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As one of the most successful coaches in world rugby history, Rod MacQueen did it all, coaching the Australian Wallabies to beating the 'unbeatable' Lions, and bringing home the most coveted prize of all - the World Cup. MacQueen reveals how he took the lessons he learned from life and running his own multimillion dollar business and applied them to coaching rugby teams

A mountaineering travelogue of dazzling variety, the story moves from the camaraderie of deprived Russian climbers in the little-known peaks in the Tien Shan to the awesome experience of the North Face of the Eiger, from a rumbustious motorbike ride across Asia to hitch hiking across Australia with a psychotic lorry driver.

More sporting anecdotes from Australian cricketer and footballer, Max Walker

MAX WALKER has always been a special cricket person. He will be remembered not only for his 138 wickets in 34 Tests for Australia, but for his sense of humour and fun which earned him a special place in the hearts of cricket followers throughout the world. 'The Wit of Walker' is an entertaining romp, chockful of anecdotes of his boyhood days in Tasmania and of his life as a member of one of Australia's greatest cricket teams. It uncovers the identities who caused him to laugh as a lad and tells of the sporting personalities who kept him laughing. An entertaining study of one facet of a fascinating character, it takes the reader from the 'snakepit' bar of The Empire Hotel in Hobart to the South African ghetto of Soweto and beyond. Since his retirement from first-class cricket in 1982, Mr. Walker has become one of Australia's first professional sporting personalities. 'The Wit of Walker' is essential reading for those who consider a sense of humour and fun to be an intrinsic part of cricket and the Australian way of life.

More sporting anecdotes from Australian cricketer and footballer, Max Walker