Bullrush was the best game anyone ever thought of

BULLRUSH - A Celebration of the Great New Zealand Game.
David Slack

Harper Collins - $24.99

ISBN: 9781775540786

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 You didn't need a ref, you didn't need a whistle, you didn't need a ball. All you needed was a decent stretch of grass.   It was a stampede of bare feet, it was grazed knees and torn shirts, it was a game that never took itself too seriously. 

Arriving on the first immigrant ships from Britain, the game took hold quickly in the new colony. Simple, sometimes brutal, always thrilling, it was a childhood rite of passage, no adults involved, handed down from generation to playground generation.

Featuring the memories of a wide range of people, from All Blacks to actors, David Slack pays tribute to one of the great unofficial institutions of New Zealand culture.

Such fun, took me back to school days in Gisborne many a long year ago !