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Rugby Coloring Activity Book for Kids - original designs to color for rugby lovers, Creativity and Mindfulness, american... Rugby Coloring Activity Book for Kids - original designs to color for rugby lovers, Creativity and Mindfulness, american Football Fans, rugby funs, Helmets, Uniforms, Presents For Sports Teachers (Paperback)
Rugby Player Mh Rugby Teacher
R261 Discovery Miles 2 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Joking Apart - My Autobiography (Paperback): Donncha O'Callaghan Joking Apart - My Autobiography (Paperback)
Donncha O'Callaghan 1
R366 R333 Discovery Miles 3 330 Save R33 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Donncha O'Callaghan is one of Ireland's leading international rugby players, and a stalwart of the Munster side. He was a key figure in the Irish team which won the IRB 6 Nations Grand Slam in 2009, and has won two Heineken Cup medals and two Magners League titles with Munster. But that success did not come easy. For such a well known player with a larger-than-life reputation, his long battle to make a breakthrough at the highest level is largely unknown. In this honest and revealing autobiography, Donncha talks in detail about the personal setbacks and disappointments at Munster and the unconventional ways he dealt with the frustration of not making the team for four of five years in his early 20s. He had a parallel experience with Ireland where it took him nearly six years to get from fringe squad member to established first choice player. Here he talks candidly about how he brought discipline to his game, and about his relationships with the coaches who had overlooked him and the second row rivals who had kept him on the bench. Donncha talks also with great warmth about a hectic childhood that was shaped by the death of his father when he was only six years old. One of the heroes of his story is his mother Marie who showed incredible strength and resourcefulness to rear a family of five on her own. Often deservedly regarded as 'the joker in the pack', what is often less well known is the serious attitude and intensely professional approach Donncha brings to his rugby. Joking Apart gives the full picture, showing sides of the man that will be unfamiliar to followers of Irish rugby and will surprise the reader.

England Rugby - Every Test Match Result and Every Capped Player (Paperback): Simon Potter England Rugby - Every Test Match Result and Every Capped Player (Paperback)
Simon Potter
R375 Discovery Miles 3 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Steve Hansen: the Legacy (Hardcover): Gregor Paul Steve Hansen: the Legacy (Hardcover)
Gregor Paul
R629 R561 Discovery Miles 5 610 Save R68 (11%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The making of a New Zealand coaching great Between the years 2012 and 2019, Sir Steve Hansen oversaw an era of such remarkable success that it would be almost impossible to repeat. His 15-year career in the All Blacks coaching team is the heaviest footprint in rugby history. Of the 210 tests he was involved with, his team lost just 25 times. Of the 107 tests he served as head coach, Sir Steve accumulated a record 4 World Rugby Coach of the Year awards and orchestrated 93 victories - a winning percentage of 87 per cent, the highest of any All Blacks coach. Steve Hansen: The Legacy delves into the highs and the lows that earned the New Zealand rugby knight a place in the pantheon of world rugby coaching greats. Revealing and perceptive, the book uncovers how Hansen dealt with the immeasurable pressure of leading the world's most famous rugby team; the tension created by being re-appointed specifically to win the Rugby World Cup; how he dealt with high-profile athletes and an exodus of New Zealand's all-time greats; the endless tug-of-war between commercialism and high performance; the increasing influence of referees on the game; the power battle between the northern and southern hemispheres; the Achilles heel that contributed to the All Blacks' 2019 Rugby World Cup loss; and how, during his career, he learnt to understand his weaknesses and use them to his advantage. Much more than a biography, in Steve Hansen: The Legacy, award-winning writer Gregor Paul tells the compelling story of the former policeman from Mosgiel, his quest for world rugby dominance and his journey to coaching greatness.

