Rugby League Books

A revised and updated version of Steve Price's hugely successful autobiography, published in 2008. This new edition will include updates to many chapters, plus additional chapters on: losing the Warriors captaincy in 2010; what it meant for him to become one of only a dozen or so players to reach 30...

New Zealanders have long believed Kiwis rugby league captain Benji Marshall to be the best player in the world. That view was confirmed early in 2011, when he was named winner of the prestigious 2010 Golden Boot - the international prize for the best player in the game. He is the first Wests Tigers ...

On both sides of the Tasman, it's been suggested Beni Marshall wouldn't be out of place in the best-player-ever contest. This classic tale of the rise, fall and rise again of one of Australasia's greatest sporting talents, Marshall's rags-to-riches story captures the hard early years growing up fath...

In 2011, NRL fans will have the chance to share in a piece of rugby league history. The game's record books will be re-written, some taken to heights unlikely to ever be matched. Darren Lockyer will celebrate his 34th birthday this year. Of those 34 years, 17 have been spent putting his body through...

The Warriors - since their inception in 1995 - have always been 'the people's team'. Some say it's because, like all of us, they have had their fair share of imperfections. Others say it's because rugby league has always had a close tie with the blue-collar working-class heroes of New Zealand. Wh...

Wayne Bennett, coach of the Brisbane Broncos, is known as one of Rugby League's shrewdest and most innovative managers and motivators. He is also a man of great compassion, courage, tenacity and humour with powerful family ties. In this book, Bennett discusses what it takes to be a winner, in footba...

For the past ten years the Canterbury-Bankstown Rugby League Club (the Bulldogs) has reeled from one crisis to the next. Once known as the 'Family Club' and the 'Entertainers', the Bulldogs have since figured in many off-field dramas including rape allegations, executive reshuffles and rorting the s...

A crowd of 8,000 curious spectators came to see the first rugby league game played in Auckland at Victoria Park, 1908. Since then, league has become a major sport in New Zealand, and Auckland has been at the core of New Zealand's teams against the strongest international opposition. This book tells ...

Throughout his great football adventure, Bennett and his wife Trish have raised three children, two of whom are disabled. When ABC's Australian Story showcased him and his family in 1999, the episode achieved record ratings and showed the softer side of this notoriously media-shy public figure.

Tells the story of the New Zealand Maori Rugby League Team from its origins in 1908 to the present day. The book covers major matches, along with biographies of prominent players and administrators. A rich collection of stories and interviews with former players tells the reader what really happened...

Rugby League's 'King' as you've never seen him. When he finally revealed to a stunned public that he'd been living with epilepsy for years, he did so just prior to undergoing life-saving brain surgery. He talks of the difficulty he had in facing major surgery, and the emotional and physical impact o...

'Rugby League is a great, great sport and it has been a large part of my life as far back as my memory allows. It’s a sport which inspires enormous passion in those who play it and those who support it’, writes Matthew Johns. ‘It’s more than a sport, it’s a drama and at times a soap opera, never a d...

The autobiography of one of Rugby League's most well-known stars, renowned for his hard-hitting tackling.

Warrington Rugby League club has, from its launch in 1879 as a rugby union outfit through to its present incarnation as Super League's Wolves, held a perennial position among the elite. That pre-eminence is due in no small part to the many great players who have worn the famous primrose and blue, f...

Like most of the bouncers in town Bobby Lee was an ageing boxer, but was as tough as they come. He was the muscle on the door at Thommo's, the illegal two-up game held in secrecy in Surry Hills in Sydney's inner city. It was owned by Joe Taylor - 'The Boss', as everyone called him. In the early hour...

The late Terry Newton sparked controversy from his earliest days in rugby league. Initially signing at 14 for Warrington, he also signed for Leeds on his 16th birthday, missing the entire Centenary season until Leeds won the resulting tribunal. A phenomenal hooker for Leeds, Terry went on to star fo...

