Legacy. Sir Gordon Tietjens

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Penquin Books
Publisher Place: New Zealand
Publisher Year: 2017
Edition: First Edition

Description: 287 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The tell-all memoir by one of New Zealand's greatest ever rugby coaches.Sir Gordon ‘Titch’ Tietjens, pioneer of the global sevens game, is one of New Zealand’s greatest ever rugby coaches.His many accolades – including 12 IRB World Series, two Rugby World Cup Sevens titles and four Commonwealth Games gold medals – easily place him alongside other legendary leaders like Lochore, Henry and Hansen.Many were dumbfounded, then, by the New Zealand Sevens team’s horror showing at the 2016 Rio Olympics – knocked out at the quarter-finals stage, followed by Tietjens’ shock departure from the franchise after a hugely influential 22 years at the helm.Legacy unpacks that fateful Olympic campaign and many other career challenges, but also charts Tietjens’ glory on the world stage, his knack for spotting and cultivating our next rugby stars, his insights into leadership and management strategies, and his thoughts on the future of the game.What unfolds is a gripping account of sport, business and life from a man who gave so much to New Zealand rugby.

ISBN: 9780143771616