Rugby Union

The Greatest Game of All or Rugby League as it is known to some has given me nearly a half a century of pleasure and a little pain.

The Greatest Game of All or Rugby League as it is known to some has given me nearly a half a century of pleasure and a little pain.

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.

Ian Robertson joined the BBC during the golden age of radio broadcasting and was given a crash course in the art of sports commentary from some of the greatest names ever to sit behind a microphone: Cliff Morgan and Peter Bromley, Bryon Butler and John Arlott.

'An excellent read' - Rugby WorldRob Andrew is one of the key figures in modern rugby history: an outstanding international who won three Grand Slams with England and toured twice with the British and Irish Lions, he also played a central role in the game's professional revolution with his trailblazing work at Newcastle.

Sir Ian McGeechan is the 'Ultimate Lion'.

You re not born with resilience but you can find it on the journey with hard work, belief and the help of those around you.

Front Up, Rise Up is the story of Connacht s remarkable journey to becoming the 2016 Pro12 champions.

As player, manager, and pundit, Donal Lenihan has seen it all in the world of rugby - and done much of it too.

Acclaimed world champions in 2003, the England rugby union team came home from the World Cup in New Zealand eight years later to the sound of silence.

**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;Scrum Tactics"e; is a vintage guide to rugby, with a special focus on the roles and tactics of the forwards.

A celebration edition of this ultimate classic rugby coaching manual.

A celebration edition of this ultimate classic rugby coaching manual.

The ideal introduction to mini and youth rugby for parents and coaches, showing how young players should be properly introduced to the game of rugby.

A visual history of rugby's greatest sporting event, this beautiful photographic book is a fascinating chronological exploration of the matches, teams, heroes and surrounding stories of the tournament.

A visual history of rugby's greatest sporting event, this beautiful photographic book is a fascinating chronological exploration of the matches, teams, heroes and surrounding stories of the tournament.

'"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?

The main theme is that people in North America have been led to believe that a version of rugby is football.

The Holcroft saga, a rugby story the like of which, may never have been equalled in the history of the game.

The Holcroft saga, a rugby story the like of which, may never have been equalled in the history of the game.

The Holcroft saga, a rugby story the like of which, may never have been equalled in the history of the game.

The Holcroft saga, a rugby story the like of which, may never have been equalled in the history of the game.

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.

Originally published in 1928, this is a wonderfully comprehensive look at 'rugger'.

Originally published in 1938, this is book is a comprehensive manual of rugby technique and tactics.

'We spent all our time surrounded by police cordons and barbed wire, never mind having our bus hijacked.

In February 1973, the 'Troubles' in Northern Ireland were at their very worst and following Bloody Sunday the previous year neither the Scotland nor Wales rugby teams would dare to travel to Ireland to play.

Newport RFC played their first game in 1876, and quickly established themselves as one of the leading clubs in the country.

A sport popular in over 100 countries around the world, rugby is said to have originated when William Webb Ellis 'with fine disregard for the rules of football as played in his time at Rugby school, first took the ball in his arms and ran with it, thus originating the distinctive feature of the Rugby game'.

Cornwall has long been recognised as being one of the hotbeds of English rugby enjoying a level of interest and support even outstripping that of football.

In 2013, England Head Coach Stuart Lancaster embarked on an ambitious project to turn Twickenham Stadium into England Rugby's 'sixteenth man'.

Superbly illustrated with over 70 full colour photographs Written by the club historian A full A-Z off all things Cherry and White from the triumphant and legendary to the deliciously trivial.

Twickenham Stadium is the home of Rugby Union and the England national rugby team.

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

Sevens should never be viewed as an abbreviated form of rugby.

Written and endorsed by the RFU coach development team based at Twickenham, this book takes every position in the 15-a-side rugby union team and gives a series of specific drills, practice sessions and tips for coaching players to perform their unique duties.

Winner of the Rugby Book of the Year award at the British Sports Book Awards 2012 Alastair Hignell is renowned as a rugby international for England, a county cricketer and a much-loved broadcaster.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Rugby But Were too Afraid to Ask explains the often-baffling laws of modern sport in a light-hearted and easy-to-understand way to the new fan/spectator or the 'sport widow'.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Rugby But Were too Afraid to Ask explains the often-baffling laws of modern sport in a light-hearted and easy-to-understand way to the new fan/spectator or the 'sport widow'.