Simply The Best - Rugby World Cup 2015 eBook

Press and rugby fans around the world were agreed that Richie McCaw''s All Blacks were the best team in the world and that Rugby World Cup 2015 itself had been an enormous success and the best to date. While the All Blacks paraded around the ground with the Webb Ellis Cup after a thrilling final between the two best teams in the world, there was time to reflect on so many memories of the past six weeks. Simply The Best: Rugby World Cup 2015 tells the full story of a remarkable tournament that ended in a classic final played by some of the world''s greatest players. The book provides a lasting memory of a feast of rugby that was enjoyed by millions at grounds around the country, at fanzones, in pubs and clubs and on television throughout the rugby world. BBC rugby correspondent Ian Robertson has assembled a team of top rugby writers and commentators to describe the tournament as it unfolded. BBC colleagues Alastair Eykyn and Chris Jones are joined by ITV''s Jill Douglas, Mick Cleary (Daily Telegraph), Chris Hewett (Independent) and former BBC commentator and England rugby interantional Alastair Hignell. John Inverdale, ITV''s lead presenter through the tournament, completes the line-up with his report on the final.