In a characteristically sweeping and entertaining story, George Megalogenis
reveals how football has been shaped by the nation that invented it and how the
game we love, in turn, might help resolve Australia's political impasse.
A sport unlike any other in the world, football has always been Australia's
bellwether. But at a time when politics is increasingly conducted like sports -
full of one-eyed tribalism, captain's calls and policy dictated by the Newspoll
scoreboard - football is the one institution that's more relevant than ever.
And it's Richmond that's out in front of the pack. Before it could win the 2017
premiership, the club had to change how it thought about good leadership. By
weaving together the game's conflicted history, a sharp-eyed analysis of
Richmond's off-field turbulence and his own love of the Tigers, Megalogenis
reveals just how Richmond found a new way to win - and how Australia might do
the same.