Publisher's Synopsis
Va'aiga Tuigamala is one of the outstanding personalities of international rugby. His story, researched and written by experienced sports journalist Bob Hewitt, tells how as the smallest of 14 children, he started life in a hut near Apia in Western Samoa and grew to become a celebrated footballer, the idol of tens of thousands of New Zealanders and rugby fans worldwide.;Read how the happy-go-lucky youngster with the Afro haircut wowed coaches with his freakish skills and went on to become an All Black by the age of 20. But it wasn't all plain sailing for Inga. A crippling leg injuiry and self doubts threatened his career and it wasn't until the All Blacks crashed out of the World Cup and a new panel of selectors took over that his blockbusting style was welcomed at Test Level.;Tuigamala tells of his great personal rivalry with David Campese - and Campo explains what it's like having the Big Black Bus bearing down upon you - of his religious beliefs and his feelings on such thorny issues on Sunday rugby, payments for players and racism. And of course, he reveals all about the League offers which for a time seemed likely to rob Rugby Union of this exciting charismatic figure.
