Bad Boys: AFL, Rugby League, Rugby Union and Soccer
Random House, $34.95, 320 pp
Braham Dabscheck reviews 'Bad Boys' by Roy Masters
Coaches and journalists are the high priests of sport. The former determine the liturgy; the latter explain, comment on, and provide judgments and recommendations for reform to the great unwashed. Roy Masters has performed both roles. He coached the rugby league clubs Western Suburbs (1978–81) and St George (1982–87) and has for two decades been a font of insight, mainly on rugby league, for readers of the Sydney Morning Herald. His journalism has combined intelligence, larrikinism and an eye for the absurd.
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