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Concussed: Sport’s Hidden Truth

Concussed: Sport’s Hidden Truth


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*WINNER of the Pinsent Masons Best Sports Writing Award at The British Sports Book Awards 2024*

*SHORTLISTED for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2023*

*SHORTLISTED for Rugby Book of the Year at The British Sports Book Awards 2024*

*A TIMES AND DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR*

By recounting the untold story of the most influential sports campaign in British newspaper history, which turned concussion in professional rugby from a niche issue into front and back page news, Concussed poses the questions all sports lovers need answering.

Expanding his research from rugby to football, NFL and other contact sports, Sam Peters brings an unparalleled
breadth of experience, depth of knowledge and journalistic rigour to a subject he has written about and campaigned over for a decade.

Now sport's 'dirty secret' is out in the open, Peters asks: how can rugby and other sports save themselves from the
vested interests which threaten their very existence?

'There is a real sense of mission in his voice - and vitriol for those who held back the sport for so long' Observer

'Peters' work is in the greatest tradition of British journalism: fearless, unstoppable and committed to righting a profound wrong' Dan Snow

Table of Contents:
I: Introduction 1: A love affair begins 2: Growth, growth, growth 3: Someone's going to have to die 4: Bloodgate, statistics and damned lies 5: Nothing to see here 6: Death of a schoolboy 7: The campaign begins 8: Pulling the pin 9: Even the doctors are laughing 10: Head games 11: A tale of two valleys 12: 'Not a rugby man' 13: Justice for Jeff 14: Going rogue 15: The bomb goes off 16: If in doubt, sit them out ii: Appendix iii: Acknowledgements iv: Index

About the Author :
Sam Peters is a rugby writer who has been credited with driving cultural change to the sport's attitude towards head injuries and concussion. In 2014 Sam was shortlisted as sports journalist of the year at the UK Press Gazette Awards and was runner-up as rugby writer of the year at the 2017 SJA Awards. Sam has written two books; Broadside with England cricketer Stuart Broad and The Row to Recovery.

Review :
Concussed is a call to action, which shows Peters's unwavering passion for the safety of the players in a sport he loves so much. The tension between Peters and professional rugby's top organisations is palpable; there is a real sense of mission in his voice - and vitriol for those who held back the sport for so long. 'Sam's work is comparable to David Walsh exposing Lance Armstrong. It should go down along with Walsh and the work of someone like Marie Colvin as one of the great pieces of investigative journalism.' 'Peters is driven, balanced, incredibly bright and appropriately relentless.' 'Sam achieved more in a year than most journalists achieve in their lifetimes. There's no doubt his work saved lives.' 'Rugby will never be the same again knowing what we now know. In a time when others obfuscated and trod water, Peters asked the difficult questions and told the terrible stories. Sport needs voices like Sam's.'


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781838955793
  • Publisher: Atlantic Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic Books
  • Height: 197 mm
  • No of Pages: 464
  • Sub Title: Sport’s Hidden Truth
  • Width: 130 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1838955798
  • Publisher Date: 06 Feb 2025
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 36 mm
  • Weight: 464 gr


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