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(Paperback) SPECIAL COMMEMORATIVE EDITION TO CELEBRATE RUGBY WORLD CUP 2019 BEING AWARDED TO JAPAN. The true story of Katsuyuki Kiyomiya’s miraculous five years (2001-06) coaching Japan’s top university rugby team, written by the coach himself as the bestselling ＂Kyuukyoku no Shouri＂ (pub. Feb. 2006), translated by Ian Ruxton. Kiyomiya’s record over five years is: Played 70, Won 62, Drawn 1, Lost 7 with wins over Toyota Verblitz, New Zealand Universities, Oxford and Cambridge. Tipped as a future coach of Japan, in March 2006 he became head coach of Suntory Sungoliath in Japan’s Top League. The tragic sub-plot is the murder in Iraq in 2003 of rugby player-diplomat Katsuhiko (＂Katsu＂) Oku who invented the ULTIMATE CRUSH slogan. Reviewed in Rugby World, February 2007 issue. (This Paperback is also on amazon and other retail websites. The Hardcover and Download are only available on lulu.com. A KINDLE edition is available from April 1, 2010.)