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

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A real character, some of his famous put-downs whilst lecturing players, such as ‘This is Not Soccer’, have become huge social media hits. 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'. A lot of people helped support me back in the day and if going public myself helps others, then that's good. His autobiography sees Owens take readers behind the scenes as he talks about what it was really like to be in the middle during some of rugby's greatest matches, reveals details of conversations with players out on the pitch, meetings with coaches and gives a string of hilarious dressing room anecdotes.

The story of the second half of Nigel’s career as one of the most famous referees in World Rugby, and one of only two Welsh refs ever to officiate at a Rugby World Cup Final. Not that I’m anything special today, let me stress, but clearly my rise in rugby refereeing has happened since then and I’m grateful for the opportunity to share the story of what's happened," says Owens.This person from a council estate in the west Wales village of Mynyddcerrig had just had these conversations with the Queen and the Duke. Nigel made history by becoming the first referee to reach the 100-Tests landmark, took charge of the 2015 World Cup final at Twickenham, officiated a record number of Six Nations games and European club finals, and was in the middle as some of the most epic matches in the sport unfolded. SagePay has multiple private links into the banking network that are completely separate from the Internet and which do not cross any publicly accessible networks.

After a run of decisions against the police they left the pitch in a huff and had to be talked into finishing the game by being threatened with eviction from the league.

Add to that the hundreds of thousands of air miles, the need to be in physical nick at least as good as the players on the pitch and one gets a picture of the rigours of refereeing.