Rugby's Most Embarrassing Moments ― Fails, Fluffs and Foul-Ups from the World's Rugby Pitches

A highly amusing collection of rugby’s most cringeworthy moments, from messed-up tries and fluffed penalties to post-match hijinks Specially updated and revised for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Contains 15 brand-new entries, containing recent nuggets of rugby hilarity This hilarious collection of stories, taken from over 130 years of rugby history, recounts some of the moments their perpetrators would rather forget. A relentlessly high-speed game, rugby is particularly prone to crucial split-second tests of human fallibility and eccentricity, and for every player snatching victory at the last gasp there is somebody whose overconfidence or moment of self-doubt leaves the spectator clutching his head in disbelief. And on top of that, rugby players are notorious for their off-the-pitch shenanigans, many examples of which are featured here. Specially updated and revised with brand-new material for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, taking place in England for the first time in over 20 years, this book is a must-buy for the rugby nut in your life.

David Mortimer's pedigree for searching out the moments when it all went wrong springs in the first instance from a failure to master any position on a rugby pitch, despite trying most of them. This enabled him to recognize 101 ways of throwing a match away, and from this position of authority he has since dispensed lungfuls of good advice from the safety of the touchline.