Rugby For Dummies

Now updated-a practical guide to understanding rugby, North American-style

Filled with illustrations and photographs of drills and shape-up exercises, Rugby For Dummies tackles North American rugby rules, levels of play, and how to coach junior players as well as adults, This revised edition includes the scoop on the fall 2007 rugby World Cup in France, expanded coverage of women's rugby, and updated information on North America's best players and teams,

Patrick Guthrie has been at the forefront of rugby media in North America since 1995, He created, produced, and directed more than 500 episodes of Championship Rugby and The Rugby Club on Fox Sports from 1995 to 2004, From 2002 to 2006 he was on the USA Rugby Board of Directors and now serves on the USA Rugby Congress, In 2005, Mr, Guthrie became the Director of Rugby for MediaZone, where he created and oversaw the launch of Rugby Channel on MediaZone,com, Patrick has coached at the collegiate and club levels and is a graduate of the USA Rugby Coach Development Program and the International Rugby Academy, New Zealand,

Mathew Brown is America's foremost rugby writer, From 1999 to 2004 he wrote a weekly rugby column for Fox Sports,com, was a producer of Championship Rugby, and also hosted and produced the Fox Sports World Rugby Report and The Rugby Club, Since 2005 he has been a rugby producer for Rugby Channel on MediaZone and writes the weekly 'Brownie's Best of the Weekend' and 'Brownie's Weekly Preview' columns, Brown played international rugby for Latvia and has coached at the collegiate and club level,

Greg Growden is a rugby correspondent and author of the acclaimed rugby book Gold, Mud'N'Guts,