Es un deporte con ciento cincuenta años de vida en el país, clubes con tradición en casi todas las provincias y popularidad creciente en las últimas décadas, pero no tenía una historia documentada y completa.
Ken Scotland was born on 29 August 1936 within sight of Heriot's Goldenacre ground, which he would go onto grace with great panache and skill several years later.
Winner of the Telegraph Sports Book Awards Rugby Book of the YearAmong the best stories in modern British team sport has been the rise of Exeter Chiefs.
Since making his national debut in 1998, Stephen Jones has emerged from the shadows of the true greats of Welsh rugby, such as Barry John, Phil Bennett, Jonathan Davies and Neil Jenkins, to make the fly-half position his own.
Scottish Rugby 101 is a compendium of fascinating facts, quotes, stats, stories, personalities and trivia - a perfect stocking-filler for all fans of Scottish rugby.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2020 - RUGBY BOOK OF THE YEARThis is a complete history of the Welsh rugby union team told by the players themselves.
As a history, a technical manual, a practical guideline of the rugby scrum, and a great coaching tool for teachers and coaches of all levels, Rugby-The Art of Scrummaging is one of the most comprehensive rugby scrum theses ever assembled and published since the inception of rugby union.
Rugby union has undergone immense change in the past two decades - introducing a World Cup, accepting professionalism and creating a global market in players - yet no authoritative English-language general history of the game has been published in that time.
From the heights of the Grand Slams to a near whitewash in the 2000 Six Nations championship, one factor has remained constant in Scottish rugby - its huge resource of characters.
Winner of the National Sporting Club's prestigious British Rugby Book of the Year Award for 2008, Ripley's World transforms and redefines the genre of the sports autobiography.
Roars from the Back of the Bus is an absorbing, amusing and at times moving collection of tales that give a rare insight into the camaraderie that exists between players at the top of their game, showing that relationships forged through experiences on a Lions tour last a lifetime.
Bursting with humour and full of amusing anecdotes, 100 Irish Rugby Greats is a unique celebration of the most significant stars of the sport from the 1930s to the present day.
Praise for Eddie Jones'A genuine super-coach' - The Sunday Times'His gifts of leadership and organisation are remarkable' - The Daily MailEddie Jones is one of the most successful sports coaches of all time.
Winner of the Daily Telegraph Rugby Book of the YearThe Sunday Times bestselling rugby book of the yearBrilliant, honest, combative - Eddie Jones is a true legend of world rugby and remains an enigmatic figure in the game.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018The uplifting, feel-good autobiography of Ben Ryan, the coach of the Olympic gold-medal winning Fijian rugby team It is late summer 2013.