About the Author

Bob Howitt is the author of 13 books on rugby, having written three volumes of NZ Rugby Greats and collaborated with several of the game's most celebrated players and coaches including Sid Going, Bryan Williams, Frank Bunce and Walter Little, Laurie Mains and Graham Henry, and, most recently, referee Paddy O'Brian. The founding editor of Rugby News, he is now Sports Editor for HarperCollins NZ.