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  • World in Their Hands

    The Story of the First Women's Rugby World Cup

    by Martyn Thomas ...
    Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Rugby Book of the Year 2023 World in their Hands recounts the remarkable events that led to a group of friends from south-west London staging the inaugural Women’s Rugby World Cup in 1991. The tournament was held just 13 years after teams from University College London and King’s contested a match that catalysed the growth of the women’s game in the UK, and the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Simplified Guide to Rugby Sevens

    A Simplified Guide to Rugby Sevens is a quick read that will provide essential information about the game of Rugby Sevens and how it is played. The book is written in rhyme using straightforward language with accompanying black and white illustrations. Technical aspects of the game such as scrums, rucks, lineouts, mauls, breakdowns, offside, infringements, tackles, turnovers, player positions and ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Playing the Enemy

    Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation

    by John Carlin ...
    Read the book that inspired the Academy Award and Golden Globe winning 2009 film INVICTUS featuring Morgan Freeman and Matt Daymon, directed by Clint Eastwood.Beginning in a jail cell and ending in a rugby tournament- the true story of how the most inspiring charm offensive in history brought South Africa together. After being released from prison and winning South Africa's first free election, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $10.99 USD

  • Invictus

    Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation

    by John Carlin ...
    **Read the book that inspired the Academy Award and Golden Globe winning 2009 film INVICTUS featuring Morgan Freeman and Matt Daymon, directed by Clint Eastwood.Beginning in a jail cell and ending in a rugby tournament—the true story of how the most inspiring charm offensive in history brought South Africa together.**After being released from prison and winning South Africa’s first free election, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Fifty Great Things to Come Out of the Midlands

    by Robert Shore ...
    Celebrate the heart of Britain in this fun and informative mini-ebook.Rugby, Walkers Crisps, Conkers. These are just a handful of the many great things to have come out of the Midlands. In this celebratory list, journalist and loyal Midlander Robert Shore counts down fifty of the best gifts the Midlands has given the world.Knowledge no Midlander – nay, Brit! – should be without.From the author of ... Read more

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  • A Joosr Guide to... Legacy by James Kerr: 15 Lessons in Leadership

    by Joosr ...
    In today's fast-paced world, it's tough to find the time to read. But with Joosr guides, you can get the key insights from bestselling non-fiction titles in less than 20 minutes. Whether you want to gain knowledge on the go or find the books you'll love, Joosr's brief and accessible eBook summaries fit into your life. Find out more at joosr.com.What are the secrets to achieving success that lasts, ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rugby For Dummies

    Now updated–a practical guide to understanding rugby, North American—styleFilled with illustrations and photographs of drills and shape-up exercises, Rugby For Dummies tackles North American rugby rules, levels of play, and how to coach junior players as well as adults. This revised edition includes the scoop on the fall 2007 rugby World Cup in France, expanded coverage of women’s rugby, and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Rugby

    by Rob Price ...
    The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Rugby is the most comprehensive and up-to-date rugby-specific training guide in the world today. It contains descriptions and photographs of nearly 100 of the most effective weight training, flexibility, and abdominal exercises used by athletes worldwide. This book features year round rugby-specific weight training programs guaranteed to improve your ... Read more

    $16.95 USD

  • A Game for Hooligans

    The History of Rugby Union

    by Huw Richards ...
    Rugby union has undergone immense change in the past two decades - introducing a World Cup, accepting professionalism and creating a global market in players - yet no authoritative English-language general history of the game has been published in that time. Until now.A Game for Hooligans brings the game's colourful story up to date to include the 2007 World Cup. It covers all of the great matches ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Rugby Union For Dummies

    If you're new to the sport or you feel you could sharpen up your knowledge of the game, this guide is for you. Inside you'll find easy-to-understand advice on the basic rules and pitch positions, plus in-depth lessons on ball skills, fitness training, and techniques to outwit your opponents - all illustrated with entertaining stories from British and International rugby's back pages. In addition, ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Sevens Heaven

    The Beautiful Chaos of Fiji's Olympic Dream: WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019

    by Ben Ryan ...
    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 teamIt is late summer 2013. Ben Ryan, a red-haired, 40-something, spectacle-wearing Englishman, is given 20 minutes to decide whether he wants to coach Fiji's rugby sevens team, with the aim of taking them to the nation's first ... Read more

    $5.99 USD $2.99 USD

  • Ronan O'Gara

    My Autobiography

    by Ronan O'Gara ...
    Ronan O'Gara is one of the greatest sportsmen Ireland has ever produced. A brilliant kicker both from the hand and at penalty goals, a sublime orchestrator of play from the out-half position he has made his own, and a cool head in the pressure-cooker of club and international rugby, the list of the Cork man's achievements goes on and on. The leading points scorer in Irish rugby history, the Six ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Building Winning Teams

