Burns, Peter, 1957-

The 1997 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa is one of the most iconic in rugby history. Written off at home and abroad, Martin Johnson's men were given no hope of success against the world champion Springboks in their own back yard. But a combination of brilliant coaching, astute selectio...

'White Gold' is a study of how and why England, the biggest and wealthiest rugby country on the planet, had never dominated the game it invented on a global scale - until Clive Woodward took charge from 1997 to 2004. The book looks at his influences and how he turned the way the England team was ...