Carwyn - A Personal Memoir (Paperback): Alun Richards Carwyn - A Personal Memoir (Paperback)
Alun Richards 1
R307 Discovery Miles 3 070 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Carwyn James treated rugby football as if it was an art form and aesthetics part of the coaching manual. This son of a miner, from Cefneithin in the Gwendraeth Valley, was a cultivated literary scholar, an accomplished linguist, a teacher, and a would-be patriot politician, who also won two caps for Wales. He was the first man to coach any British Lions side to overseas victory, and still the only one to beat the All Blacks in a series in New Zealand. That was in 1971, and it was followed in 1972 by the triumph of his beloved Llanelli against the touring All Blacks at Stradey Park. These were the high-water marks of a life of complexity and contradiction. His subsequent and successful career as broadcaster and journalist and then a return to the game as a coach in Italy never quite settled his restless nature. After his sudden death, alone in an Amsterdam hotel, his close friend, the Pontypridd-born writer, Alun Richards set out through what he called "A Personal Memoir" to reflect on the enigma that had been Carwyn.The result, a masterpiece of sports writing, is a reflection on the connected yet divergent cultural forces which had shaped both the rugby coach and the author; a dazzling sidestep of an essay in both social and personal interpretation.

Flats and Durders Offload - Rugby Laid Bare (Hardcover): David Flatman, Mark Durden-Smith Flats and Durders Offload - Rugby Laid Bare (Hardcover)
David Flatman, Mark Durden-Smith
R614 R546 Discovery Miles 5 460 Save R68 (11%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Crammed full of funny stories, below-the-belt banter and amusing observations, it's gold' Rugby World Once described as rugby's answer to Ant & Dec, David Flatman and Mark Durden-Smith are the oddest of odd couples. Now this hugely popular rugby broadcasting double act have turned to dissecting and celebrating rugby union in book form. And, as you'd expect, it's a brilliant combination of in-depth knowledge and hilarious stories. Flats and Durders Offload covers every facet of the game, from surviving the front row, what it takes to be a leader, referees both good and bad, mind games, tournaments and, of course, what really happens on a rugby tour. They talk about the highs, including Flats not missing a tackle in his 90-second Six Nations appearance, and the lows, including Flats not making a tackle in his 90-second Six Nations appearance. Familiar to millions of fans through their television work, they provide fascinating and entertaining insight into the sport they love. They reveal the hardest players, the greatest characters and the intimate secrets of the front row. They address key issues facing the sport, such as injury, retirement and the future of the game. Nothing is off limits and no quarter is given - to anyone. With insightful analysis, unforgettable stories and the occasional food reference, Flats and Durders Offload is an unmissable read for all rugby fans.

Rugby Mushrooms of Europe (Paperback): Reynard (the Fox), Geoffrey Leo, Carousel Rugby Mushrooms of Europe (Paperback)
Reynard (the Fox), Geoffrey Leo, Carousel
R166 Discovery Miles 1 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Matt Dawson's Lions Tales (Paperback): Matt Dawson Matt Dawson's Lions Tales (Paperback)
Matt Dawson 1
R332 Discovery Miles 3 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

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. Lions Tales is peppered with insight and laugh-out-loud moments, dredged from the memory banks of Dawson's own time in the iconic red shirt, and also from his keen interest in the Lions' remarkable 125-year traditions.

