ONLY A GAME is the archetypical novel of the rugby experience. It is published here on ruggerus.com in serialized form. Click on this link to go to the current verse:

The First Time

ONLY A GAME

Follow Tom, Michael T and the Gents on their hunt for the local rugby championship. This story is a rugby hybrid of BRIAN’S SONG and NORTH DALLAS FORTY. It is a bittersweet tale of loss and the quest for success.

There are other rugby novels, but rugby is only a backdrop to those stories. This book is about rugby. Its subject is the ruggers, the game, the lifestyle and the experience. It is more impressionistic than documentary and intended to relate the day in, day out, lives of those dedicated to the game. Get inside the essence of the game. Read ONLY A GAME.

New verses will be published weekly on Thursday evenings.

The full version is available in hard-copy on CreateSpace.com and on Amazon for Kindle.

Bill “Sybil” Crawford

Welcome to ruggerus.com. This is a new blog that will be dedicated to the finer points of Rugby Union football. I won’t be trying to present rugby news, but rather discuss the parts of the game I find interesting. Some of the topics I foresee are: emerging players, application of the laws, interesting bits of strategy and tactics, etc.

The posts will be periodic and based on when a topic arises. I welcome your feedback. I hope we can have a lively discussion.

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Cheers… Keep on ruckin’!