Rugby Autobiographies

EdgarAllenPoo

I've read two recently not including Rugby and All That by Martin Johnson which was complete donkey cobblers. So far out of the two (Behind the Scrum by Kyran Bracken and Me and My Mouth by Austin Healey) Healey's is by far the better of the two, it's also one of the funniest things I've read in ages.

Can anyone recommend any other good ones or list ones you think should be avoided?

Funkstard

I've only read Willie John McBride's, and that was a great read. Keep on meaning to buy Moss Keane's biography but I always forget.

I read Johnny Wilkinsons a few years ago, absolute bollocks. It was about 100 pages long (photo/text/photo), and after the first few pages it descended into endless lists and resolutions for his future.

EdgarAllenPoo

I also find it hard to read most sports autobiograpies because they are ghost written so you don't neccessarily know if what you are reading is what the player actually thought.

I don't think Healey's was ghost written(they usually give the other writer's name somewhere on the cover or the inside and it's not on that book).

athtrasna

My rule of thumb is that if they're still playing they've other things to concentrate on so avoid the book as it's not likely to be self-penned.

I like the Lions tour books because of the intensity of the tour, there's stuff you'll never hear otherwise.

LFC5Times

I have read Graham Henrys - i personally liked it - not for everybody though.

Talks about his coaching when in New Zealand and winning numerous titles and of how when he coached Wales they managed to beat England and how he spent hours wathcing video after video of England matches to come up with ways to beat them.

Talks about his fav players and what the player in each position should have - attribute wise.

I guess its more of maybe a coaches book.