Paul O'Connell

Praise for The Battle

The years of O'Connell and O'Driscoll were as close to a golden age as ever Ireland will get and O'Connell's book tells you how it all happened ... It should be mandatory for every Irish squad member to read ...

David Walsh, Sunday Times

The intense physicality of his rugby upbringing is an abiding theme ... along with humour, the craic and an extensive knowledge of how teams work

Paul Hayward, Daily Telegraph

I found The Battle entrancing

Stephen Jones, Sunday Times

The years of O'Connell and O'Driscoll were as close to a golden age as ever Ireland will get and O'Connell's book tells you how it all happened ... It should be mandatory for every Irish squad member to read ...

David Walsh, Sunday Times

The intense physicality of his rugby upbringing is an abiding theme ... along with humour, the craic and an extensive knowledge of how teams work

Paul Hayward, Daily Telegraph

I found The Battle entrancing

Stephen Jones, Sunday Times

The years of O'Connell and O'Driscoll were as close to a golden age as ever Ireland will get and O'Connell's book tells you how it all happened ... It should be mandatory for every Irish squad member to read ...

David Walsh, Sunday Times

The intense physicality of his rugby upbringing is an abiding theme ... along with humour, the craic and an extensive knowledge of how teams work

Paul Hayward, Daily Telegraph

I found The Battle entrancing

Stephen Jones, Sunday Times