September 20th For Official Munster Book
7th September 2006 By Munster Rugby
Our Road to Glory, the only official account of Munster’s run to Heineken Cup success, as told to Alan English by the players themselves, will be on the bookshelves no later than September 20th
MUNSTER
Our Road to Glory
Alan English
Photographs by Billy Stickland
The book published by Penguin Ireland will be on the bookshelves not later than September 20th priced at 25.00.
A percentage of the proceeds from the sale of this book will go to the IRFU Charitable Trust For Injured Players
Our Road To Glory is the only official story as told by the Munster team and management of how they captured the Heineken Cup. This will be the only book this year to contain exclusive interviews with all of the Heineken Cup winning team and their management.
Paul O Connell, Anthony Foley, Peter Stringer, Ronan O Gara, Donncha O Callaghan, John Hayes, and coach Declan Kidney are among those who talk openly of their fears and hopes going into the final giving readers a fascinating insight into the rituals and mental courage of this winning team.
Billy Stickland was allowed exclusive access to training, to the victorious post match dressing room, to the after match celebrations and his stunning photography will feature throughout the book. Some photos are sure to surprise Munster fans!
About the Author.
Munster man Alan English is the Sports Editor of The Sunday Times and his book Stand Up and Fight: When Munster Beat the All Blacks was a bestseller in 2005
About the Photographer
Billy Stickland is Ireland s leading sports photographer and his photos feature regularly in the national press.
