{"product_id":"mac-the-face-of-rugby-ian-mcintosh-bishop-2000","title":"MAC by Ian McIntosh \u0026 John Bishop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMAC (Collectible Rugby Memoir, First Edition)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Candid Story of Springbok Coach Ian McIntosh, Told With Sports Journalist John Bishop\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e MAC: The Face of Rugby: The Ian McIntosh Story\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ian McIntosh \u0026amp; John Bishop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEditor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Archie Henderson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Don Nelson Publishers, Cape Town\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2000\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781868061907\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1868061906\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e First Edition, softcover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's illustrated paperback, perfect bound, with black and red photographic cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large softcover (trade paperback), 256 pages. Illustrated with photographs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good Plus (VG+)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Wraps:\u003c\/strong\u003e The glossy black and red illustrated wrappers are clean and bright, with a photographic portrait to the front. The red spine is straight with no obvious creasing. Corners and edges are sound and there are no tears. The cover sits very slightly bowed along the fore-edge.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The text pages are clean and bright with no markings, and the binding is tight. A slight crease or ripple shows at the top edge of the dedication page, with a faint mark near the top and a few tiny specks near the top right corner of that page.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not Applicable (As Issued)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in Cape Town by Don Nelson in 2000, MAC: The Face of Rugby – The Ian McIntosh Story is the autobiography of the rugby coach Ian McIntosh, written with the sports journalist John Bishop and edited by Archie Henderson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMcIntosh rose from the Natal coaching ranks to become Springbok coach in the early 1990s, despite being an outsider to the rugby establishment. He gives a candid account of the game, the players and officials, and the politics of South African rugby, including his dismissal as Bok coach and his relationships with key players.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor collectors of South African rugby and sporting history, it is a first-hand record of one of the country's best-known coaches during a period of great change in the game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Ian McIntosh \u0026amp; John Bishop\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIan McIntosh (1938–2023) was a Zimbabwean-born South African rugby union coach. 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