{"product_id":"9780007568765-blindsided-pb","title":"Blindsided","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormer Australian rugby union legend and World Cup winner, now acclaimed television sports pundit, on his glittering career in the game – and how close he came to losing his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormer Australian rugby union legend and World Cup winner, now acclaimed television sports pundit, on his glittering career in the game – and how close he came to losing his life.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eFew players in the history of the game have had as illustrious a career as Wallaby fly-half and captain Michael Lynagh.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eIn an era when Australia took the rugby world by storm with their glittering array of mercurial talent, in chief orchestrator and courageous captain Lynagh they had a pivotal figure at fly-half who shaped their style of play and at the same time played a major ambassadorial role in the world game.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eYet fast forward to that April day in 2012, as Lynagh lay partially blinded in intensive care at the Royal Brisbane Hospital, his life hanging by a thread following a major stroke, his wife and three young boys on the other side of the world. The day that defined the rest of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eLynagh’s story is one of corruscating highs and crippling lows. It’s the personal tale of a sportsman playing to the extremes of his profession, but also a human tale of surviving debilitating trauma and finding a new meaning to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30342171918433,"sku":"9780007568765","price":8.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27852596.jpg?v=1774286256","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780007568765-blindsided-pb","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}