Peter Burns & Tom English 
The Men in the Arena [EPUB ebook] 
England, Australia and the Battle for the 2003 Rugby World Cup

The ultimate World Cup showdown, in the words of those who were there.
Shortlisted for the Sports Book Awards Rugby Book of the Year.
From 1997 to 2003 England and Australia battled for domination of the rugby world in one of the greatest rivalries the sport has ever known. In The Men in the Arena, William Hill shortlisted authors Peter Burns and Tom English explore every aspect of the teams’ journey to the 2003 Rugby World Cup final, telling the story primarily in the words of the protagonists at the centre of the battle.
Featuring exclusive new interviews with players and coaches from both teams plus an array of superstars who faced them from New Zealand, Ireland, France, Wales and beyond, this is the inside story like it has never been told before.
'A splendid re-telling of English rugby's most celebrated story. Cracking stuff from start to finish' — Robert Kiston,  The Guardian

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 Tom English   is an award-winning BBC Sport writer and broadcaster. He won Rugby Book of the Year at the 2011 British Sports Book Awards for  The Grudge , before claiming the prize again in 2016 for  No Borders: Playing Rugby for Ireland . He is a co-author of the best-selling  Behind the Lions: Playing Rugby for the British & Irish Lions .