# Rugby: The Game of My Life

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- Book: [Rugby: The Game of My Life](https://www.bookquiver.com/rob-andrew/rugby-the-game-of-my-life) ([Rugby: The Game of My Life.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/rob-andrew/rugby-the-game-of-my-life.md))
- Authors: [Rob Andrew](https://www.bookquiver.com/rob-andrew)
- Publisher: hodder_stoughton
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7366-417-3
- Published: 2017-10-19
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

'An excellent read' - Rugby World Rob Andrew is one of the key figures in modern rugby history: an outstanding international who won three Grand Slams with England and toured twice with the British and Irish Lions, he also played a central role in the game's professional revolution with his trailblazing work at Newcastle. During a long spell on Tyneside, he led the team to a Premiership title at the first opportunity, brought European action to the north-east and gave the young Jonny Wilkinson his break in big-time union by fast-tracking him into the side straight out of school. What happened off the field was equally eventful. Rob produced 'The Andrew Report' - the most radical of blueprints for the future of English rugby - and then, over the course of a decade as one of Twickenham's top administrators, found himself grappling with the extreme challenges of running a game repeatedly blown off course by the winds of change. He did not merely have a ringside seat as one of the world's major sports went through its greatest upheaval in a century: more often than not, he was in the ring itself.