Rugby Skills, Tactics and Rules

This book teaches the basics of rugby the New Zealand way. Illustrated throughout with action photographs, most of them taken during the 1999 World Cup, the text is written by experts with experience at international level and senior provincial level, both as players and coaches. New Zealand has been the most consistently successful nation in the history of Rugby Union. Its mixture of hard, unrelenting forward skills allied to awesome running rugby has made the All Blacks the team to beat year in, year out and the value of New Zealand coaches is recognized worldwide. Graham Henry has transformed Wales, Alex Wylie brought Argentina to the quarter finals of the 1999 World Cup and former All Black star Zinzan Brooke coaches Harlequins. A 32-page section deals with the basic rules of the game.