Jamie gives an honest and open account of winning team and individual honours, touring with Bradford, Leeds and Great Britain and captaining his country

Terry Newton sparked controversy from his earliest days in rugby league. Initially signing at 14 for Warrington, he also signed for Leeds on his 16th birthday, missing the entire Centenary season until Leeds won the resulting tribunal. A phenomenal hooker for Leeds, Terry went on to star for Wigan, ...

One of the all-time-great rugby league full backs, Kris Radlinski tells his story in intriguing detail from growing up as a rugby mad kid in Wigan, signing for his home town club and making star appearances for Great Britain. Kris describes what it was like to make his debut as a raw 17 year old am...

The face of rugby league, Sky Sports Mike 'Stevo' Stephenson has been appearing on UK TV screens twice a week for nearly two decades. Co-commentating with his on-screen partner, Eddie Hemmings, Stevo has developed a reputation for straight talking in the game without pulling punches! However, many v...

In the summer of 2003, Dave Hadfield, perhaps Britain's best-known writer on rugby league, set out on a 200-mile walk from Hull to Widnes, taking him through the heartlands of the game he loves. In the course of his meander, places he thought he knew already were revealed in a different light: from ...

In 1979, Kevin Ward made his rugby league debut for Castleford and embarked on a remarkable career, which earned him recognition as one of the all time great forwards in both Great Britain and Australia. In 1987 he joined Manly Sea Eagles in Australia for a summer season and again, he received recog...

Know the Game Rugby League is the perfect introduction to the sport for all ages, whether you are a keen club player or beginner. It is packed with expert text, clear illustrations and photographs of the professionals in action. The book includes: Playing the game - the low down on the pitch, goals,...

Tawera Nikau is an exceptional athlete and veteran of international rugby league at the highest levels, with a faithful following of fans in New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom. His career on the field has been spectacular, but events off the field have created an air of intrigue, especial...

In 2008, Rugby League celebrates 100 years of history in Australia. Long known as 'the greatest game of all' it is the dominant code in New South Wales and Queensland, and in recent years it has gained a foothold in Victoria and beyond. This is the story of the game over those years: the great eras ...

Celebrating two decades of Origin competition, this book is a game by game account of a towering football contest. Yet establishing the series was an epic struggle in itself. Now the State of Origin is a top rating television spectacle, and the ultimate goal for every Australian Rugby League footbal...

From those who played on with broken legs to the fast and furious high impact of today, meet 52 of Rugby League's roughest, toughest and most courageous players.

Rugby league has been at the heart of Australia for more than a century. It has been with us through two World Wars, the birth of television, the FibrosuSilvertails feud and the dawn of the digital age. It fits into the seasons of our lives: the magic in our first pair of boots, the winning try at t...

Mark Gasnier sits in the corner of the dressing-room at the Sydney Football Stadium, looks at his Dragons teammates and shakes his head. Another lost finals match. Another premature exit. Another opportunity gone. They've been in this dark place before, but his time it is different. Gasnier knows i...

The Warrington Wolves Miscellany is the definitive set text for every fan of the world famous Wire. Packed with facts, fun, gossip, nostalgia and conjecture, it looks back over 135 years of glorious history to celebrate the personalities, victories and controversies of the sport's biggest name. Hand...

This study is the first book-length academic treatment of rugby football in Ireland. Covering the period from the game's origins in Ireland in the 1870s through to the onset of professional rugby in the twenty-first century, this book seeks to examine Munster rugby within the context of broader soci...

Keith Senior is Mr Super League. The veteran Leeds Rhinos and former Great Britain centre has been one of the competition's most exciting and controversial talents since it began in 1996. Senior scored a try for Sheffield Eagles against Paris in Super League's opening game and has played more matche...

Over six feet tall, built like a brick outhouse, with power, pace and superb passing skills, Jeff Grayshon was destined to be a rugby league star the moment he picked up the oval ball. Establishing himself as a young second-row forward in the iconic Dewsbury side that lifted the Championship in 1973...