{"product_id":"9781775540786_bullrush","title":"Bullrush","description":"A fun, fact-filled history and tribute to that most iconic of Kiwi childhood games, Bullrush, from its origins and its various bannings to its modern revival in the post-PC playground.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; MIN-HEIGHT: 13px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt\"\u003e\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = o \/?\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\"\u003e \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt\"\u003eBullrush was the best game anyone ever thought of.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt\"\u003eYou 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.\u003cspan class=\"apple-tab-span\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eIt was a stampede of bare feet, it was grazed knees and torn shirts, it was a game that never took itself too seriously. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = u1 \/?\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; MIN-HEIGHT: 13px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt\"\u003eArriving 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt\"\u003eKiwi kids couldn't get enough of it. And then one day they banned it, the fools.  Or did they?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; MIN-HEIGHT: 13px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt\"\u003eFeaturing 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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 8pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Slack","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46896509616277,"sku":"9781775540786","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781775540786_a73ce756-31a0-45c7-a0a7-6c86b4860e75.jpg?v=1776888427","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781775540786_bullrush","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}