Bobby Windsor - The Iron Duke: The Life and Times of a Working-Class Rugby Hero

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Anybody who knows their rugby knows that Bobby Windsor is a legend of both the Welsh team and The British and Irish Lions.

The title of the book sums Bobby Windsor up pretty well and it was a great read from start to finish. Not many like him around these days I Could not quite see him on I'm a celebrity get me out of here like some of today's players. The Iron Duke is the no-holds-barred, warts-and-all story of a working-class Welsh folk hero who rose from humble beginnings to become a permanent member of the greatest Lions team in the history of rugby union.

By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. It’s the pinnacle of everything, I had been chuffed to be selected for Wales and the Lions was brilliant. Between 1973 and 1979, he was capped 28 times by Wales and he even scored a try on his debut for the team. I will never forget that pack of theirs - Esteve, Bastiat, Cholley, Paco, Paparemborde, Palmie, Rives, Skrela. Fellow team mates offer contributions that go some way to explaining why Windsor was such an unstoppable force in a team littered with quality players.

The old hooker, revered the rugby world over as ‘The Duke’ for his fearless ferocity on the pitch and bonhomie off it, never intended to live to tell the tale.If there’s someone else out there, on their own and wants company, we may think we’re good for each other. Unsettled seemingly by a frightening internal flight, Windsor was never at the top of his game and the New Zealand rugby public never really saw the best of this legend of Welsh rugby. While it contains a smattering of what life was like for a Rugby Great of those days - and very interesting those parts are - it also contains quite a bit of 'padding'!

Windsor's irrepressible sense of humour comes shining through on every page, except when he gives chapter and verse on the personal crisis that drove him to plan suicide. He was pencilled in for the Lions captaincy to New Zealand in 1977 and he would have got the job if it hadn’t been for the injury he picked up the year before. Eddie Howe admits Newcastle may have to sell players this week to protect the future of the club with the. LIVERPOOL CONFIDENTIAL: Jurgen Klopp's shock exit will spark a summer of turmoil, Ruben Amorim joins Xabi.If someone with a good sense of humour wants the same thing as me, come on over and see how we get on.