Rugby Union

**WINNER British Sports Book Awards SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR****Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award**Gareth Thomas had it all.

'"e;Draw"e;' is an inadequate way to describe what the Lions did here.

SHORTLISTED FOR RUGBY BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE 2020 TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS.

Voted Rugby Book of the Year at the 2018 Sports Book Awards.

When Jonah Lomu trampled over Tony Underwood in the World Cup semi-final in 1995, the greatest star rugby union has ever seen was launched on the world.

In rugby, there are the Flash Harrys and the Glory Boys: the fly-halves who run, kick and dazzle; the scrum-halves who nip and dart; the wingers who step and glide.

What is the state of rugby?

There is Rugby Union: the fast, compelling, TV-friendly combat sport in which sponsored gladiators are sold on their ability to crash into each other at top speed, and sometimes even to avoid each other and score.

Hear the story of the rise of one of Irish rugby's great outsiders and, ultimately, his crushing fall.

A hilarious and, at times, moving and soul-searching account of rugby union's rollercoaster days in the 1990s, told through the eyes of a player who saw it all as the sport lurched shambolically from the crazy final days of amateurism into the professional era.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK OF THE YEARCrammed full of funny stories, below-the-belt banter and amusing observations, it's gold Rugby WorldOnce described as rugby's answer to Ant & Dec, David Flatman and Mark Durden-Smith are the oddest of odd couples.

The laws of the game are made simple - for players, referees, coaches and spectators.

Winner of the Telegraph Sports Book Awards Children's Book of the YearSmall, skinny and short-sighted .

For over 130 years the British & Irish Lions have stood out as a symbol of the ethics, values and romance at the heart of rugby union.

An epic and unforgettable love story begins in Binding 13, the first in the international bestselling and TikTok-phenomenon The Boys of Tommen series, from Chloe Walsh.

An epic and unforgettable love story continues in Keeping 13, the second book in the international bestselling and TikTok-phenomenon The Boys of Tommen series, from Chloe Walsh.

Jonny Wilkinson's career has crossed three decades and four World Cups.

Matt Dawson's Lions Tales gives rugby fans a satisfying dose of wonderful Lions anecdotes, epic stories of triumph and despair, of camaraderie and controversy, and stirring examples of that special bond that only competing in the white heat of battle, halfway round the world, against the mighty All Blacks, Wallabies and Springboks, can engender.

In RUGBY TALES, Lawrence Dallaglio recalls with affection and razor-sharp humour, the behind-the-scenes stories that have previously only been shared within the world of international rugby, together with some classics from his rugby-playing colleagues and mates.

Kenny Logan s riveting story is one full of surprises.

Martin Johnson is the towering second row forward who has come to set the standards of what a professional rugby player should do.

Jonny Wilkinson's impact on global sport has been extraordinary.

As a Premiership, World Cup and Grand Slam winner, no one better embodies the charisma and the colour of English rugbys greatest era than Lawrence Dallaglio.

Rugby has held a central role in Welsh life over the past century.

Charles Burgess Fry, known as C.

This edition has been fully updated to include the 2013 Six Nations and the British and Irish Lions Tour.

At the George, Geoffrey Moorhouse's testament to a lifelong love of rugby league, was shortlisted for the inaugural William Hill Sports Book of the Year award in 1989.

Shane Williams has spent almost a decade thrilling the rugby world with his evasive running skills and a box of tricks that has left the best defences grasping thin air, disproving the notion that size matters in modern professional rugby.

England has contributed some of the greatest players and most colourful characters to the rich history of the Lions, and never more so than in recent years.

Neil Jenkins is the most prolific goal-kicker in the history of British international rugby.

Few rugby players have matched the achievements of Welshman Mervyn Davies, the shrewd, gutsy number 8 with the heart of a lion.

Rob Howley was a late developer in terms of playing international rugby.

Ben Cohen s dad didn t know anything about the sport his young son had taken up, but he was happy to drive him to practice, and was soon helping out at the club.

SHORTLISTED FOR INTERNATIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR AT THE 2020 TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS.

Donncha O'Callaghan is one of Ireland's leading international rugby players, and a stalwart of the Munster side.

First published in 2003 and now available as an ebook.

The former Wales and Lions rugby captain has travelled the world watching rugby and talking about the game since his retirement in 1978.

Gregor Townsend is one of rugby's true greats.

Former Australian rugby union legend and World Cup winner, now acclaimed television sports pundit, on his glittering career in the game - and how close he came to losing his life.

Leonard's story starts as rugby started - in the amateur days, when the Cockney Carpenter began playing for Barking and Saracens in the days before multi-million pound business owners and sponsorship deals.

The most capped England rugby scrum-half of all time, a captain of his country, and a two-times British Lions tourist, Matt Dawson's career story is a colourful tale spiced with controversy, from club rugby at Northampton to England winning the Rugby World Cup in Australia.

Silver boots, perma-tanned skin, shaven legs and gravity-defying red spikes in his hair - Gavin Henson is Wales's hottest new celeb and rugby's golden boy.

Drawing on first hand interviews from more than 75 British Lions tourists since the golden age of the fifties, this book captures what it means to be a British Lions rugby player - the historic victories, the glorious failures and the stories surrounding the icons of rugby such as Edwards, Bennett, Hastings, Guscott, Dallaglio and Johnson.

This exciting introduction to rugby helps kids get to grips with the rules of the game, learn rugby skills, and stock up on rugby world records.

The long-awaited autobiography of Ireland's most beloved rugby player: Peter StringerWhen Peter Stringer played youth rugby, he was so small that people told his parents he shouldn't be allowed on the pitch.