged as Australia's Test hooker from 2001-06 when he controversially decided to stand down to witness the birth of his wife Kris' first baby.

This is not a traditional autobiography tracking the career of the Dally M Medal winner and grand final victor from the Newcastle Knights, but a revealing insight into the pressures, demands and lifestyles of professional rugby league at the highest level.

Buderus opens up like never before to take the footy fan behind the scenes - to his traumatic introduction to the captaincy of NSW in 2004, the match that saw Anthony Minichiello and Mark Gasnier sacked for drunken off-field behaviour; to how he endured a level of constant pain and injury that few players could have tolerated; and his views on why the international game needs an overhaul. He gives his views on why players are leaving the grind of the NRL for the English game or rugby union and a best-mate's insight into the game's greatest player Andrew Johns. He lists his most respected opponents, takes the reader into the heart of Origin battles and gives his perspective on the impact of the controversial clean-out of his beloved Newcastle Knights under coach Brian Smith.

There is also plenty of humour and emotion and, mostly, genuine motivation for aspiring NRL players from one of the most respected and courageous players the sport has seen.

By: Danny Buderus
With: Neil Cadigan
Foreword by: Andrew Johns
Imprint: Ebury Australia
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 404g
ISBN: 9781741668841
ISBN 10: 1741668840
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 02 November 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Neil Cadigan is a respected rugby league journalist and author. A former editor of Big League magazine, and NSW editor of Rugby League Week, he has also worked as CEO of English club Wakefield and as marketing manager of the Newcastle Knights and Hunter Mariners. A former Australian Sports Writer of the Year, Neil's previous books include the autobiographies of Parramatta legends Ray Price and Bretty Kenny. His last book was The Two of Me, the bestselling autobiography of League's favourite son, Andrew Johns. The Newcastle Knights' Dally M Award winner, Danny Buderus, is a record-maker in the toughest rugby league competition in the world. The NSW captain in every match from 2004-08, he holds the benchmark for the most successive appearances (21) of any NSW Origin player, as well as most as captain (15) and was unchallenged as Australia's Test hooker from 2001-06. He has spent the last season playing for English club, Leeds Rhinos in the UK's Super League.

Reviews for Talent Is Not Enough

'It is no use reading classics out of a sense of duty or respect, we should only read them for love.' Calvino the novelist is almost certainly more familiar than Calvino the critic, and yet he was a formidable commentator on the broadest possible range of writing, from antiquity through the Enlightenment, the 19th century and on to such contemporaries as Borges and Queneau. The title essay offers some eloquent definitions and persuasive arguments in defence of the classics, but the real case for discovering and rediscovering some of the greatest works ever written lies in Calvino's sensitive, imaginative and accessible readings of 35 diverse writers from Homer to Diderot and Hemingway, providing both introductory pointers for new readers and fresh insights for second- and third-time visitors. (Kirkus UK)