England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
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Dick Greenwood
John Richard Heaton Greenwood, (born 11 September 1940) is an English former rugby union player and coach. A flanker, he played for Waterloo, Cambridge University, Lancashire and . He later coached Preston Grasshoppers and England.
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Steve Bainbridge
Stephen Bainbridge (born 7 October 1956) is a former international rugby union player. In 1983 he toured with the British and Irish Lions on their tour to New Zealand and in the 1987 Rugby World Cup. He played amongst other teams for club rug ...
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Bryan Barley
Bryan Barley was a former England international rugby union centre.
He was educated at Normanton Grammar School and Leeds University where he studied economics and mathematics.
He joined Wakefield RFCin 1978 converting thirteen of Wakefield' ...
Maurice Colclough
Maurice John Colclough (2 September 1953 – 27 January 2006) was an international rugby union player. He was selected for the 1980 British Lions tour to South Africa and the 1983 British Lions tour to New Zealand, playing in all four inte ...
Les Cusworth
Les Cusworth (born 31 July 1954) is a former English rugby union footballer and current Argentine Director of Rugby.
Education
He was educated at Normanton Grammar School and the West Midlands College of Education, a teacher training college ( ...
Dusty Hare
William Henry "Dusty" Hare (born 29 November 1952) is a former international rugby union footballer who played fullback.
Hare holds the world record for points scored in a first-class rugby career, with 7,337 points.
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John Scott John Scott may refer to:
Academics
* John Scott (1639–1695), English clergyman and devotional writer
* John Witherspoon Scott (1800–1892), American minister, college president, and father of First Lady Caroline Harrison
* John Work Scott (180 ...
Peter Winterbottom
Peter James Winterbottom (born 31 May 1960 in Otley, West Yorkshire), is a former England rugby union footballer who played as an openside flanker. He was England's most-capped openside (with 58 caps) until being overtaken by Neil Back in 20 ...
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Clive Woodward
Sir Clive Ronald Woodward (born 6 January 1956) is an English former rugby union player and coach. He was coach of the team from 1997 to 2004, managing them to victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He also coached the 2005 British & Irish Lions ...
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
Serge Blanco
Serge Blanco (born 31 August 1958) is a former rugby union footballer who played fullback for Biarritz Olympique and the French national side, gaining 93 caps, 81 of them at fullback. His alternative position was wing. He was generally nicknamed ...
Jean Condom
Jean Condom (born 15 August 1960 in Saint-André-de-Seignanx) is a retired France, French international rugby union player. He played as a lock.
He played for Boucau, from 1980/81 to 1985/86, for Biarritz Olympique, from 1986/87 to 1995/96. His ...
Daniel Dubroca
Daniel Dubroca (born 25 April 1954) is a former French national rugby union player and coach. He played as a prop and as a hooker.
Biography
Dubroca was born at Aiguillon.
He played all his career at SU Agen, starting at 1969/70. He was promote ...
Patrick Estève Patrick Estève (born Lavelanet, 14 February 1959) is a former French rugby union player and a current coach. He played as wing. He was nicknamed ''TGV''.
He first played at Carcassonne, which he joined in 1964, aged only 5 years old, and would joi ...
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Jérôme Gallion
Jérôme Gallion (born 4 April 1955, in Toulon) is a retired French international rugby union scrum half for RC Toulonnais. He is now a dental surgeon.Jean-Pierre Garuet-Lempirou
Jean-Pierre Garuet-Lempirou (born 15 June 1953) is a former French international rugby union player. He played as a prop for FC Lourdes.
Jean-Luc Joinel
Jean-Luc Joinel (born September 21, 1953, in Saint-Vincent-de-Cosse) is a retired French international rugby union player. He played as a Flanker for CA Brive.
He earned his first cap with the French national team on 11 November 1977 against Ne ...
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Patrice Lagisquet
Patrice Lagisquet (born 4 September 1962) is a former French rugby union footballer and a current coach. He played as a wing. He was nicknamed "The Bayonne Express".
Lagisquet was born in Arcachon. He first played at U.A. Gujan-Mestras, until mo ...
Laurent Rodriguez
Laurent Rodriguez (born 25 June 1960) is a retired French rugby player.
He made his international debut for France on 5 July 1981 in a test against Australia. Rodriguez was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, where France was runners-up to New ...
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Philippe Sella Philippe Sella (born 14 February 1962, in Tonneins) is French former rugby union player. He started as a rugby league junior in his home town before switching to rugby union. As a former French rugby union player, he held the record for most intern ...
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
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Willie John McBride
William James McBride, CBE, better known as Willie John McBride (born 6 June 1940) is a former rugby union footballer who played as a Lock (rugby union), lock for Ireland national rugby union team, Ireland and the British and Irish Lions. He pla ...
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Ollie Campbell
Seamus Oliver Campbell (born 5 March 1954) is an Irish former rugby union player. He played flyhalf for Ireland national rugby union team, Ireland from 1976 to 1984. He is most well known for his role in orchestrating Ireland's Triple Crown vict ...
Keith Crossan
Keith Crossan (born 29 December 1959 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a former Irish rugby union international player who played for the Irish national rugby union team. He played as a winger.
He played for the Ireland team from 1982 to 1992, win ...
