Loose Head: Confessions of an (un)professional rugby player

Joe Marler

Oct 2020 · Ebury Digital · Narrated by Joe Marler

About this audiobook

Brought to you by Penguin.

The unfiltered truth about being a rugby player - from the horsey's mouth.

This book is not just about how I got back on my horse and went clippity-clop all the way to the World Cup final in Japan.

It's the story of how a fat kid who had to live up to the nickname Psycho grew up to play (and party) for over a decade with rugby's greatest pros.

From just about surviving the equivalent of 30 car crashes a game and crooning Adele for team spirit, to extensive field notes on the smell of the Scrum and the fine art of on-pitch relief. Then there's rugby's secret naked wrestling scene and how it was exposed.

In my world, you never know how the ball will bounce...

© Joe Marler 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Ratings and reviews

This book is bloody brilliant. This is well written and read by the author, so it comes across genuine. Joe is a lovable little sausage and this book shows it. Go on, enjoy yourself and listen to the superb reading of Joe Marler. Better than James Haskell's book.

Hilarious, thoughtful and sensitive. This is a bloke you absolutely want to have a beer with

incredibly honest, amusing, sometimes sad peek into the absolute rollercoaster of Joe's world.

About the author

Joe Marler is one of the biggest names - and most recognisable faces - in English rugby. He signed for Harlequins when he was seventeen and his professional career has been as unconventional as his colourful haircuts, offbeat interviews and eclectic set of bans. Despite retiring and un-retiring twice from international rugby, Joe has won 71 caps, toured with the British and Irish Lions and played for the iconic Barbarians. He first played rugby for Eastbourne Sharks at the age of eleven. Now in his thirties, he is one of the best loosehead props in the world and helped the England team reach the World Cup final in Japan. This is his first book.