{"product_id":"9781847393142","title":"Engage: The Fall and Rise of Matt Hampson","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eKimmage, Paul\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSimon \u0026amp; Schuster UK\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7\/24\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Engage!' was the last word Matt Hampson heard before dislocating his neck while in rugby training with other young England hopefuls.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On a cold, grey, overcast day in 2005, the cream of young English \u003cb\u003erugby\u003c\/b\u003e gathered at a Northampton training ground. Matt Hampson, 'Hambo' to his mates, was one of them. He had dreamt of playing rugby for \u003cb\u003eEngland\u003c\/b\u003e ever since he had picked up a rugby ball at school. His skill, conviction and dedication had brought him to the cusp of realising that dream, in an England U21 team that included Olly Morgan, Toby Flood, Ben Foden and James Haskell. But as the two sets of forwards engaged for a scrum on the training field, \u003cb\u003ethe scrum collapsed\u003c\/b\u003e and Matt, who played tight-head prop, took the full force of two opposing sides. In that moment \u003cb\u003ehis life changed forever\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Paul Kimmage went to visit Matt as he recuperated, and wrote a piece for the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e which won him his third successive SJA sports interviewer of the year award. They struck up a friendship and here, Paul tells Matt's whole story, in all its intimate detail. From the build-up to the dreadful day, to Matt's recuperation, to his struggle to adjust to normal life again, to his family and friends, to other tragic incidents on the rugby field, to the response of the RFU, \u003cb\u003ethis is a story of terrible sadness yet unadorned triumph and joy, of anger yet of reconciliation and peace\u003c\/b\u003e . . . of a boy who became a man.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47153237623039,"sku":"9781847393142","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781847393142_s600x595.jpg?v=1780677448","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781847393142","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}