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JPR: Given the Breaks - My Life in Rugby | 
 enlarge | Author: Jpr Williams
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Category: Book
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 265411
Media: Paperback
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0340923083
EAN: 9780340923085
ASIN: 0340923083
Publication Date: August 23, 2007
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Condition: Brand New Unopened light shelf wear
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Strong Narrative but More Context Preferred March 28, 2008
JFD
I have a colleague in work who has played against JPR (when JPR played flanker for Tondu 3rds) and considers him to be the most arrogant of men. While this arrogance did not come across in the book so explicitly, if the book has a shortcoming it is that it focuses exclusively on its subject and as a result ignores much of the context in which the action happens and indeed many of the other participants in that action. In doing so, it somehow manages to belittle rather than glorify the achievements of the great Welsh teams of the 1970's as the narrative is so strong and focused that it plays and reads with tunnel vision. This is a great pity as a wider context would not only enhance the narrative but add to the chapters detailing JPR's view of the subsequent decline in Welsh rugby. This limited scope is not limited either to the rugby side of the story; JPR's achievements as a surgeon are also somewhat glossed over which is a pity as it would have been better to have recognized his achievements in the field of medicine and to get a clearer idea of how he managed to juggle the two careers. What cannot be taken away of course is the quality that JPR has brought to what he has done though unfortunately the book captures little of the excitement and pleasure he brought to spectators in the process. That quality is captured in his remarkable playing record, both for the British Lions and Wales, while his choice of greatest ever XV is both surprising and intriguing. It is a pity that the book did not leave a stronger sense of the achievements of a remarkable man and the teams of which he was a member.
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