I just finished Geoff Parke's book on the 2024 Rebels (A year in the life and death of the Melbourne Rebels).
It's a mix of the blow-by-blow of the season, along with details of the financial issues told chronologically
It's a bit of a strange one. He obviously had great access, but hasn't done that much with it. Lots of descriptions of the types of conversations had in the change rooms, but none of the actual details which would really make it interesting for a rugby fan.
It also really doesn't dwell on the negatives of the team, coaches or players (some bad games get little more than a paragraph).
He really only gives one side of the Rebels story, which is probably fair enough, and one that should be told....but a little more pushback against some of things he is told would not have gone astray.
For example - a direct quote from the book - "The administrators aren’t going to find any indiscriminate spending or hidden debt. We run this place lean, we have no choice"......CEO Baden Stephenson 30/1/2024. (Somewhat unbelievably it seems Parke's didn't then ask, well how much debt are you actually in?)
Ultimately though, I couldn't help think that he had unfettered access to the CEO and team, plus board members etc, from well before the issues bubbled up, and he just missed the biggest story in Australian Rugby.