Lionheart (ebook)

Argumento de Lionheart (ebook)

The true story of a modern rugby warrior

If it was ever going to happen, it would have happened then.

I had just helped the British and Irish Lions win a Test series in Australia, my tackle had crumpled their key player, and a picture of me celebrating with James Bond actor Daniel Craig, had been beamed around the world. It was my moment in the sun.

But it didnt happen that night, or the next. Just as it didnt happen after I won my first cap for Wales in 2006.

All my life Ive been waiting for the phone to ring and for the bloke on the other end to tell me he was my dad. I dont know who he is or where he is. I dont know if hes still alive, or whether he even knows about me. The only certainty is that if the phone rang and he wanted to meet me, Id agree.

After that, I dont know. A handshake maybe an awkward conversation. After which, Ive no idea. Maybe Id thump him for all the grief and struggle hed caused Sibs. Who knows?

My mother never really talked about my father and I never really asked. Growing up, thats just the way it was. It wasnt discussed. Sometimes I used to imagine the phone at home might ring and hed be on the other end, with some kind of explanation. But the call never came.

Richard Hibbard started his rugby career at Taibach and Aberavon Quins before playing for the Wizards. A hugely physical player, he played rugby league for Aberavon Fighting Irish before moving to Swansea and later Ospreys, where he won the prestigious Patron's Player of the Year award 2005?2006 season. Since his first call up to the Wales National Squad in 2006, he has won 23 caps and was part of the victorious British & Irish Lions squad during the 2013 tour of Australia.0