Nigel Owens: The Final Whistle

Nigel Owens, Paul Abbandonato (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2025
Y Lolfa (Verlag)
978-1-912631-63-6 (ISBN)

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Nigel Owens is one of the most famous referees in World Rugby and one of only two Welsh refs ever to officiate at a Rugby World Cup Final. In his bestselling second autobiography, he reveals all about the second half of his career, including the full story of his last Rugby World Cup in 2019. -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru

Nigel Owens is an internationally respected Welsh rugby union referee, loved by fans and respected by players worldwide. When he retired in 2020, he was the world record holder for most Test matches refereed and he is one of only two Welsh referees ever to officiate at a Rugby World Cup Final. He has also presented shows on S4C, and in 2011 was appointed to Wales' prestigious Gorsedd of Bards. In 2007 he came out as gay, and is an icon in the LGBTQ community. Both the first volume of his autobiography, Half Time (Y Lolfa, 2009) and the hardback version of this book are huge bestsellers. Paul Abbandonato is an award-winning journalist and author. He spent many years as Head of Sport at WalesOnline, and was 2018 UK Regional Sports Journalist of the Year. He is the author of Barry John: The George Best of Rugby (Mainstream Publishing, 2000), Gary Speed Remembered (Andre Deutsch Ltd, 2012) and In the Dragons' Den: The scarcely believable stories from 30 years at the sharp end of Welsh football (Y Lolfa, 2025).

Foreword by Dan Carter
Acknowledgements
Prologue
1 Breaking down barriers
2 Dark days, seeing the light
3 This is not soccer and the odd Twitter spat
4 How it all began (or very nearly didn’t)
5 Death threats … and great games
6 Towards the top of the world
7 … Reaching the summit
8 Steak lunch with the Queen
9 2019 World Cup
10 100 and out, but not quite the farewell planned
11 Barrie and me, farming and the future
Nigel’s 100-Test career -- Publisher: Y Lolfa

Erscheinungsdatum	21.10.2025
Zusatzinfo	32 pages of colour photos
Verlagsort	Ceredigion
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 215 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
ISBN-10	1-912631-63-6 / 1912631636
ISBN-13	978-1-912631-63-6 / 9781912631636
Zustand	Neuware