Over the years I have read many Rugby books - biographies, autobiographies, stories of clubs, you name it, and I may well have read it. I have contributed to a several and have even published a few myself. My original intention was to show you some of these books, and when I have photographed the authors on the rugby pitch, to show you selections of photographs of them in action. However, it as now gone way beyond that, and I am adding any and all interesting looking rugby books as I find them.
I am now searching out all Rugby books – not instruction manuals (well maybe a couple), or rugby romance novels (yes, they exist, much to my surprise), but the books about rugby players, tours, matches and playing rugby, It is my intention to make this a useful resource allowing you to find rugby related books in one place. As I find new books I will list them here, it does not matter whether they are out of print, I will include them in approximate descending chronological order.
As I read each book I will include a review.
At the end of every review is a handy link (click on the text) to a vendor where each book can be obtained. I will appreciate it if you can use these links to purchase copies of the books, as then ‘From the Back of a Motorbike’ will receive a tiny percentage which will go towards the cost of the outsourced scanning of the negatives needed to produce the archives digital files.
I am adding to this list weekly however the number of books being added to the list has currently outstripped my ability to read them for review. The links with each book do lead to sellers’ reviews. I will add my own reviews as I am able to make them.
Currently 370+ books listed
Pete Jenkins
Director and Founder of the From the Back of a Motorbike Rugby archive