Belonging: The Autobiography

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AWJ plays his cards to his chest - sure he can be honest, brutally so at times (he can be selfish for example) but you never get the impression that you’ve been given a full account.

Come down the travelators, exit Sainsbury's, turn right and follow the pedestrianised walkway to Crown Walk and turn right - and Coles will be right in front of you. This is how the story of Alun Wyn Jones's journey begins, the story that every child who has dreamed of playing rugby for their country starts with - from the tightness in your stomach to the look on your teammates' faces, the adrenaline starting to flow within.

He is very honest about his love, but complicated relationship with a father who was a larger than life character, but also how he has sacrificed much of his own personal life to rugby. Up into a hotel lobby full of supporters in red shirts, of cheers and applause and shouts of good luck.

Seen by many as one of the greatest Welsh players of all time he has won three Grand Slams for Wales, and was named the best player of the 2019 Six Nations Championship.In his own words, Alun Wyn has written a book describing his Rugby years and the pride he feels on being asked to play for Wales. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. I saw Alun Wyn Jones as ‘Mr Angry’, he even mentions being seen like this in his book, however I never thought that’s who he truly was. But is it also about perthyn – belonging, playing for Wales, working your way through the age-grades and the club matches and regional sides. His success almost appears to come as a surprise to him but his single-minded approach, clearly helped by considerable ability, is what comes shining through, not least in his remarkable rehabilitation from injury to make it back onto the Lions tour of South Africa in 2021.

Belonging is the story about how the boy from Mumbles became the most capped rugby union player of all time. He was named as the best player of the 2019 Six Nations Championship and in 2021 was picked as captain for the Lions tour of South Africa. As we know, he became a colossus: 148 Wales caps (and counting), 12 Lions caps, four World Cups, multiple Six Nations titles and Grand Slams.Download the digital edition of Rugby World straight to your tablet or subscribe to the print edition to get the magazine delivered to your door. He was named as the best player of the 2019 Six Nations Championship and in 2021 was named as captain for the Lions tour of South Africa. Told with characteristic honesty, this is his unique personal story of what it takes and what it means to play for your country: what it means to belong.