Open Side

By Sam Warburton

$10.00

Sam Warburton OBE is not only a titan of rugby, but an icon of the game.

Intelligent, calm and thoughtful, Warburton in many ways represents the exact opposite of the smash and crash of modern rugby. His edge came not from his size, but from his depth of thought, his reading of movement and his understanding that, to be a uniquely successful leader, one needs to set goals that far exceed the ambitions of even the most ferocious of opponents.

In Open Side, Warburton tells his story of a career at the game’s coalface, providing an astoundingly intimate insight into the extraordinary British and Irish Lions tours of 2013 and 2017, as well as the thrilling highs and lows of leading his nation. It is also a deeply personal meditation on the sacrifice of body, the torment of injury and the pain of retirement – a decision Sam was forced to make at just 29 years old.

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