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England rugby star MIKE CATT has had quite a season. With Bath RFC he has won the Pilkington Cup and was only narrowly beaten in the Courage League by Dean Richards' Leicester side, and with England he has won the Five Nations Grand Slam. In South Africa, England reached the semi- finals of the World Cup, where they were overshadowed by the dominant New Zealanders and Catt confronted the phenomenon of the tournament: Jonah Lomu.
But, results aside, it's been a dramatic season. In The Quest for the Ultimate Grand Slam, Mike Catt discusses England captain Will Carling's controversial dismissal and then re-instatement, the daunting question of professionalism hanging over Rugby Union and the mixed emotions that come with playing in the greatest tournament the game has ever known, in South Africa, the country where he was born.
This is the remarkable story of an extended rugby season, a season of highs and lows. told by the Most Promising Player of 1995. The Quest for the Ultimate Grand Slam provides a rare insight into a sport enjoying unprecedented media and public attention from a player who can genuinely say, 'I was there'.
