Best Rugby Books
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1. Legacy
Author: by James Kerr
147210353X
English
224 pages
When the going gets tough, the tough start changing. Difficult times call for different solutions. In his global bestseller, Legacy, James Kerr goes deep into the heart of the world’s most successful team, the New Zealand All Blacks, to help understand what it takes to bounce back from adversity and still reach the top.
It is a book about leading a team or an organisation – but, more importantly, about leading a life. The kind of life that you want to lead. In today’s volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environment, personal leadership has never been more relevant and Legacy goes to the heart of how great leaders – and we are all leaders – ‘reboot’ and reframe their future.
It is a truly life-defining read that addresses the big questions – values, vision, mindset and purpose – that, when answered, build the foundation for resilience, excellence and sustained success. This book will change your life.Champions do extra. They sweep the sheds, follow the spearhead, and keep a blue head.
2. Finish Strong: A Father's Code and a Son's Path
Author: by Nate Ebner
English
288 pages
0525560858
The inspiring story of Nate Ebner’s bond with his unconventional father and its remarkable consequencesNate Ebner and his father were inseparable. From an early age, they worked side-by-side in the family junkyard, where part of the job was dispensing citizen’s justice to aspiring robbers, and they worked out side-by-side in their grungy homemade gym.
Even though Nate was a great peewee football player in football-mad Ohio, he followed his father’s passion for rugby and started playing for the same club as his father when he was only thirteen years old. But Nate had to face the fact that there was no way to make a living as a professional rugby player in this country.
So Nate gave his dad the news that he planned to quit rugby and go out for the football team at Ohio State University, with an eye toward making the NFL. As a goal for someone who hadn’t even played high school football, this was completely ridiculous.
Without blinking, his father told him that if he gave up what he had built in rugby, he had to see it through. It was the last conversation they ever had-the next day, his father was brutally murdered at work by a would-be robber.
3. Rugby For Dummies
Author: by Mathew Brown
1118043324
For Dummies
English
The official guide to rugby in North America, revised and updated Rugby For Dummies is the guide to rugby in North America, endorsed by USA Rugby and Rugby Canada, the official regulating bodies for the sport. It gives you a look at how rugby is played, offers strategies for winning, and covers every level of the sport, from high school to college (including women’s rugby) to the international leagues.
Plus, this new edition addresses changes to the rules of rugby, includes new rugby player bios, and looks at rugby’s upcoming return to the Olympic games. Inside you’ll find easy-to-understand explanations of rugby rules and positions, plus in-depth lessons on skills, fitness training, and winning techniques.
Add in entertaining stories from rugby in North America and around the world, and you’ve got the definitive book on rugby! Covers every level of the sport Includes the latest rules and information on rugby Discusses rugby’s return to the Olympic games Whether you’re new to rugby or a scrum veteran, this friendly guide is for you.
4. The Best: How Elite Athletes Are Made
Author: by Mark Williams
English
256 pages
1529304350
THE SECRETS OF SUPERHUMAN PERFORMANCENever have the best sportspeople seemed so far removed from the rest of us, their prowess so unfathomable. So how are these extraordinary athletes made? THE BEST reveals how the most incredible sportspeople in the world get to the top and stay there.
It is a unique look at the path to sporting greatness; a story of origins, practice, genetics and psychology. Packed with gripping personal stories and interviews with top athletes including Trevor Bauer, Elena Delle Donne, Pete Sampras, Joey Votto, Steph Curry, Kurt Warner and Premier League superstars Marcus Rashford and Jamie Carragher, it explains how the best athletes develop the extraordinary skills that allow them to perform remarkable feats under extreme pressure.
THE BEST uncovers startling truths of athletic greatness-including why younger siblings have more chance of becoming elite, which towns produce the most superstars, the role of informal play and the best time to be born in the school year. It goes inside the minds of champions to understand what makes them perform during high-octane competition, how to hit a baseball or tennis ball in under 0.
5. Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
Author: by John Carlin
0143115723
Penguin Books
English
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, Nelson Mandela presided over a country still deeply divided by fifty years of apartheid. His plan was ambitious if not far-fetched: use the national rugby team, the Springboks-long an embodiment of white-supremacist rule-to embody and engage a new South Africa as they prepared to host the 1995 World Cup.
The string of wins that followed not only defied the odds, but capped Mandela’s miraculous effort to bring South Africans together again in a hard-won, enduring bond.
6. Heartland: How Rugby League Explains Queensland
Author: by Joe Gorman
B07WV5N3HN
August 20, 2019
English
For more than 40 years, rugby league has embodied all the hopes and dreams, contradictions and tensions of life in the Sunshine State. The game speaks to Queenslanders’ sense of being the underdog and the outsider – a powerful undercurrent that sweeps through politics, business, the arts, and sport.
The enduring appeal of State of Origin is that it allows Queensland to balance the scales, at least for 80 minutes. In Heartland, journalist Joe Gorman chronicles a tale of loss and rebirth – from the decline of the Brisbane Rugby League competition and North Queensland’s Foley Shield to the extraordinary rise of the Broncos and the Cowboys in the NRL.
Weaving together stories of diehard supporters and game-changing players, from Arthur Beetson to Johnathan Thurston, this is a revealing account of Queensland’s coming of age, both on and off the field.
7. Rugby Made Simple: An Entertaining Introduction to the Game for Bemused Supporters
Author: by Ann M Waterhouse
English
80 pages
1782550631
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 one s esteem.
After reading this book you will be able to talk knowledgeably about tries, conversions and scrums, and know the difference between a ruck and a maul. You might even enjoy the matches much more as a result. The author, a mother who has spent many seasons at her sons playing fields, provides a complete guide to the intricacies of rugby for all those supporters to whom these predominantly male sports are a complete mystery.
She also includes valuable advice on safety issues and dealing with injuries as well as the inevitable washing mountain. This book is for all bemused supporters, male and female, who loyally turn out to cheer in all weathers.
9. The Jersey: The Secrets Behind the World's Most Successful Team
Author: by Peter Bills
English
384 pages
1509856684
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 and brilliant in the way it captures the New Zealand way.’ John Hart, former All Blacks coach.
With a better winning record than any other sports team in history, they stand head and shoulders above their nearest rugby rivals, and go to the 2019 World Cup as back-to-back World Champions. How did a country of just 4. 8 million people conquer the world?
Peter Bills, who has reported on international rugby for more than 40 years, was given exclusive access to all the key figures in New Zealand rugby as he set out to understand the secrets behind the All Blacks success. From Steve Hansen to Beauden Barrett, Richie McCaw to the late Sir Colin Meads, Peter Bills talked at length with over 90 people, both in New Zealand and around the world, with intimate knowledge of what makes the All Blacks tick.
10. Loose Head: Confessions of an (Un)professional Rugby Player
Author: by Joe Marler
English
320 pages
1529107512
The Peter Crouch of Rugby, How to Be a Footballer meets Brian Moore’s Beware of the Dog The truth about being a rugby player from the horsey’s mouth. This book is not just about how a psychiatrist called Humphrey helped me get back on my horse and clippity-clop all the way to the World Cup semi-final in Japan.
It’s the story of how a fat kid who had to live up to the nickname Psycho grew up to play and party for over a decade with rugby’s greatest pros and live weird and wonderful moments both in and out of the scrum.
That’s why I’m letting you read my diary on my weirdest days. You never know what you’re going to get with me. From being locked in a police cell to singing Adele on Jonathan Ross (I’ll let you decide which is worse), being kissed by a murderer on the number 51 bus to drug tests where clipboard-wielding men hover inches away from my naked genitalia, melting opponents in rucks, winning tackles, and generally losing blood, sweat and ears in the name of the great sport of rugby.
11. Legado: 15 Lecciones sobre liderazgo (Spanish Edition)
Author: by James Kerr
Spanish
208 pages
1987601459
Los campeones dan un poco ms. Barren el vestuario. Siguen la punta de lanza. Mantienen la cabeza fra. Son buenos ancestros. En Legado, el exitoso autor James Kerr se sumerge con profundidad en el corazn del equipo deportivo ms exitoso del mundo, los legendarios All Blacks de Nueva Zelanda, para revelar 15 potentes lecciones prcticas para el liderazgo y la empresa.
