Belonging: The Autobiography

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He is currently a consultant addressing growth mindsets to promote sports, education, and business performance.

It would also be an asset in schools and sports clubs as a practical text promoting motivation, determination and humility. This section on “ hunan hyder” (self-belief) has excellent discourse on issues such as how you react to being subbed. Or who struggles to believe that Francois Pienaar would recognise him at a dinner, let alone wander across to his table to say hello. But is it also about perthyn – belonging, playing for Wales, working your way through the age-grades and the club matches and regional sides.On 31st October 2020, against Scotland, he became the most capped rugby player of all time with 149 caps. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. This amount includes seller specified domestic postage charges as well as applicable international postage, dispatch, and other fees. Martin Johnson, former England rugby captain and World Cup winner 'An exceptional player and leader of men.The brilliant and combative autobiography from the most capped rugby player in history, Alun Wyn Jones. Download the digital edition of Rugby World straight to your tablet or subscribe to the print edition to get the magazine delivered to your door. Born in Swansea, AWJ made his test debut for Wales in June 2006 against Argentina, and came to prominence in the 2007 campaign before Wales won the Grand Slam in 2008. He’s made 23 consecutive starts against England yet there is no rabid satisfaction in beating the auld enemy, he doesn’t get swept up in any racist nonsense. Seen by many as one of the greatest Welsh players of all time he has won three Grand Slams for Wales, and was named the best player of the 2019 Six Nations Championship.

He played in goal for Mumbles Rangers, sailed boats (he sunk one), flew kites on the beach, played guitar and drums. It is the story of what it takes to become a man who is seen by many as one of the greatest ever Welsh players.

So, too, the fact that Wales have fallen agonisingly short in two of his World Cups, beaten by slender margins in semi-finals that might easily have been won.