Bobby Windsor - The Iron Duke: The Life and Times of a Working-Class Rugby Hero

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I would recommend this book, not just to those who have an interest in Welsh rugby, but to anybody who wants to know how life can be, and how one man coped with it.

Peter Jackson, a sports journalist since he left school in 1960, retired in 2009 as rugby correspondent of the Daily Mail after 35 years. Revealed: Police arrested a 16-year-old football fan on suspicion of carrying an offensive weapon before. Due to his success for Wales over the years, Bobby Windsor was also capped five times by the British Lions between 1974 and 1977.It may sound like a followup to Gavin Henson’s television dating show The Bachelor, but rugby great Bobby Windsor, 66, is desperate to find love after experiencing a turbulent period where he fought depression, cancer and contemplated suicide.

More Information Description: Lions legend Bobby Windsor has enjoyed triumphs beyond the dreams of most international players but has also suffered personal tragedy. Mr Windsor, originally from Newport, rebuilt his life on the Spanish island after battling prostate cancer, falling into a “deep black hole of depression” and going through a divorce.Robert Windsor made his debut for Wales against Australia in 1973 at Cardiff, a match Wales won by 24 points to nil with Windsor scoring a hooker's try, and took over from Jeff Young as first-choice hooker. Peter Jackson, a sports journalist since he left school in 1960, retired last summer as rugby correspondent of the Daily Mail after 35 years.

Erling Haaland reveals the pre-match routine he shares with 17-year-old darts sensation Luke Littler. Windsor – or ‘The Duke’ as his team-mates came to know him – began his rugby career as a fly-half, but it was at hooker where the steelworker would rise to the top of the game. Luckily, they phoned the caravan site in Tenby and spoke to the woman who owned the caravan next to ours. I feel so terrible and guilty about it now when you think of all the sick people, especially children, literally fighting for their lives.Lions legend Bobby Windsor has enjoyed triumphs beyond the dreams of most international players but has also suffered personal tragedy. A friend who does my life insurance policy rang to make plans for a routine medical and they found a speck of blood in my water. As a hooker, I wasn’t a great striker of the ball, but I was a good scrummager and that was my advantage.