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Jeremy Paul Aubrey George Janion (born ) was a
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who represented
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in twelve matches between 1971 and 1975. Janion was educated at
St. Edmund's College, Ware St Edmund's College is a coeducational independent day and boarding school in the British public school tradition, set in in Ware, Hertfordshire. Founded in 1568 as a seminary, then a boys' school, it is the oldest continuously operating and ...
. He played for Saffron Walden,
Bedford Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population of the Bedford built-up area (including Biddenham and Kempston) was 106,940, making it the second-largest settlement in Bedfordshire, behind Luton, whilst ...
and London Counties before beginning his test career with an appearance for England U-25s against
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in 1970. He later left Bedford for
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from where he won the last of his England caps. He was a member of the Richmond team that won the
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in 1974 and then played for Eastern Counties in the 1975
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final.


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1946 births Living people Bedford Blues players England international rugby union players English rugby union players People educated at St Edmund's College, Ware Richmond F.C. players Rugby union players from Hertfordshire People from Bishop's Stortford Rugby union wings {{England-rugbyunion-bio-stub