Legado es un manual nico e inspirador para lderes de todos los campos de actividad que pregunta Cules son los secretos del xito sostenido? Cmo convertir la visin en accin? Cmo se logra un nivel superior da tras da, semana tras semana, ao tras ao?
Cmo se maneja la presin? Cmo entrenarse o capacitarse para ganar en el ms alto nivel? Qu dejamos atrs cuando nos vamos?
12. What a Flanker: The funniest sports biography you’ll ever read
Author: by James Haskell
B087ZMP2X3
October 1, 2020
English
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERHilarious, and straight talking but also articulate and insightful I am just hugely fond of this guy’ Eddie JonesJames Haskell: what a flanker, what a book’Rugby WorldI’d like to be remembered as a player who showed that you can be incredibly professional but also a lot of fun a bit of a joker in the changing room, but the ultimate competitor on the pitch.
That should have been the subtitle of this book, really’One of rugby’s most ferocious flankers and biggest characters, James Haskell has had an extraordinary, global experience of the game, having played for the Wasps, Northampton and England, and in New Zealand, France and Japan.
After seventeen years and with 77 international caps under his sizeable belt, he has a shitload to say about rugby life from pitch to pub and everywhere in between. In What A Flanker, Haskell sheds fresh light on the dynamics and the day-to-day of the game.
Whether he’s recalling the most brutal team socials; dispelling the myths surrounding New Zealand’s dominance; introducing his Japanese teammates to manscaping or calling out play-acting in the modern game, no subject is off limits. Side-splittingly funny and ruthlessly honest, What A Flanker delves into the touring, drinking, training, eating and sometimes unconscionable antics of the professional rugby player.
13. A Game for Hooligans: The History of Rugby Union
Author: by Huw Richards
Mainstream Publishing
English
318 pages
The rugby union has undergone immense change in the past two decadesintroducing a World Cup, accepting professionalism, and creating a global market in players. This resource covers all of the great matches, teams, and players while also placing them in the context of the social, political, and economic changes which have affected the course of rugby’s development.
International in scope, this history includes not only Britain and France but also the great rugby powers of the southern hemisphere and other successful rugby nations, such as Argentina, Fiji, and Japan. Rich in anecdotesincluding the story of why 1895 is the most important date in both the rugby union and rugby league history, allegations of devil worship at a Welsh rugby club, the game’s contribution to the Cuban Revolution, and why the most fearsome of all New Zealand forwards was also a proficient knitterthis reference is a must-read for any fan of the oval ball.
14. Ja-Nee: The story beyond the game
Author: by Dugald Macdonald
B095SKZ34Z
May 24, 2021
English
By far the most entertaining and amusing South African rugby book ever written. John DobsonMacdonald uses a Lions Test match to question the perceived reality of rugby and of life itself. Written with self-effacing humility and idiosyncratic humour.A great read!
Nick MallettJa-Nee is not just an insider’s account of what it means to be a young Springbok on the darkest day in South African rugby history the afternoon when Willie John McBride’s 1974 British Lions scored five tries to beat the Boks 28-9 at a packed Loftus Versfeld but an insightful and sometimes hilarious study of two very different cultures.
After a shock first test defeat against the Lions, in an atmosphere of panic, the selectors made seven changes to the Springbok side and Macdonald, the 24-year-old eighth man who played for the University of Cape Town and Western Province, was called up for the second test.
Weaving his own experience of the test through the commentaries of Gerhard Viviers, the voice of Springbok Rugby, SABC’s Kim Shippey and BBC’s Alun Williams, Macdonald tells the minute by minute story of that catastrophic winter afternoon. With insight and unusual humour, his account explores the myths of Springbok rugby, sharing his theories about the badge, the jersey and the resolute Afrikaans rugby players who had never lost to the Lions before.
