Jonny: My Autobiography

Informationen zum Autor Jonny Wilkinson became England's youngest international for 71 years when he made his debut at 18 in March 1998. He has since won 70 caps for his country and is the leading point-scorer in test rugby. In the 2003 World Cup he scored the drop goal that won the tournament. He endured a succession of injuries that kept him out of international action for over three years but he returned to kick the England rugby team to the final of the 2007 World Cup. He has also won five British Lions caps. He was awarded the MBE in January 2003, and the OBE a year later. Klappentext This fully comprehensive autobiography looks in detail at the life, career and achievements of rugby's Jonny Wilkinson, now retired from the international game. Jonny reveals in his own words what it has been like to be the world's most famous rugby player and he gives great insight into the world of modern rugby. It's a brutally honest account, by a successful and complex sporting hero. Zusammenfassung JONNY is the unrelenting, brutally honest account of one of the most revered, successful and complex athletes ever to play rugby for England.

Product details

• Authors: Jonny Wilkinson, Wilkinson Jonny
• Publisher: Headline
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 10.05.2012
• EAN: 9780755313402
• ISBN: 978-0-7553-1340-2
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 197 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; SPORTS & RECREATION / Coaching / General, Rugby League, SPORTS & RECREATION / Rugby, Rugby Union