This Is Rugby - The Story, Culture, and Future of American Rugby (Paperback): Adam Hughes This Is Rugby - The Story, Culture, and Future of American Rugby (Paperback)
Adam Hughes
R698 Discovery Miles 6 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Grudge - Two Nations, One Match, No Holds Barred (Paperback): Tom English The Grudge - Two Nations, One Match, No Holds Barred (Paperback)
Tom English 1
R332 R301 Discovery Miles 3 010 Save R31 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Shortlised for the 2022 SBA Best Sports Book of the 21st Century prize The gripping inside story of when an England-Scotland rugby match become more than a game Murrayfield, the Calcutta Cup, March 1990. England vs. Scotland - winner-takes-all for the Five Nations Grand Slam, the biggest prize in northern hemisphere rugby. Will Carling's England are the very embodiment of Margaret Thatcher's Britain - snarling, brutish and all-conquering. Scotland are the underdogs - second-class citizens from a land that's become the testing ground for the most unpopular tax in living memory: Thatcher's Poll Tax. In Edinburgh, nationalism is rising high - what happens in the stadium will resound far beyond the pitch. Told with unprecedented access to key players, coaches and supporters on both sides (Will Carling, Ian McGeechan, Brian Moore and the rest), Tom English has produced a gripping account of a titanic struggle that thrusts the reader right into the heart of the action. Game on. 'A priceless read' Guardian 'Absolutely outstanding' The Times 'An epic tale' Daily Telegraph 'Gripping' Scottish Review of Books

Lewis Moody: Mad Dog - An Englishman - My Life in Rugby (Paperback): Lewis Moody Lewis Moody: Mad Dog - An Englishman - My Life in Rugby (Paperback)
Lewis Moody 1
R393 Discovery Miles 3 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Lewis 'Mad Dog' Moody has been a familiar face in English rugby for fifteen successful and, at times, painful years. The former Leicester and now Bath flanker has seen and done it all in a sport that has changed beyond recognition from his first forays into the sport to the huge spectacle that rugby, and especially test match rugby, has become. Known for his near-suicidal fashion of playing the game, Moody has achieved as much as anyone in the history of the sport, from league, cup and European honours with an iconic Leicester Tigers team alongside the likes of Martin Johnson and Neil Back, to a 2003 World Cup winners medal and an MBE when still a young man. A great deal of heartbreak would follow - pain, illness, self-doubt and dark days in the four years before the next World Cup campaign that saw Moody and England fall in the 2007 final but he re-emerged to finally captain his country to a third World Cup campaign in 2011. Mad Dog - An Englishman is the story, warts and all, of one of the most-loved and respected British sporting figures; a story that allows the reader into the inner sanctum of a top rugby star's life, from the early days of student and rugby dressing room mayhem, to the latter years of dedication to the cause, and utter professionalism against all odds. You may think some of Lewis Moody's adventures are well-known. You would be wrong. In this searingly honest autobiography the original 'Mad Dog' lays himself bare and, along the way, takes you on an incredible journey that will make you laugh, cry and understand what it takes to construct a career as successful as Lewis Moody's.

Castleford's Semi-finals Story (Paperback): John Davis Castleford's Semi-finals Story (Paperback)
John Davis
R434 Discovery Miles 4 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Our Blood is Green - The Springboks in their Own Words (Hardcover): Gavin Rich Our Blood is Green - The Springboks in their Own Words (Hardcover)
Gavin Rich
R566 R513 Discovery Miles 5 130 Save R53 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The leaping Springbok on the green jersey of South Africa is one of the most iconic emblems in world rugby. At the same time, no symbol in world sport has ever done so much to divide - and then unite - a nation. Respected by opponents and supported passionately by South Africans, the Springboks have been a powerhouse rugby nation for over a century, yet the emblem that now sits alongside the Protea on the chests of the players was once a symbol of violent oppression in apartheid South Africa, the epitome of the white man's dominance over people of colour in the Republic. Told in the words of Springboks past and present, Our Blood is Green explores what it means to play for South Africa - from schoolboy dreams to the sacrifices required to make it to the very top - as well as the myriad difficulties the players have faced over the years, from the horrors of apartheid through to the emerging rainbow nation in the 1990s and the multi-cultural World Cup-winning team of today. It is a fascinating, powerful and poignant read that explores the unity of a brotherhood that fights to transcend race, culture and class while simultaneously striving to become the best team on the planet. Our Blood is Green examines what it truly means to be a Springbok and it is told the only way it can be - by the players themselves.

