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reg Bruce writes in RUGBY HEAD : “This is the story of my obsession with the game, the pain derived from its frequent failure to deliver the feelings I desired from, begins with Buck Shelford’s wayward testicle and follows his nose from there. It’s a sometimes funny, sometimes strange, often bathetic, occasionally insightful sort of memoir covering off Rugby World Cups, the author’s mental-health journey and what it is to be a man. If you love rugby and Bruce’s over-sharing style, with phrases like “Dan Carter’s warm sexual gaze filled my apartment like a stink”, you’ll probably want to buy this book.

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