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FREE KICKING IT AROUND THE GLOBE: TALL TALES FROM THE RUGBY PITCH TO THE PUB PDF Matthew Burke | 320 pages | 01 Aug 2016 | Random House Australia | 9781925324235 | English | Ferntree Gully, VIC, Australia Kicking It Around the Globe | Matthew Burke | | NetGalley Not to mention scoring 25 points in a World Cup final. Yes, you could say that Wallaby legend Matt Burke had some interesting times during his illustrious career. In Kicking It Around the GlobeMatt takes us behind the scenes, inside the four walls of the change room and the four lines of the football pitch, with revealing, often hilarious tales of his playing days. There are the trials and tribulations — being clobbered on his club debut for Eastwood as a year-old and fumbling embarrassingly in his first match for the Wallabies. And all with the banter in the background of teammates, opponents, referees, ball-boys and the occasional less-than-helpful member of the crowd. Matthew Burke. He represented his country with aplomb in three positions — fullback, wing and outside centre — Kicking it Around the Globe: Tall Tales from the Rugby Pitch to the Pub played in three Rugby World Cups, inand His 81 Test appearances in Wallaby Gold netted him points from 29 tries, penalty goals, conversions and one field goal. Tall stories and tell-alls from our football heroes. Search books and authors. Buy from…. View all online retailers. Discover more. Mind games. Book List. Footy memoirs. Related titles. No Spin. Shane WarneMark Nicholas. Loose Head. The Hurt. Ordinary Joe. The Battle. Donal Lenihan. Pulling The Strings. Man and Ball. The Test. Life At Number Neil JenkinsPaul Rees. Number Nine Dream. Robert HowleyGraham Clutton. Joking Apart. Nobody Beats Us. Ripley's World. Jim Telfer. Jim TelferDavid Ferguson. Some Body to Love. Our top books, exclusive content and competitions. Straight to your inbox. Sign up to our newsletter using your email. Enter your email to sign up. Thank you! Your subscription to Read More was successful. To help us recommend your next book, tell us Kicking it Around the Globe: Tall Tales from the Rugby Pitch to the Pub you enjoy reading. Add your interests. Greatest Test sides: Australia | Planet Rugby All rights reserved. By Matthew Burke. ISBN: Buy ePub. List price:. Not too many footballers reach the pinnacle of their sport, while along the way being sledged by ball-boys, mystified by the 'coffee-table' rule, terrified by Jonah Lomu and sharing a rum and Kicking it Around the Globe: Tall Tales from the Rugby Pitch to the Pub with the future King of England. Not to mention scoring 25 points in a World Cup final. Yes, you could say that Wallaby legend Matt Burke had some interesting times during his illustrious career. In Kicking It Around the GlobeMatt takes us behind the scenes, inside the four walls of the change room and the four lines of the football pitch, with revealing, often hilarious tales of his playing days. There are the trials and tribulations - being clobbered on his club debut for Eastwood as a year-old and fumbling embarrassingly in his first match for the Wallabies. There are the better times too - Matt's stellar performance in the unforgettable World Cup final and his breathtaking Bledisloe Cup-winning penalty in And all with the banter in the background of teammates, opponents, referees, ball-boys and the occasional less-than-helpful member of the crowd. Kicking It Around the Globe is an insider's view of the passion and humour of the world of rugby, seen through the eyes of one of its finest players. Reviews 0 Specifications Please sign in to review this product. Copy From Text:. Other books by Matthew Burke. Format: ePub, PDF. Recently Viewed Products. Matthew Burke. The Voice: My Story. Ian Hawkey. Nicola Adams. Rugger's an Attacking Games. Peter Lawless. Kicking It Around the Globe by Matthew Burke - Penguin Books Australia Home Australia Greatest Test sides: Australia With rugby around the world taking an indefinite break due to the coronavirus, we take a look at the best ever Test teams to have graced the sport. Despite consistently being one of the outstanding sides, which included a World Cup win inAustralia had never really Kicking it Around the Globe: Tall Tales from the Rugby Pitch to the Pub sustained success, but that came at the end of the Millennium and at the start of the 21st century. Arch-rivals New Zealand had often stopped them in their tracks, with the All Blacks, in rugby union terms at least, fending off their little brother when they had threatened to usurp them, but the Wallabies had their day in the sun. Then came the British and Irish Lions where the Aussies came from down to claim a series victory over the tourists. Macqueen ended his tenure with a 79 per cent win record and having won the Bledisloe Cup four years in a row. Quite simply their sparkling backline. While the front-row, a stereotypical weakness of the Aussie game, was pretty solid and effective in the loose during that time, it was all about giving the men behind the scrum enough front foot ball to weave their magic. They also had an excellent back-row for those two years. Although South Africa gave them a fright, their quality saw them home before they comfortably defeated France in the showpiece event. It was an impressive effort from the Australians and they continued to build by claiming the Tri-Nations before their memorable series against the British and Irish Lions. They were comfortably beaten in the opening Test but the experience they had garnered over recent years stood them in good stead as the Aussies emerged victorious in the next two. Any good team starts at half-back and Australia just happened to have two genuine greats operating at the same time. Gregan provided control, accuracy and outstanding decision-making from the base of the ruck and the fly-half was the player with the magic touch. Tall and rangy, Larkham glided across the pitch and often scythed through opposition defences, while his passing range and deftness on the gain line was out of the top drawer. With that talent in the playmaking axis, it meant the explosive Joe Roff had plenty of wide open space to show his immense qualities. Roff was one of the deadliest wings in the game and, alongside outstanding full-backs Matt Burke and Chris Latham, they had remarkably gifted options in the backline. The forwards also had to play their part and John Eales is simply a legend of the game. Elsewhere, back-rows Owen Finegan and Toutai Kefu were consistently excellently, and then in saw the emergence of a certain George Smithwho became Kicking it Around the Globe: Tall Tales from the Rugby Pitch to the Pub of the best players of his generation. While the World Cup win in was impressive, there was a sense of inevitability about the result. France had achieved one of the great upsets, producing a stunning second half display to shock New Zealand in the last-four, but that was ultimately their big performance of the tournament. When it came to showpiece event, Les Bleus could not muster the same energy or quality to beat a slick Australian outfit as the Wallabies eventually claimed a comfortable triumph to lift the trophy at Twickenham. Inhowever, they were met by a fearsome Lions team, who were stacked with quality, and that was shown in the opening Test as the tourists came away with a sensational victory. Even if Kicking it Around the Globe: Tall Tales from the Rugby Pitch to the Pub Wallabies had lost, they would have been classed as an excellent team, but the squad became genuine greats by overcoming the Lions in Sydney, winning in a thrilling encounter. Notification msg. Share this article..