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When Jake White took over as Springbok coach in 2004, few supporters —
and even fewer Springbok rugby players — could ever have believed that
the squad he would build over four years would bring home the Webb Ellis
Trophy.
In Black and White is the gripping autobiography of only the second man to
coach the Springboks to World Cup glory. White’s story is
characterised by intense determination to
succeed against all odds, from a troubled childhood to his eventual
elevation to arguably the toughest job in world sport.
White takes readers into rugby’s inner sanctum, where politicking and
hidden agendas sometimes supercede the best interests of the sport, and
relates the incredible highs and desperate lows of being part of the
Springbok set-up. Administrative and political interference, press and
public criticism, player injuries and personal sacrifices are all part
and parcel of a Springbok coach’s life, and White covers all these
subjects in his riveting, controversial, sometimes amusing, and often
unbelievable story.
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