{"product_id":"when-we-were-kings","title":"When We Were Kings","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/WhenWeWereKings-Sample.pdf?851079541367469753\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 1978 Singapore rugby team made history by beating the powerful Kiwis, clinching the Malaysian Rugby Union Cup and winning a treble of national awards. Yet their triumphs were all but wiped from sporting history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eVeteran sportswriter Godfrey Robert traces the blood, sweat and tears behind an extraordinary decade for Singapore rugby, starting in 1972 with the controversial first all-Asian team and culminating in another unthinkable victory in 1982.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen We Were Kings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eincludes first-person accounts from the heroes of the day: Coach\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNatahar\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBava, skipper Song Koon Poh, Singapore Rugby Union boss Howard Cashin and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\"This great rugby story not only has to be\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etold,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebut retold again and again.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—D. J. Forbes, former captain of the All Black Sevens, Rugby World Cup champions 2013\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\"This was a team to be admired. A team to be hailed.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—S. S. Dhillon, former Secretary-General, Singapore National Olympic Council\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe players \"represented Singapore in all its hues\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Shahiron Sahari, former rugby club player and journalist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGodfrey Robert\u003c\/strong\u003e is a veteran journalist who has written for newspapers and magazines for almost 49 years. He was sports editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Straits Times\u003c\/i\u003e from 1982 to 1999, after which he became senior writer before moving to the now-defunct tabloid \u003ci\u003eStreats\u003c\/i\u003e as deputy editor.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eDuring his long journalistic stint, he covered several Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and football's World Cup and European Championship. In 2006, he joined \u003ci\u003eThe New Paper\u003c\/i\u003e as consulting editor and is currently a freelance writer for\u003ci\u003e The Business Times\u003c\/i\u003e and golf publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12866581528689,"sku":"9789814785860","price":26.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/WhenWeWereKings-CVF-300.jpg?v=1535100962","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/when-we-were-kings","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}