Author Description

A comprehensive reference yearbook on rugby union, with all the essential fixtures, results and statistics from the world game. It is a comprehensive review of events in rugby union over the past season and beyond, focusing on international rugby, but with a full coverage of domestic club rugby. This edition includes: feature articles on the key issues in the game over the past year; Rugby World Cup preview - full qualifying fixtures and results leading up to the 2003 tournament; all the facts and figures from the major international competitions, from the Six Nations at home and Tri-Nations down under and the World Sevens tournament; results from domestic club rugby, including league and cup competitions; full programme of fixtures for 2002/2003. There is also coverage of other rugby-playing countries outside the top echelon - such as Canada, Argentina, Italy and Japan.