Winter Colours: Changing Seasons in World Rugby
Donald McRae

Mainstream Pub, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover in fine condition. Dustjacket in near fine condition, very slightly rubbed along top spine edge. Brown cloth with gold lettering to spine.

Account of world rugy by South African born sports writer, McRae writes in form of travellogue. Exploring through intimate exposure to the world's greatest players, how modern rugby is played and still revered in contrasting countries. Beginning in the South Africa of the author's youth and takes in the historic 1995 World Cup. He travels from Britain and France to South Africa and then onto New Zealand and Australia, exposing us to the roots of the game as well as the great international arenas during successive Five Nations and Tri-Nation tournaments.