Smithy: Endless Winters & Spring 22 – Wayne Smith

Wayne Smith is arguably the finest rugby brain in the world a man the players he coached dubbed ‘The Professor’. In this long-awaited memoir he will tell his best, most entertaining, insightful, and amusing anecdotes from an amazing career in in the game. See how dancing, laughter and music coupled with intense training sessions and revolutionary tactics led to the Black Ferns# World Cup victory. Discover the depth of the backlash when the 2007 All Blacks coaching team was reappointed. Learn the secret All Blacks schemes that helped win the 2011 World Cup. How the New Zealand Rugby Union sacked Smith, then demanded money back. Why he had to deceive Canterbury officials to spirit the game#s first sports psychologist into his coaching team. How Dan Carter believes Smith saved his career before the 2015 World Cup.

Details

• Format: Hardback
• Publication Date: 05/10/2023
• Publisher: Upstart Press Ltd
• Country of Origin: New Zealand
• Pages: 312
• Dimensions (mm): 198x130x19mm