Mud in Your Eye

Dust jacket notes: "Chris Laidlaw was one of the greatest half-backs the Rugby world has ever seen. He has also enjoyed a distinguished academic career and is now a diplomat. After the publication of this book he will be equally renowned as a controversial author. Mud in Your Eye is what the Rugby world has been waiting for - a tough, fair and at times hilariously funny analysis of the state of the game, written with the authority of an extremely intelligent young man who has himself been a first-class player and who had direct experience of Rugby as it is played in New Zealand, in the United Kingdom, in France and in South Africa. As many would agree there is much to criticize in both New Zealand and international Rugby today, and Laidlaw pulls no punches. His chapters on midget Rugby, on international teams, on the great players of the past, on selection methods, on Rugby administration, on dirty play, and on the game as it is played in New Zealand, in South Africa, in the United Kingdom and in France - all have an honesty and sound common-sense which will be welcomed by those who have a true regard for international Rugby and its future. South Africans will find this a Rugby book written with considerable foresight. It will rate among the best ever to those who have 'read them all'."