Rugby Memoirs

Far away from the bright lights of international rugby, there is another version of the game played by ordinary blokes of all shapes, sizes and degrees of physical ability. Steven Gauge was the last person anyone would expect to find on a rugby field, being somewhat shorter than average, bespectacled and decidedly “unsporty”. But as a gentleman of a certain age when strange life choices are sometimes made, Steven chose to pick up a rugby ball and run with it.

This story uncovers the distinguished, but forgotten, rugby career of Eric Bole. Rugby fans will enjoy learning about Bole’s rugby career, which spanned the 1940s. Bole played for the England national team in the Victory Internationals, won three County Championships with Lancashire, and captained the Cambridge University rugby team for two years. Listen to and be inspired by Eric Bole's incredible career, today!

Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award, this is a scorching and deeply personal autobiography that lifts the lid on the life and character of one of English rugby's most successful players. Brian Moore, or 'Pitbull' as he came to be known during nearly a decade at the heart of the England rugby team's pack, established himself as one of the game's original hard men at a time when rugby was still an amateur sport.