Rugby War

Revised edition of an examination into the battle for corporate monopoly of Rugby Union, fought between the business empires of Rupert Murdoch and Kerry Packer, first published in 1996. Explores the threat posed to the game during the 1995 fight for exclusive television rights and investigates how close the outcome was to being an entirely different result. This edition includes a new epilogue covering events up to June 2003. Includes colour photos and index. Author was a former Rugby player for Australia. Previous works include 'Basking in Beirut' and the biography 'Nick Farr-Jones'.FitzSimons, Peter is the author of 'Rugby War', published 2003 under ISBN 9780732278823 and ISBN 0732278821.