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Brothers in Black - The Long History of Brotherhood in New Zealand Rugby by Jamie Wall
24.99 NZD
Category: Rugby
There's an astounding number of brothers playing in top level rugby in New Zealand. How is this so? What's it like for the siblings: do they compete with each other or do they support each other? Is there a particular climate in some families that encourages this success? 'Splendid, comprehensive, insig ...Show more
Ordinary Joe by John Smith
50.00 NZD
Category: Rugby
'He's a great coach. He lives and breathes the game. There's nothing he doesn't know.' Brian O'Driscoll 'The best coach Irish rugby - arguably Irish sport - has ever had' Malachy Clerkin, Irish Times In the autumn of 2010, a little-known New Zealander called Joe Schmidt took over as head coach at Leinst ...Show more
Heroics and Heartbreak by Jamie Wall
36.99 NZD
Category: Rugby
The 2019 Rugby World Cup campaign is shaping up to be the most intriguing World Cup campaign ever for the All Blacks, because they're going for their third title in a row. It will cap a decade of dominance for the team, who broke their 24-year drought in 2011 and then breezed through to win the 2015 edi ...Show more
Rugby Folklore by Matt Elliott
39.99 NZD
Category: Rugby
From superstitions to send-offs, All Black nick-names to on-field battles: Rugby Folklore is a miscellany of stories, quotes, and facts that are part of the fabric of New Zealand rugby. New Zealand has played, celebrated and commemorated rugby like no other country. We took to the game in extraordinary ...Show more
Machete & The Ghost by James Griffin and Oscar Kightley
39.99 NZD
Category: Rugby | Reading Level: near fine
Lelei Lelei Jnr (aka Machete) and Neil Turnbull (aka The Ghost) came from very different backgrounds but when they eventually found each other they became the 2nd five/centre combination that ruled world rugby. On the pitch they were an unorthodox and mostly unstoppable team. On their day, when they wer ...Show more
Open Side by Sam Warburton
36.99 NZD
Category: Rugby
Sam Warburton OBE was not only a titan of Welsh rugby, but an icon of the game. Having represented his country as a player and team captain at all junior levels, he propelled himself to international attention in 2011 when named as the youngest ever captain of Wales for the Rugby World Cup. Despite his ...Show more
Unholy Union - How Professionalism Transformed Rugby's Amateur Heart by Mike Aylwin
37.99 NZD
Category: Rugby
No sport has undergone so traumatic a transformation as rugby since the turn of the century. The last of the major sports to be granted a license to make or dispense money, rugby was propelled on a trajectory that has twisted its cumbersome frame to the very limits of integrity and continues to do so. ...Show more
Brothers in Black: The Long History of Brotherhood in New Zealand Rugby by Jamie Wall
36.99 NZD
Category: Rugby | Reading Level: near fine
There's an astounding number of brothers playing in top level rugby in New Zealand. How is this so? What's it like for the siblings: do they compete with each other or do they support each other? Is there a particular climate in some families that encourages this success? The All Blacks have had a brill ...Show more
Rugby: an Anthology - The Brave, the Bruised and the Brilliant by Brian Levison
34.99 NZD
Category: Rugby
Inspiring and irreverent by turns, Brian Levison's new anthology has drawn on rugby's wealth of excellent writing. Frank Keating, P. G. Wodehouse, Alec Waugh, A. A. Thomson, John Reason and Mick Imlah are among the distinguished names who have written movingly, amusingly and entertainingly about the gam ...Show more
When the Crowd Stops Roaring - The Inspirational Memoir of an Extraordinary All Black by Neven MacEwan
39.99 NZD
Category: Rugby
ENTERTAINING AND REVEALING In this frank and inspiring memoir, Neven talks about his early life, and his extraordinary success as a rugby player. A lock and number eight, Neven represented Wellington at a provincial level, before achieving the ultimate in New Zealand rugby--wearing the revered All Blac ...Show more
2019 Rugby Almanack by Akers Clive Miller Geoff
24.99 NZD
55.00 (54% off)
Category: Rugby
The Rugby Almanack is the world's longest running rugby book of record. It was first published in 1935 to cover the previous season's first-class rugby in New Zealand. Since then it has been published uninterrupted (apart from two combined issues during World War II). Now in its 83rd edition, the 2019 R ...Show more
Nigel and Derek by Nigel Owens
24.99 NZD
Category: Rugby
Stories from on and off the pitch by two legendary Welsh referees.