Rugby & Rugby Biography

Alan English - Grand Slam : How Ireland Achieved Rugby Greatness - HB - 2009

Ireland's grand slam in the 2009 Six Nations championship was the triumphant culmination of a decade of near-misses for the players of the 'golden generation', brilliantly aided by a crop of young...

Alan English / Grand Slam (Coffee Table Book)

Ireland's grand slam in the 2009 Six Nations championship was the triumphant culmination of a decade of near-misses for the players of the 'golden generation', brilliantly aided by a crop of...

Alan English / Munster: Our Road To Glory (Coffee Table Book)

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Alan English / Stand Up And Fight : When Munster Beat the All Blacks

   31/10/1978 Thomond Park. One of the greatest days in rugby history, Munster beat the All Blacks. More than 100,000 people claimed to have watched the game, even though the ground could...

Alan English / Stand Up and Fight : When Munster Beat the All Blacks (Large Paperback)

 When it comes to rugby union, one team has always stood a lock forward taller than the rest. To their opponents of the 1920s they were 'the Invincibles', to generations of British and Irish...

Allyson M. Pollock / Tackling Rugby: What Every Parent Should Know

 Every week young children are hospitalized on the playing fields of Britain. Yet the subject is rarely investigated, nor is there any concerted attempt to work out how to make sport safer...

Anna Gibson-Steel / A Life with Claw : The Peter Clohessy Story (Large Paperback)

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Anthony Foley / Axel (Hardback)

 On 20 May 2006, Anthony Foley held aloft the European Cup for Munster and cemented his position as a legend of Irish rugby.With a father who played for Munster and Ireland and who was a member...

Barry John / Barry John : The George Best Of Rugby (Hardback)

 Barry John has often been referred to as the George Best of rugby. Considered by many to be the greatest rugby player of his generation, he possessed the pop-star image: tall, dark and handsome...

Bernard Jackman / Blueblood: The Inside Story of Leinster in the Cheika Years (Large Paperback)

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Bill McLaren / The Voice of Rugby : My Autobiography (Hardback)

 As well reliving the highlights of his illustrious career as a commentator, Bill talks of the game today and his regrets that rugby went professional. He is a fierce critic of what this has led...

Brendan Fanning / From There to Here (Large Paperback)

   Rugby Union went professional in 1995. No country was more opposed to this development than Ireland, nor less prepared to deal with it. Yet, despite many disasters in the late 1990s,...

Brent Pope / Brent Pope: If You Really Knew Me (Large Paperback)

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Brian O'Driscoll / A Year in the Centre (Hardback)

 What a season. Leinster were looking for Heineken Cup glory, Ireland were chasing their first Grand Slam in fifty-seven years, and the Lions went to New Zealand seeking only their second ever...

Brian O'Driscoll / In BOD We Trust (Hardback)

 Dublin boy Brian O'Driscoll is an internationally admired rugby player and an Irish hero. Educated at Blackrock College, the alma mater of many Irish greats, his ambition was always to...

Brian O'Driscoll / The Test: My Autobiography

The bestselling autobiography of the greatest rugby player of our time: Brian O'Driscoll.Since 1999, when he made his international debut, there has been no greater player in world rugby than Brian...

Brian ODriscoll / The Test (Hardback)

  This is the long-awaited autobiography of the greatest rugby player of our time: Brian O'Driscoll. Since 1999, when he made his international debut, there has been no greater player in...

Charlie Mulqueen / Brothers in Sport: Rugby (Large Paperback)

Over 50 sets of brothers have played rugby in Ireland. Who can forget the sight of the two Fogarty brothers scrummaging down against each other in the 2008 Heineken Cup Semi-Final between Leinster...

Ciarán Cronin / Beyond Our Wildest Dreams 1995-2006: The Story of Munster's Heineken Cup Odyssey (Coffee Table Book)

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Ciaran Cronin / The Ireland Rugby Miscellany (Hardback)

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Clem Thomas / The History of the British Lions

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Clive Woodward / Winning!

Winning! tells the story of the remarkable past six years - an unforgettable journey that began in September 1997 and took the team from the lower ranks of international first-class rugby to the top...

Dan Carter / Dan Carter: The Autobiography of an All Blacks Legend

   Dan Carter's last game as an All Black culminated with him declared Man of the Match following the 2015 Rugby World Cup final at Twickenham - an unforgettable ending to the career of...

Dan Carter / Dan Carter: The Autobiography of an All Blacks Legend (Large Paperback)

 Dan Carter's last game as an All Black culminated with him declared Man of the Match following the 2015 Rugby World Cup final at Twickenham - an unforgettable ending to the career of the...

David Doolin - A History of Rugby in Leinster - HB - 2023

Leinster is one of the most successful and influential Irish sporting teams of all time. The team boasts a dazzling roster of players, past and present, including Brian O’Driscoll, Johnny...

David Walmsley / Lions of Ireland

 Look for a Lions legend and the chances are you will find an Irishman. Throughout the touring team's history, the heroes of Irish rugby have been at the heart of the Lions' finest hours - on...

