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Offloading - Tackling My Truth is the powerful and deeply personal memoir of former Wales and Lions rugby international Dafydd James, who poignantly and courageously reveals the human cost of achieving success in an elite sport that demanded everything.
Capped 48 times for Wales, and in all three Lions Tests on the 2001 tour of Australia, Dafydd enjoyed a highly distinguished 15-year playing career with three Welsh regions - Celtic Warriors, Scarlets and Cardiff Blues - and five first-class clubs - Bridgend, Pontypridd, Llanelli, Harlequins and Sale - during which he scored 129 tries and played in two Rugby World Cups.
At its heart, this is a very emotional story told with striking honesty, in which Dafydd provides a fascinating insider's view of professional rugby's early years and his immense pride at playing for Wales, but also discloses how the heavy mental toll of chasing greatness resulted in perpetual self-doubt and deep psychological insecurities that changed his life.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword by Jonny Wilkinson
Prologue
1. Out of Africa
2. Kenfig Hill
3. Professionalism
4. Pontypridd RFC
5. South Africa
6. Rock Bottom to Rejuvenation
7. Beating England at Wembley
8. Malbec and Pinotage
9. Rugby World Cup 1999
10. Llanelli Scarlets
11. Lions 2001
12. Test Lion
13. Bridgend RFC
14. Hansen
15. The Celtic Warriors
16. Scarlets Revisited
17. Rugby World Cup 2007
18. Collision Course
19. Self-disclosure
20. Deprivation
Epilogue
Career Statistics and Honours
Index
