With thanks to the author, publishers Collins Reference, and NetGalley for providing me with a digital ARC of this book in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

This is a wonderful book for fans of rugby. More of a reference “coffee table” type of book, something to pick up and read through for short periods as time allows, it contains lots of examples of historic clashes between some of the titans of the sport, described by knowledgeable rugby correspondents, and supported by some wonderful images that captured the key moments as they happened.

Also good to see coverage of the women’s game also included.

Thank you to Netgalley, Collins Reference and the author, David Hands for the opportunity to read this in exchange for an honest review.

I don't follow much sport, but I do enjoy rugby, so seeing this, I was curious to see what it would be like. The biggest disappointment is that it doesn't translate to Kindle well and so the pictures were split over pages and sometimes it was difficult to follow the thread. The information contained in it was mixed. Some were articles from the World Cup being mentioned - whilst entertaining, it wasn't therefore new information. I expected it to be a bit more of a narrative and as such it didn't hold my interest. Instead I just flipped through and potentially missed bits because of it.

I would probably say it is a great little stocking fillar for a rugby and especially a rugby world cup fan.

A very enjoyable book for a rugby fan with a trip down memory lane back to that very first RWC in 1987. It certainly brought back a number of memories... and ones I wish could be buried! It was nice too to see that the women's RWC was featured too.

This is a nice book to give as a gift before the Rugby World Cup in September. Full of memories of significant games from all the past competitions, both the men’s and women’s. It certainly was a memory jogger for me on some of the memorable clashes, tries, drop goals and upsets from these games. Not really a book to read cover to cover in a sitting but more one you can pick up and browse at anytime. There are great photos and the writing is crisp, mostly from rugby correspondents. As an e-book I would recommend using an iPad rather than a kindle due to the photos.
Many thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for providing access to this book.