Rugby category: 302 books
Pulling the Strings
My Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
The long-awaited autobiography of Ireland's most beloved rugby player: Peter Stringer
When Peter Stringer played youth rugby, he was so small that people told his parents he shouldn't be allowed on the pitch. Fortunately for Munster and for Ireland, they paid no attention. Over 200 provincial...
by Lee Crooks
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
When he broke dramatically onto the senior rugby league scene with his beloved Hull as a gifted teenager, prop Lee Crooks was an archetypal blood and guts heart-on-his-sleeve firebrand front-rower, adored by the Boulevard faithful.
A Cup winner and distinguished 19-Test international - best...
by Justine Kyle McGrath
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2014
Jack Kyle was the rugby giant of his time, but he was also so much more than a sporting legend.
Whilst he was winning a Grand Slam and touring with the Lions, Jack Kyle was also studying to be a doctor. When he retired from playing rugby - as the world's most-capped player - his sense of adventure...
by Phil Gifford
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2015
Inside the Cup is the definitive story of the triumphs, oddities, heartbreaks, dramas and disasters of every All Black campaign at the Rugby World Cup. New Zealand rugby's master storyteller, Phil Gifford, takes you behind the scenes to relive the action as it happened and as told by those directly...
by Spiro Zavos
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
Full of enthusiasm, this guide sets out to convince non-believers that rugby is the world's greatest game.
Dragons and All Blacks
Wales v. New Zealand - 1953 and a Century of Rivalry
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2012
'The Bounce of the Century' they called it. A ball kicked across Cardiff Arms Park in the dying minutes of a match between two of international rugby's fiercest rivals. The world's two greatest wingers waited as it bounced towards them, knowing that whoever caught the ball would score and win the...
Legends in Black
New Zealand Rugby Greats on Why We Win
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2014
Legends in Black, a truly special book and the result of unprecedented access to some of the biggest names in New Zealand rugby, reveals the experiences, secrets and reflections of All Black greats on why we win. Through incisive, frank and no-holds-barred interviews, they share thoughts on every...
The Gladiators
Norm Provan and Arthur Summons on rugby league's most iconic moment and its continuing legacy
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2013
When rival captains Norm Provan and Arthur Summons came together in a momentary embrace at the end of the 1963 Rugby League grand final, they could never have imagined the tradition they were building. They became the subject of one of sport's most enduring images, and ultimately the centrepiece of...
Behind the Thistle
Playing Rugby for Scotland
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Based on exclusive interviews with players past and present, Behind the Thistle gives a unique insight into the drama and emotion of representing Scotland in that most rarefied of environments - Test match rugby. Drawing on first-hand interviews from a vast array of former and current players, from...
by Martin Snedden
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
The hero of 2011 was Martin Snedden. Not even a terrible earthquake prevented him from staging a magnificent World Cup. The hospitality and warmth of the New Zealand welcome at the World Cup is a memory I will always cherish.' - Paul Ackford, Sunday Telegraph, London. The story of New Zealand's greatest...
Robbie Deans
Red, Black and Gold
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
The career of Robbie Deans is without parallel in the annals of New Zealand rugby. He was an All Black, the pin-up boy of the Canterbury team, and a rebel with the Cavaliers during a 12-year playing career. Even greater acclaim has followed as one of the best coaches of the modern era. After 17 years...
At the George
And Other Essays on Rugby League
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2013
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.'The very soul of rugby league, a sport that has been called 'the toughest in the world', lives within the pages of At the George....
Hardmen
Rugby League's Roughest, Toughest and Most Courageous Players
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
When the going gets tough, the tough get tougher.
The ranks of rugby league around the world have been liberally peppered with hardmen. With violence that would never be tolerated off the footy field, the game has always been rough, tough and dangerous. Stiff-arm tackles, headbutts, spear tackles...
Rugby Union
Technique Tactics Training
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Crowood Sports Guides provide sound, practical advice that will help make you a better player whether you are learning the basic skills, discovering more advanced techniques or reviewing the fundamentals of your game. Featured in this new, substantially revised and updated edition of Rugby Union are:...