As generally acknowledged by Welsh rugby followers (and others) AWJ has been the leader of the national team for many years more recently being given the captain title, yet no sour grapes. From the rain swept pitches of Swansea to making his test debut against Argentina in Patagonia in 2006, from touring with the Lions in 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021 to losing a parent and building a family, Belonging is the autobiography of one of the most compelling figures in World rugby. Told with characteristic honesty, this is his unique personal story of what it takes and what it means to play for your country: what it means to belong. As we know, he became a colossus: 148 Wales caps (and counting), 12 Lions caps, four World Cups, multiple Six Nations titles and Grand Slams. This personal dedication to developing character by working hard and achieving personal satisfaction was evident at a young age.

It is the story of what it takes to become a man who is seen by many as one of the greatest ever Welsh players. People think they know him but unless you read this book you will never know the REAL Alun Wyn Jones' – Warren Gatland‘One of the greatest, and seemingly indestructible, players in history' – A Daily Mail Book of the YearBelonging is the story about how the boy from Mumbles became the most capped rugby union player of all time. Throughout the daily physio, then training at Ospreys, then collision work with Wales players ten days on from the scans, he refused to take painkillers so he knew where he was at.

He has a healthy disregard for ‘culture’ – all you need to know is be honest with each other, treat people well, live your values, he says – and if anything shuns the spotlight even more when adulation comes his way. Instead, he drew hope from a consultant’s view that the injury could be rehabbed and set about installing altitude equipment and a hyperbaric chamber at his house. At its heart, again and again, we get to understand the mindset of the world’s most-capped player, one of the all-time greats, yet someone who still pinches himself that he’s sitting on the same bus as Neil Jenkins. We're always happy to answer any questions or queries you might have, please get in touch using one of the methods below. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Check out the five players who received a rare bit of praise from the most capped international player of all-time. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The product (book) is fine but the package was left outside my open porch and not posted through the letterbox as stated.The sensitive manner in which Fordyce discusses Alun Wyn’s insightful memories of his dad’s strength and personality strikes a personal chord. This (ghost written) book goes some of the way to peeking behind the curtain to look at the man behind the myth.