An unrivalled insight into the sad mismanagement of rugby union in the 25 years since it turned professional, endangering its future at amateur level. The book recounts the history of the early decades as a professional sport, and suggests solutions to the injury crisis and financial apartheid operated by the major northern-hemisphere unions. 19 photographs.

• Foreword
• But what if they were right?
• State of the Union Game
• The Sorry Saga of the Crooked Scrum Feed
• The Concussion Crisis
• Treating Rugby’s Battlefield Casualties
• The Great Divide –Union v League
• Farewell Common Sense
• Has Rugby Union Lost its Values?
• The Good and the Bad – The 2019 World Cup
• The End of an Era – 27 August 2020
• Illustrations