    Leadership Tips from the Changing Room to the Board Room

    by Brian Noble ...
    ‘Brian has spent his life learning from the best and trying to transfer their talent into his own work and life. This is a remarkable, unique handbook...’ STEVE TAPPIN (CEO) & HUGH LLOYD JUKES (DIRECTOR) OF XINFU Brian Noble has led rugby teams from adversity to triumph over and again and developed a unique strategy for doing so. In the constant search to improve his team’s performance, he has ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Real McCaw

    The Autobiography

    by Richie McCaw ...
    Richie McCaw, Rugby World Cup winning captain and the New Zealand All Black's most capped player of all time, is unquestionably the greatest player of his generation. He is arguably the most talented player of all time.In his bestselling autobiography, McCaw talks with brutal honesty about the roots of his family life that defined his character and how it gave him the strength to emerge from the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Grudge

    Scotland vs. England, 1990

    by Tom English ...
    **Shortlised for the 2022 SBA Best Sports Book of the 21st Century prizeThe 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 ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Stephen Jones

    A Thinking Man's Game: My Story

    Since making his national debut in 1998, Stephen Jones has emerged from the shadows of the true greats of Welsh rugby, such as Barry John, Phil Bennett, Jonathan Davies and Neil Jenkins, to make the fly-half position his own. In this revealing autobiography, he provides a rare insight into the demands and pressures of wearing the almost mythical number 10 jersey that has such a pre-eminent status ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • When the Lions Came to Town

    The 1974 rugby tour to South Africa

    by Luke Alfred ...
    The early 1970s in South Africa were a time of economic boom, political repression, growing isolation and an unshakeable confidence that the Springboks were the best rugby team in the world - until the infamous 1974 British Lions tour. It was a tour in which a group of talented and long-haired rugby players from the British Isles played, sang and drank their way across the country, beating the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • How Football Began

    A Global History of How the World's Football Codes Were Born

    by Tony Collins ...
    This ambitious and fascinating history considers why, in the space of sixty years between 1850 and 1910, football grew from a marginal and unorganised activity to become the dominant winter entertainment for millions of people around the world.The book explores how the world’s football codes - soccer, rugby league, rugby union, American, Australian, Canadian and Gaelic - developed as part of the ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • How to Watch a Game of Rugby

    by Spiro Zavos ...
    Full of enthusiasm, this guide sets out to convince non-believers that rugby is the world's greatest game. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Eddie O'Sullivan: Never Die Wondering

    The Autobiography

    Hear the story of the rise of one of Irish rugby's great outsiders and, ultimately, his crushing fall.As the longest-serving national coach in Irish rugby history, Eddie O'Sullivan produced a team that rose to third in the world rankings and laid down the standards for the team to fulfil its Grand Slam potential. Added to the three Triple Crowns he won in his six-year reign and the Corkman ought ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Unholy Union

    When Rugby Collided with the Modern World

    by Mike Aylwin ...
    What is the state of rugby?Is the game on the brink of expansion?Or is it on the brink of implosion?No game has undergone so traumatic a transformation since the turn of the century. The last of the major sports to embrace professionalism, rugby was propelled on a trajectory that has twisted its cumbersome frame to the limit in a drama compelling and appalling to behold. After a hundred years ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Lost Babes: Manchester United and the Forgotten Victims of Munich

    by Jeff Connor ...
    A moving story of how a legendary football team was lost to tragedy – and how this disaster irrevocably altered the lives of the survivors and the bereaved families, and ultimately brought shame on the biggest football club in the world.The Manchester United team Matt Busby had built in the fifties from the club's successful youth policy seemed destined to dominate football for many years. Such ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • The Iron Duke

    Bobby Windsor - The Life and Times of a Working-Class Rugby Hero

    Lions legend Bobby Windsor has enjoyed triumphs beyond the dreams of most international players but has also suffered personal tragedy. His rugby career as the best hooker in the British Isles during the second golden era of Welsh rugby in the 1970s is a turbulent tale of blood and thunder on the pitch. There are riotous incidents off the pitch, including unscheduled fights with professional ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Their Finest Hour

    A History of the Rugby League World Cup in 10 Matches

    The story of the Rugby League World Cup, vividly brought to life with first-hand stories from the players, coaches and administrators who were behind the big moments.More than sixty years ago, Paul Barrière decided to host rugby league's first ever World Cup tournament. An enthralled Parisian public stood on concrete bleachers as their country fought gallantly in the final after suffering total ... Read more

    $10.99 USD