Nigel Owens: The Final Whistle: The long-awaited sequel to his bestselling autobiography!

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That moment made sure he "refereed every game afterwards as if it was a World Cup final," whatever the level. We will never actually see your bank or credit card details, they are passed in a highly secure way directly to PayPal for processing. A lot of people helped support me back in the day and if going public myself helps others, then that's good.

I know from personal experience what some people may be going through, those who might be struggling coming to terms with their sexuality in the way I once did. He came out as gay in 2007, and has spoken about his difficulties with his sexuality, his experience of living with bulimia nervosa and attempting suicide. Nigel Owens has been in charge of games at all levels of course, from slosh-in-the-mud grassroots games to the top of the tree, being the World Cup final.At its nadir was the night he armed himself with pills, a bottle of whisky and a shotgun and walked up a nearby hill intending to end his life. PayPal uses proprietary technology and constantly innovates to monitor transactions and maintain a secure payment system. The encryption keys are held on state-of-the-art, tamper proof systems in the same family as those used to secure VeriSign's Global Root certificate, making them all but impossible to extract. Suddenly, a couple of policemen appeared, wearing those pointed helmets, and started racing after him. I own but haven't yet read his previous memoir, Hanner Amser, I chose to get the original Welsh edition and I have too many books ahead of it on my list right now.

Of 'This Is Not Soccer', he tells Wales Online in an interview about the book: "I remember coming back into the dressing room to be told by my TMO, 'What you said was hilarious Nige, everyone is loving it'. We use the industry leading internet payment company PayPal to protect your card details and protect from fraud. Indeed, there is a chapter in the autobiography devoted to each of Owens' famous sayings, there are so many of them, but he was utterly shocked they went viral.It’s something many people clearly share, that feeling that here is someone with no side to him, as they say: an open book, a referee who has been loved by players even when they’ve been on the losing side.

This book gives a good insight into the world of professional rugby refereing and how those systems work - something I hadn't thought much about before. It's rare for a referee in any sport to be popular, yet Nigel Owens has always courted strong affection throughout the world - loved by players, coaches, officials, TV commentators and even fans. He is the author of 'Barry John: The George Best of Rugby' (Mainstream Publishing, 2000) and 'Gary Speed Remembered' (Andre Deutsch Ltd, 2012). After coming through dark times when he tried to take his own life, he was the first leading figure in the macho world of rugby union to come out openly as gay and went on to command respect everywhere for his honesty off the pitch and ability as a referee on it.But it is Owens' back story, an attempt to commit suicide in his mid-twenties and then having the courage to come out as gay in the macho world of rugby, which helps make him such a high-profile figure. With his contract with the Welsh Rugby Union having come to an end in 2020, he is free to reveal all about his career since his previous autobiography, Half Time, to speak his mind on various issues and to give the full story of his last Rugby World Cup in 2019. Owens says he was too blase about the match, turned up with the wrong attitude and what happened was his fault, not the young player's. This Is Not Soccer', a dressing down given to 22-times capped Italian player Tobias Botes who was showing dissent, is the most famous of the lot. But while Owens is candid about events that happened, for the most part this is a hugely positive book which he feels will make the reader smile - 'even bring an occasional tear to the eye', he says.