The Man who changed the world of Rugby is an overdue tribute to one of rugby union's greatest innovators, the former London Welsh, Wales, British Lions and Barbarians captain, John Dawes.
Part of the book was written after the legendary 1971 Lions tour when author Ross Reyburn was sports editor of the Hampstead & Highgate Express in London. It contains the Welshman's own vivid account of how he brought his attacking vision of rugby to the highest level, defeating the All Blacks, and also leading the Lions and 1973 Barbarians. To his original manuscript Reyburn has added an intriguing postscript putting into perspective what Dawes achieved as the key figure in British rugby's renaissance in the 1970s which, ultimately, also transformed the game in New Zealand.
