Richard Nancekivell was a Cornish

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player who competed in the Cornwall County team. He is remembered as the man who scored the winning tries in the 1991 County Rugby championships at

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when Cornwall narrowly beat

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. Nancekivell started his rugby career with Launceston (The Cornish All Blacks) along with his two brothers Roly and Eddie.Richard Nancekivell (from ''The Cornish All Blacks history'')
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Living people Cornwall RFU players English rugby union players Rugby union players from Cornwall Year of birth missing (living people) {{England-rugbyunion-bio-stub

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