Lighting the Candle - Expressing the Need for Solidarity Behind Invigorating & Revising the Great Game of Rugby Union... Lighting the Candle - Expressing the Need for Solidarity Behind Invigorating & Revising the Great Game of Rugby Union (Paperback)
Colin Simmonds
R638 Discovery Miles 6 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Half Time - The Autobiography (Paperback) (Paperback): Nigel Owens, Lynn Davies Half Time - The Autobiography (Paperback) (Paperback)
Nigel Owens, Lynn Davies
R385 Discovery Miles 3 850 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
American Football Activity Coloring Book - original designs to color for rugby lovers, Creativity and Mindfulness, american... American Football Activity Coloring Book - original designs to color for rugby lovers, Creativity and Mindfulness, american Football Fans, rugby funs, Helmets, Uniforms, Presents For Sports Teachers (Paperback)
Mhs Rugby Lover Mh Rugby Player
R322 Discovery Miles 3 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Rugby: Talking A Good Game - The Perfect Gift for Rugby Fans (Paperback): Ian Robertson Rugby: Talking A Good Game - The Perfect Gift for Rugby Fans (Paperback)
Ian Robertson 1
R402 R367 Discovery Miles 3 670 Save R35 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

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. Almost half a century after being introduced to the rugby airwaves by his inspiring mentor Bill McLaren, the former Scotland fly-half looks back on the most eventful of careers, during which he covered nine British and Irish Lions tours and eight World Cups, including the 2003 tournament that saw England life the Webb Ellis Trophy and "Robbo" pick up awards for his spine-tingling description of Jonny Wilkinson's decisive drop goal. He reflects on his playing days, his role in guiding Cambridge University to a long spell of Varsity Match supremacy and his relationships with some of the union code's most celebrated figures, including Sir Clive Woodward and Jonah Lomu. He also writes vividly and hilariously of his experiences as a horse racing enthusiast, his meetings with some of the world's legendary golfers and his dealings with a stellar cast of sporting outsiders, from Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor to Nelson Mandela. It is a hugely entertaining story that begins in a bygone rugby age, yet has much to say about the game in the here and now.

Rugby League is Born - After a Long Labour (Paperback): Tom Mather Rugby League is Born - After a Long Labour (Paperback)
Tom Mather
R325 Discovery Miles 3 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Two Tribes - The Untold Story of Rugby League's Divided Year and the Birth of the NRL (Paperback): Steve Mascord Two Tribes - The Untold Story of Rugby League's Divided Year and the Birth of the NRL (Paperback)
Steve Mascord
R1,129 Discovery Miles 11 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Rorke's Drift Rugby League Test Match Fiasco (Paperback): Tom Mather The Rorke's Drift Rugby League Test Match Fiasco (Paperback)
Tom Mather
R347 Discovery Miles 3 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Northampton Saints Results Book (Paperback): Simon Potter The Northampton Saints Results Book (Paperback)
Simon Potter
R353 Discovery Miles 3 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Castleford's Rugby League Results 1926 to July 2020 (Paperback): John Davis Castleford's Rugby League Results 1926 to July 2020 (Paperback)
John Davis
R505 Discovery Miles 5 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Giltinan's Tour - 1908 - The first Australian tour to England (Paperback): Tom Mather Giltinan's Tour - 1908 - The first Australian tour to England (Paperback)
Tom Mather
R305 Discovery Miles 3 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
How to play the position of Blindside Winger (No. 11) - A practical guide for the player, coach and family in the sport of... How to play the position of Blindside Winger (No. 11) - A practical guide for the player, coach and family in the sport of rugby union (Paperback)
Chris Miles
R285 Discovery Miles 2 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Book 7 - 101 Sports Coaching Snippets: Personal Skills and Fitness Drills (Paperback): Bert Holcroft Book 7 - 101 Sports Coaching Snippets: Personal Skills and Fitness Drills (Paperback)
Bert Holcroft
R818 R712 Discovery Miles 7 120 Save R106 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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