Rugby category: 302 books

If you will be cheering on a rugby touch line this winter, mystified by the antics on the pitch, this is the book for you. Not only will it help to explain what is going on from the spectator s viewpoint it will also raise you several notches in your loved ones esteem. After reading this book you...

An anthology of the Telegraph's best articles written on the World Cup from some of the biggest names in rugby, this publication will coincide with the Rugby World Cup in Autumn 2015.  The selection will include articles from Will Carling, Nick Farr Jones (NZ Captain 1991), John Eales (his successor),...

'Gatland is the master' Sir Ian McGeechan 'Gatland is a coaching star' Sir Clive Woodward 'Gats is one of the all-time great coaches' Sam Warburton Warren Gatland is one of the world's most renowned and intriguing rugby coaches of the modern era, leading Wales to four Six Nations...

A true insider's look at the 2012 rugby league season from hugely popular former player Brad Fittler, featuring all the action from on and off the field and complete with trademark Fittler insights and humour. Includes over 100 photographs. 'I love the way Freddy loves Rugby League. Look we all know...

Rob Howley was a late developer in terms of playing international rugby. But the Cardif, Wales and British Lions scrum half has more than made up for lost time. In Number Nine Dream, Howley looks back at his career, including his injury heartache, his late development, the pain of seeing a friend...

The Rugby World Cup: it's the scrum of the earth, the biggest, the best, and the most prestigious rugby union tournament in the world. It also throws up some of sport's most enduring and exciting rivalries, as well as the age-old culture clash of northern versus southern hemisphere. Never Mind the...

Few people dispute the fact that rugby is the most passionate sport in the world and there can't be a more dramatic spectacle than 30 players giving their all in a brutal encounter. Everyone knows the stars who emerged victorious from the battle but would you be able to instantly name rugby's greatest moment? This book will help you decide which event should be crowned'

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. Their rugby was uninspiring and their reputation in tatters. Stuart Lancaster - former burger-flipper, PE teacher and the novice Saxons coach - was...

On 29 January 2011, Benjamin Robinson was playing rugby for his school. During the match he sustained a concussion but was not taken off, and was allowed to continue with the game, in which he endured a second impact. When play ended, he collapsed, dying two days later as a result of his injuries. Every...

Questo libro nasce per chi è stufo del calcio, ma anche per chi vorrebbe un calcio più nobile. Per chi assapora il fascino del rugby, affolla gli stadi più del calcio e vuole conoscerne i risvolti. Per chi ama le storie vere di eroi. Lo scrittore-giornalista Giacomo Mazzocchi indaga sulle differenze...

Ci sono le vittorie. E ci sono le sconfitte. Ma soprattutto ci sono loro, gli “implaccabili” del rugby. Quelli che niente è riuscito a buttare giù. Né gli avversari, né la vita. Giorgio Cimbrico, penna storica dello sport e del rugby, è andato a cercare queste storie, su una...

Perché Jonny Wilkinson, mitico giocatore di rugby, si è appassionato alla fisica quantistica? Come la scoperta di questa scienza così astratta e complessa ha rivoluzionato la sua vita? Ci sono delle connessione insospettabili tra la fisica e la palla ovale? Per tentare di risolvere il mistero due...

This is the second revised edition of a special integrated version of the England Rugby Chronicle which collates, revises and expands on the information previously published in the separate Volumes One, Two and Three which covered 1969-1990, 1990-2000 and 2000-2010 respectively. ALL the results and...

The phenomenal International Number One Bestseller With exclusive interviews with Richie McCaw, Steve Hansen, Beauden Barrett and Dan Carter, The Jersey is the first definitive story behind the greatest sports team on the planet. 'Extremely well written. Compelling, accurate, insightful...