Rugby union is a global sport, played from Alaska to Sri Lanka, with the game’s most famous venues dotted around both the northern and southern hemispheres. My book looks at those great cathedrals and more unusual grounds, in heartlands such as the Welsh valleys and historic English institutions. If you were to write a personal bucket list of rugby grounds to visit, you couldn’t go far wrong with this collection – and yet we are certain there are many more hidden gems still to uncover.