Derek Wyatt, Colin Herridge / The Rugby Revolution: The Explosive Inside Story of the Power Politics that Created the Greatest Team in the World (Hardback)

In 1995, British rugby went open, became professional, and was to change forever. This book reveals the intricate machinations of the media moguls, the players, and their agents in their...

Donncha O'Callaghan / Joking Apart : My Autobiography(Hardback)

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...

Donncha O'Callaghan / Joking Apart: My Autobiography

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,...

Eddie Jones / Leadership: Lessons From My Life in Rugby

"What does it take to become one of the most successful coaches in the world?Eddie Jones is one of the most successful sports coaches of all time. From coaching three different nations to Rugby World...

Eddie Jones / My Life and Rugby : The Autobiography (Large Paperback)

 The Sunday Times bestseller'A genuine super-coach' - Stephen Jones, Sunday TimesBrilliant, honest, combative - Eddie Jones is a gigantic yet enigmatic figure in world rugby and a true legend of...

Eddie O'Sullivan / Eddie O'Sullivan : Never Die Wondering (Hardback)

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...

Eddie O'Sullivan / Never Die Wondering (Signed by the Author) (Hardback)

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Edmund Van Esbeck - Irish Rugby 1874-1999 : A History - HB (

  An official history published to mark the 125th anniversary of the IRFU, building on Van Esbeck's 1974 HISTORY.  Appendices include: Laws of Rugby adopted at Dublin in 1868, A list of...

Edmund Van Esbeck - Irish Rugby Scrapbook - Illustrated 1982

Cork born Van Esbeck was the rugby correspondent for the Irish Times since the 1960's, and also wrote the official centenary history of the IRFU .  This is a pictorial history of the highlights...

Edmund Van Esbeck / The Story of Irish Rugby (Hardback)

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Edward Newman - Lansdowne Through the Years - HB - Irish Rugby

Hardcover, published by Hodder Headine Ireland, 2006, in very good condition, there is a gift inscription internally to the title page however.  At the time of writing, Lansdowne Road Stadium...

Edward Newman / Lansdowne Through the Years (Coffee Table Book)

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Edward Newman / Lansdowne Through the Years (Large Paperback)

   Lansdowne Road Stadium, the oldest international stadium in the world, has been at the centre of Irish sporting life since it opening in 1878. In 2006 the stadium closed its doors as it...

Eoin Murphy / Munster Rugby (Large Paperback)

 Rugby in Munster has grown from a minority sport to a hugely popular phenomenon, and now has a team that encapsulates the spirit of the province. The intensely fought Heineken Cup has propelled...

Gareth Thomas / Proud: My Autobiography (Large Paperback)

 Gareth Thomas had it all. He was a national hero, a sporting icon. He was a leader of men, captain of Wales and the British Lions. To him, rugby was an expression of cultural identity, a sacred...

Geordan Murphy / The Outsider (Hardback)

Geordan Murphy does not come from the leafy suburbs of south Dublin or the rugby hotbeds of Limerick or Cork. As a teenager he played Gaelic football for Kildare minors. But his greatest love, and...

George Hook - This is Rugby - HB -

'Even in those early days, I resolved not to be a fan but to be an analyst' George Hook Who is the greatest Irish rugby player of all time? What was the best Irish Grand Slam team? Who are the game's...

George Hook - This is Rugby - HB - SIGNED - 2013

'Even in those early days, I resolved not to be a fan but to be an analyst' George Hook Who is the greatest Irish rugby player of all time? What was the best Irish Grand Slam team? Who are the...

George Hook / This Is Rugby (Coffee Table Book)

Even in those early days, I resolved not to be a fan but to be an analyst' George Hook Who is the greatest Irish rugby player of all time? What was the best Irish Grand Slam team? Who are the game's...

George Hook / Time Added On. (Signed by the Author) (Hardback)

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George Hook / Time Added On: The Autobiography (Hardback)

In his autobiography George Hook will tell his amazing life story for the first time, from his childhood in Cork right through to his emergence as one of the sharpest and most outspoken media...

Gerald Davies / A History of the Rugby World Cup (Large Paperback)

 Since the inception of the Rugby World Cup in 1987, the nature not only of the tournament but of the sport itself has undergone something of a facelift. With the professionalisation of the...

Gordon D'Arcy / Gordon's Game (Hardback)

 A rugby-mad boy. A huge game. And a chance for an epic win . . . or an epic fail!Gordon D'Arcy is an ordinary boy, but he's not so ordinary once he gets a rugby ball in his hands. He's the star...

Graeme Copas / The Rugby World Cup 2019 Book (Large Paperback)

 A thoroughly researched and comprehensive guide to the 2019 Rugby World Cup, to be held in Japan in September. The sporting highlight of the year, with teams from England, Scotland, Wales and...

Ian McGeechan / The Lions: When the Going Gets Tough

   Fully updated to contain Sir Ian McGeechan's reflections on the 2017 Lions tour to New Zealand.2017 saw the latest contest between the British Lions and New Zealand - the ultimate rugby...

Ian McGeechan / The Lions: When the Going Gets Tough (Large Paperback)

 Sir Ian McGeechan is the 'Ultimate Lion'. Nobody's name resonates louder with the Lions than his.In 2017 the British and Irish Lions face one of the toughest tours in history - taking on the...