Second Row: American Rugby

by M. Stefan Strozier, Kyle Torke (Editor)

Second Row is a story of a man trying to become a writer and at the same time learning the complex sport of rugby. It's an in-depth analysis of the game of rugby, history of the game, and coverage of key American matches, including at the 2011 Rugby World Cup. This story is written in a clear way so that a person with no knowledge of rugby will finish reading understanding the sport. Second Row is a story of a team of men who are a family.

174 pages, Paperback

First published July 30, 2012

Reviews

[Tim Tat · Rating 2 out of 5]

What started out as a funny uncounter about rugger in Las Vegas soon turns to a bitter story by a frustrated man. After he gets rejected from training and playing for the USA, nowhere is to be found he would qualify in the first place, M. (why not Michael?) just slaggs of the US coach and Union president.
It gets laughable when the referees get blamed for the Eagles losses because American teams have been badly treated by refs since the cold war. OMG.
He throws in American Football similarities all the time but I doubt if even American readers will get any help understanding our game. Then the blatant bad research finalises this effort with telling the readers a couple of times that Rugby League having it's origin in Scotland in 1892 where we all know it was formed in the English toen of Huddersfield in 1895.
The fact that the writer tends to write his stuff in alcohol ridden slurs may contribute to this book that gets two stars, one for the effort and one for some of the funny stories.