England v President's Overseas XV was a 1971
rugby union match between and a President's Overseas XV. The match was played to celebrate the centenary of the
Rugby Football Union
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the Sports governing body, national governing body for rugby union in England. It was founded in 1871, and was the sport's international governing body prior to the formation of what is now known as World Rugby ...
. The President's Overseas XV featured players from , , , and and was effectively a
World XV. The President's Overseas XV won 28-11.
As preparation for the international match the President's XV played and won three other matches against regional selections: London, Midland & Home Counties, the North and the South & South West Counties.
The game was played at Twickenham in front of 50,000 spectators. Test caps were awarded, and Dixon and Creed earned their first caps for England in this match.
Scrum.com match summary
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Squads
President's Overseas
Match details
See also
* World XV
Bibliography
* Starmer-Smith, Nigel (ed) ''Rugby - A Way of Life, An Illustrated History of Rugby'' (Lennard Books, 1986 ) pp 106, 107 (including portrait of each player)
References
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England national rugby union team matches
1970–71 in English rugby union
1970–71 in French rugby union
1971 in Australian rugby union
1971 in New Zealand rugby union
1971 in South African rugby union
World XV matches
April 1971 sports events in the United Kingdom