Belonging: The Autobiography

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This amount includes seller specified domestic postage charges as well as applicable international postage, dispatch, and other fees. As we know, he became a colossus: 148 Wales caps (and counting), 12 Lions caps, four World Cups, multiple Six Nations titles and Grand Slams. He is one of only a small group of Welsh players to have won three Six Nations Grand Slams, and has also won two additional Six Nations championships.

And his face burned with embarrassment when, a week after that 2019 Slam, he and wife Anwen received a standing ovation from fellow diners when they popped out for a meal in Mumbles. He joined at 11, a “happy accident” because the Mumbles club didn’t have the numbers for a team in his age group. Martin Johnson, former England rugby captain and World Cup winner'An exceptional player and leader of men. On 31st October 2020, against Scotland, he became the most capped rugby player of all time with 149 caps. But is it also about perthyn – playing for Wales, working his way through the age grades and club rugby and his regional side.

Feeling the connection to players who have come before, and feeling the ties to the millions in front rooms and pubs across the country, coast to coast. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. James Haskell, former England rugby player'Alun's consistency over such a long time has been amazing, an incredible career. It’s doubtful that anyone else would have contemplated such a rapid comeback, let alone achieved it.

Come down the travelators, exit Sainsbury's, turn right and follow the pedestrianised walkway to Crown Walk and turn right - and Coles will be right in front of you. At Ospreys he would bug Lyn Jones on Monday mornings for a one-to-one review of his performance at the weekend. It would also be an asset in schools and sports clubs as a practical text promoting motivation, determination and humility. It is the story of what it takes to become a player who is seen by many as one of the greatest Welsh players there has ever been. What it takes to go from sitting, crossed legged on the hall floor at school, watching the 1997 Lions Tour of South Africa to being named the 2021 Lions Captain.

Alun Wyn Jones wrote: ‘Kyle Sinckler is good fun, a connection between us in Adam Jones, the tight-head ahead of me for so long for Ospreys and Wales for so long, a coach for him in his formative years was a good icebreaker. He is often presented in the media as being stand offish and not the shy and focused player that he sees himself to be.

He felt the reaction to him giving his jacket to the freezing-cold mascot at the Wales-Ireland Grand Slam game was over the top. Check out the five players who received a rare bit of praise from the most capped international player of all-time. Throughout the text, he extols his gratitude for the support of his wife, Anwen, and children, his Mum and Dad and his Welsh-speaking maternal grandmother.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.