The Test: My Autobiography

Description

This is the bestselling autobiography of the greatest rugby player of our time: Brian O'Driscoll. Since 1999, when he made his international debut, there has been no greater player in world rugby than Brian O'Driscoll. In 2010 Rugby World magazine named him its world player of the decade - and since then the legend has only grown. Now, at the end of his amazing career - which culminated in fairy-tale fashion with Ireland's victory in the 2014 Six Nations championship - he tells his own story. Honest, gritty and thoughtful, Brian O'Driscoll's Autobiography is not just an essential sports book. It is an essential book about family, friends, hard work, courage and imagination. "Honest, charming and revealing - a thoroughly good read." (Rugby World). "A thoroughly enjoyable read...After reading The Test I warmed even more to O'Driscoll as a player and a man. He stood for a new ethos in Irish sport that refused to accept mediocrity or glorious failure." (Fergal Keane, Irish Times). "O'Driscoll's honesty...takes the reader to a place they simply have not been before." (Vincent Hogan, Irish Independent). "A must-read insight into the life and mind of Ireland's greatest rugby player." (Irish Mail on Sunday). "There are fascinating insights into the lengths he was willing to go to perform at the highest level." (Sunday Business Post).

Awards

Winner of Irish Book Awards: Bord Gais Energy Irish Sports Book of the Year 2014.

Reviews

A thoroughly enjoyable read ... After reading The Test I warmed even more to O'Driscoll as a player and a man. He stood for a new ethos in Irish sport that refused to accept mediocrity or glorious failure -- Fergal Keane Irish Times O'Driscoll's honesty ... takes the reader to a place they simply have not been before -- Vincent Hogan Irish Independent The Test allows the reader to get to know O'Driscoll the person, the husband, the father and the friend. It is honest, charming and revealing - a thoroughly good read Rugby World A must-read insight into the life and mind of Ireland's greatest rugby player Irish Mail on Sunday There are fascinating insights into the lengths he was willing to go to perform at the highest level Sunday Business Post

Author description

Born in Dublin in 1979, Brian O'Driscoll is the most celebrated rugby player of our time. He won three Heineken Cups with Leinster, two Six Nations championships with Ireland, and toured four times with the British and Irish Lions, including as captain in 2005.