Rugby tests

A referee's inside view. Preparation and day by day diary of RWC. Soft cover, 176 pages. Immaculate condition.  16 pages of colour photos. Under 1kg. Stuart Dickinson has become famous as the Australian referee in the Rugby World Cup Final, who made the controversial call leading to South Africa's win. Stuart is the only Australian referee to be in the line up for the Rugby World cup in France. He is regarded as the best referee in Australia and the most experienced, with over 50 international Tests since . Stuart started his career as a police officer and won an award for bravery before he became a referee for the Rugby Union Association of Australia. Come behind the scenes with Stuart as he takes us with him in his job as World Cup referee and touch judge - meet the coaches and players, feel the atmosphere around France and the tension within the teams. In this daily diary, Stuart includes his own preparation and own performance on the games he referees, as well as all the incidents, games and player performances.

CONDITION AS SHOWN. SOUTH AFRICA WON 3 TESTS DREW 1. RESULTS PENNED IN AT BACK. UNFORTUNATELY THE MIDDLE 4 PAGES ARE MISSING, HENCE THE REASONABLE PRICE.

Large Album (scrapbook/plakboek) measuring 29x38cm, featuring 50 pages of colour and black & white photos of the 1974 Springbok rugby tour to France which appeared in magazines and newspapers. Covers provincial matches and tests and includes relevant statistics, social shots etc. A Very Good album. We combine Postage: Postnet R99, SA Post Office and Courier options also available.

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reprinted. Hard cover with dust cover. 312 pages. Very good condition. Under 1kg. Willie John McBride is a rugby legend - the boy from Ballymena in Northern Ireland who became captain of the Ireland rugby team and captain of the British Lions for their unbeaten tour against South Africa in . He has remained at the centre of rugby life ever since. During an international career lasting from , Willie John played 17 tests for the Lions and was capped 63 times (12 as captain) by Ireland. Later coaching and managing the Lions and Ulster, he was awarded the MBE for services to rugby football in . His book records Willie John's amazing successes and also reveals that his life was not always as happy and straightforward as on the rugby field. He recounts and reveals details of his life from family tragedies to how he had to sleep with two bodyguards at the door during the Troubles. Throughout the book are many of Willie John's wonderful stories, for which he is justly famous.   Show more Show less