Tough. Uncompromising. A ferocious flanker. A player nicknamed 'Beasterby'. A man who has a reputation for body-on-the-line rugby as many an opponent has found out to his cost and as the injuries he's suffered himself testify. Simon Easterby is Ireland's most capped flanker, who also captained the Scarlets Welsh region for five consecutive seasons.

• 1 - Which Country?
• 2 - A Yorkshire Boyhood
• 3 - The Doyles of Dublin
• 4 - The Easterbys of Yorkshire
• 5 - Prayers and Black Eyes
• 6 - Faith and Failings
• 7 - Aborigines, the Barmy Army and a Mail Room
• 8 - Bricks, Contracts and some Nudity
• 9 - A New Country
• 10 - A Scarlet Life and Some Traditions
• 11 - Clubs, Caps and Achilles’ Heels
• 12 - Tigers and Benefactors
• 13 - Captain Scarlet and Some Exits
• 14 - Ireland! Ireland!
• 15 - With Ireland on the World Stage
• 16 - British and Irish
• 17 - A Tale of Two Stadiums
• 18 - Old Roots and New Shoots
• Pictures