With three Military Crosses, three Croix de guerre, a Legion d'honneur and a papal knighthood for his heroics during the Second World War, Sir Tommy Macpherson is the most decorated living soldier of the British Army.
Covers the development of the game from the moment William Webb Ellis is reputed to have picked up a ball and run with it during a football match at Rugby School in 1823, this book focuses on the sport's biggest nations and provides a history of some of rugby's quirkier aspects, such as the British and Irish Lions and Barbarians.