Le Coq: A Journey to the Heart of French Rugby

Very interesting and entertaining read. Gives you a good sense of the rugby culture in France and the history. Would recommend.

Great insight into French rugby history

A most enjoyable read about characters from my vintage.

Following reading a review of this book I had to purchase it an interesting I site and a joyful read particularly for rugby fans. Would highly recommend it.

Bloky, repetitive and meandering, but deeply rooted in french rugby communities, and lots of good anecdotes, a guide to the great teams of past and present France, and the culture of the game in France. Not sufficiently reflective of the extent to which the trends he discusses (loss of local teams, decline in violence, professionalisation) are not common to everywhere else (Pontypool, Cornwall, Kelso), and potentially offset by positives.