Best rugby books?

[TOCC]

who is Michael McKernan?

was he involved in the brumbies set up at all?

[Burgs]

"The Top 100 Wallabies", Peter Jenkins.

"SANZAR Saga, Ten years of Super 12 and Tri-Nations Rugby", Bob Howitt.

"Ella, The Definitive Biography", Bret Harris & Mark Ella.

[laura]

Still no luck WRF?

I have a whole heap of Rugby books but I have only read the one about the Force. That was pretty good.

I own:
- Halfback Half Forward - George Gregan
- David Campese
- The Western Force (The Beginning)
- John Eales - Peter FitzSimons
- Super Rugby - Peter FitzSimons
- One Step Ahead - Rod Macqueen
- Top 100 Wallabies - Peter Jenkins
- The History of the Rugby World Cup - Gerard Davies
- Super Rugby - Alan Whitacker
- John Eales' Rugby Book.

I hope to read them all so that I understand rugby better but for the mean time I'm happy just owning them.

[mudskipper]

who is Michael McKernan?

was he involved in the brumbies set up at all?

he is a local Australian Historian who was asked to write the story of the Brumbies first 10 years... he is also a Brumbies fan... He is credited with attachments to the Australian War memorial...

however its a good read about a start up club and their challenges to survive...

[TOCC]

Still no luck WRF?

I have a whole heap of Rugby books but I have only read the one about the Force. That was pretty good.

I own:
- Halfback Half Forward - George Gregan
- David Campese
- The Western Force (The Beginning)
- John Eales - Peter FitzSimons
- Super Rugby - Peter FitzSimons
- One Step Ahead - Rod Macqueen
- Top 100 Wallabies - Peter Jenkins
- The History of the Rugby World Cup - Gerard Davies
- Super Rugby - Alan Whitacker
- John Eales' Rugby Book.

I hope to read them all so that I understand rugby better but for the mean time I'm happy just owning them.

Yes! definetly read the John Eales book, you may not care as much as a Reds fan, but that man is truly amazing..

I got the Gregan 'half back, half forward' for christmas, im yet to read it though.

[laura]

I got mine signed by George at the breakfast in Perth... I still haven't read it though, but I did look at the pictures

[TOCC]

dam, yeah i cant compete

i did pick up a signed wendell sailor book for $5 on special at Borders Book store one day, i didnt really want the book but i figured for $5 i couldnt really ignore it..

[jargan83]

does it have instructions on how to tear out pages roll them up and use them snort crack?

[TOCC]

no, but one of the pages actually had coke imbedded into the paper folicles, kind of like the cologne samples you find in magazines

if you sniffed p.53 enough you could actually feel some of the hit... obviously this idea was tested by 'Big Dell' before it was used.

[robyn <3]

I got mine signed by George at the breakfast in Perth... I still haven't read it though, but I did look at the pictures

I gave my Dad that book for Christmas and he promised me I could read it the second he's done with it.. He's still in chapter 2! I think he's dragging it out to stop me reading it!

[Darren]

I have an autographed copy (by eales and fitz) of the Eales book
Also have an autographed (mitch, o'meara & sharpe) copy of the begining

[mudskipper]

Reading GGs book now... only about half-way-forward-back... it covers a good time period in Australian rugby becoming professional... it reads as a straight forward account...

[normie]

The rise and rise of Australian Rugby , Philip Derriman ( foreword by JE) based on an ABC doco. heaps of interviews- it covers the early 70s to the the '91 world cup.

[brokendown gunfighter]

Reading GGs book now... only about half-way-forward-back... it covers a good time period in Australian rugby becoming professional... it reads as a straight forward account...

dont bother with the last couple of chapters---its all about his bignoting with "famous" friends

[jargan83]

"Western Force: The Beginning" is pretty good