Brendan Gallagher

Brendan is a jack of all trades, who has covered 45 sports in over 50 countries over the last 47 years, majoring in rugby, cycling, athletics, sailing, basketball and all things Olympics.

Ten Rugby World Cups, 11 Tour de France, six Commonwealth Games, six Olympics.

He has also ghosted over 100 sports stars and one day, if he can find a suitable sponsor, will invite them all to lunch!

Started with the South Westerner, the newspaper at Exeter University in 1978, and learnt the business in earnest at the East Grinstead Courier in pre-computer/dictaphone days before spells at the South Wales Argus, South Wales Echo, Hayters Sports Agency and the Daily Telegraph.

Author of official histories of the Rugby World Cup, the Giro D'Italia, Great Britain's participation at the Olympics and part author of the history of Leander Rowing Club and the history of Cambridge University rugby.

Brendan has ghosted biographies of Brian O'Driscoll, Nicole Cooke, Brad Wiggins and David Bishop and wrote a spoof biography of Britain's comic books heroes Alf Tupper the tough of the track, Roy of the Rovers and Wilson of the Wizard.

Hoping to keep going in some capacity until Italy win the Grand Slam or GB takes the America’s Cup, whichever comes sooner…