My World - Jonny Wilkinson

Advantages: Learn about the man who brought england the world cup home!
Disadvantages: None.

...book as a present for my birthday. As being an England rugby fanatic and playing the game myself I was very keen to see if I could pick something up off him. I was also very keen to see how he had viewed the world cup from his position in the side. I was able to learn lots more of Wilkinson as a character than of his outstanding rugby career. As I was reading the book I felt that I could really connect with Wilkinson as a person and a rugby player. ...
...anything he had inspired me even further to play rugby. Like him I don't want to be out in the spotlight of all the attention, if I get any attention then I want to get that on the rugby field. Wilkinson has opened up his life to the public, which as a nation very few knew much about. This book opens up his positives as well as negatives, his hopes and fears in his career. Like me Wilkinson started rugby at a young age and was in the shadow of ... Read review

Advantages: Very Helpful
Disadvantages: Not Long enough

Since the rugby world cup final in 2003, I have had an interest in rugby. And since then I have read a number of rugby books, mainly autobiographies by the known rugby stars such as Jonah Lomo, Martin Johnson and the like. I have also read Clive Woodwood's autobiography who is the old England rugby coach. "My World" by Jonny Wilkinson is a very good book, and I learnt a lot about "Jonny" as a person after reading the book. The book gives an insight ...
...Sydney and what he had to do to get there. The only thing that I didn't like about this book, is that it was a bit too short, it only took me about three hours to read the whole thing. However it was an easy book to read, and the photo's that were in the book were good and very artistic. Another thing that I enjoyed about "My World", is there was a chapter about who Jonny classes as his heros, and I was surprised to hear that they were not all rugby ... Read review

Advantages: Easy to read, informative
Disadvantages: Nothing

The book mainly focuses on the mental side of Jonny Wilkinson's career. The best part of the book for me would be all the quotes included. These were always a source of motivation. The book outlined his fears and hopes for the present and the future. The book gives a clear and somewhat detailed account of the psychological attributes needed to make the top level in the rugby union world. Anyone interested in not only Jonny Wilkinson but rugby in ... Read review