Willie Duggan
William Patrick Duggan (12 March 1950 – 28 August 2017) was an Irish international rugby union player. He won 41 Irish caps, the first in 1975 and finished his international career in 1984 as captain. He toured New Zealand in 1977 with the Br ...
Ciaran Fitzgerald
Ciaran Fitzgerald (born 4 June 1952) is an Irish former rugby union player. He captained Ireland to the Triple Crown in 1982 and 1985, and the Five Nations Championship in 1983. Fitzgerald also captained the Lions on their 1983 tour. After t ...
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Des Fitzgerald
Desmond Fitzgerald (born 20 December 1957 in Dublin) is a former Irish rugby union international player who played for the Irish national rugby union team. He played as a prop forward.
He played for the Ireland team from 1984 to 1992, winning 34 ...
Moss Keane
Maurice Ignatius "Moss" Keane (27 July 1948 – 5 October 2010) was a Gaelic footballer and a rugby union footballer who played for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions.
Life and career
Born at Currow in County Kerry, Keane started out as a ...
Donal Lenihan
Donal Gerard Lenihan (born 12 September 1959) is a retired Irish rugby union player. He appears regularly as a co-commentator on TV and radio for rugby matches and writes for the Irish Examiner. He also works as a financial consultant in Cork. ...
Robbie McGrath
Robbie McGrath (born 18 July 1951) is a former Irish international rugby union player. His playing position was as scrum-half.
McGrath played schools rugby for Newbridge College before joining Wanderers Football Club.
McGrath was capped 17 ...
Fergus Slattery
John Fergus Slattery (born 12 February 1949 in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland) is a former rugby union player who represented Ireland. He played schools rugby for Blackrock College and then moved on to play senior rugby for UCD, before earning a call ...
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...
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Jim Telfer
James Telfer (born 17 March 1940) is a Scottish former rugby union coach and player. As a player, he won 21 international caps in the amateur era, also having a career as a headmaster at Hawick High School and Galashiels Academy and Forrester H ...
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Jim Aitken
Jim Aitken (born 22 November 1947) is a British businessman and former Scotland national rugby union team, Scotland international rugby union player. His regular playing position was Prop.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Aitken played for h ...
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Roger Baird
Roger Baird (born 12 April 1960 in Kelso, Scotland) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Baird attended St. Mary's School, Melrose and Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh. Both schools ...
Bill Cuthbertson
William Cuthbertson (born 6 December 1949) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He won twenty one caps for Scotland playing as a lock.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
In 1980 he played club rugby for Kilmarnock RFC. He wen ...
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Colin Deans
Colin Thomas Deans (born 3 May 1955) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He was born in Hawick in the Scottish borders. He played for Hawick Trades and then Hawick.Bath, p133 His nickname w ...
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Peter Dods
Peter Dods (born 6 January 1958) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. His regular playing position was Fullback.
Rugby union career
Amateur career
Dods played for Gala at fullback.
Provincial career
Dods was capped by Sou ...
Euan Kennedy
Euan Kennedy (born 30 July 1954 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played for Watsonians.
Provincial career
He played for Edinburgh District; and was part of t ...
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Roy Laidlaw
Roy James Laidlaw (born 5 October 1953) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.Bath, pp145, 146
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Much of his domestic rugby was played with Jed-Forest RFC, who were in the Scottish Second Divi ...
Iain Milne
Iain Milne (born 17 June 1956 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a former Scotland international rugby union player and British & Irish Lion.Bath, p149
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh, he played prop ...
Iain Paxton
Iain Angus McLeod Paxton (born 29 December 1957) is a Scottish former rugby union player. He won 36 caps for Scotland at number eight and lock between 1981 and 1988, scoring a total of five tries.Bath, p153 He also won four caps for the Brit ...
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
Malcolm Dacey
Malcolm Dacey (born 12 July 1960 in Swansea) is a former Wales international rugby union player who attained 15 international caps. An outside-half, he played club rugby for Swansea RFC.
Dacey made an appearance for the British & Irish Lions, co ...
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Howell Davies Howell Davies may refer to:
* Howell Davies (politician) (1851–1932), British leather merchant and Liberal politician
* Howell Davies (rugby) (1885–1961), Welsh rugby union hooker and rugby league footballer
* Howell Davies (rugby union, bor ...
Adrian Hadley
Adrian Michael Hadley (born 1 March 1963) is a Welsh former dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coached rugby union in the 1990s and 2000s. He played representative ...
Rhys Morgan
Rhys Morgan (born 1994) is a consumer watchdog, science activist, and health blogger from Wales who first received acclaim in 2010 when, at the age of 15, he played a key role in raising awareness of the health risks of Miracle Mineral Supple ...
Bob Norster
Robert Leonard "Bob" Norster (born 23 June 1957) is a former Welsh international rugby union player. He was selected for the 1983 British Lions tour to New Zealand and the 1989 British Lions tour to Australia
In 1989, the British Lions tour ...
Mark Titley
Mark Titley is a former international Wales national rugby union team, Wales rugby union player. A winger, he played his club rugby for London Welsh RFC, Bridgend RFC and Swansea RFC. He was best known for his spell with Swansea where he scored 1 ...