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2002 Phil De Glanville |
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Phil de Glanville or “Hollywood to his mates! Phil played his
senior rugby for Bath RFC playing 189 times and notching up
250 points. During his 12 years at Bath he captained them to
a league and cup double in 1989. His international career with
England spanned 7 years with 38 appearances and 40 points.
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2003
Jeff Probyn |
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Jeff Probyn or Pot Belly Bagpus as he is known in Hong Kong,
The Askeans, Streatham and Wasps prop was selected in England's
squad for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, but Probyn did not make
his international debut until 1988, at the age of 31, against
France. Left out of the 1993 Lions squad which toured New Zealand,
Probyn toured South Africa with a World XV in 1989, and was
a member of the Wasps FC side which won the English Courage
league in 1990. Along with Stuart Barnes, Wade Dooley, Mike
Teague, Peter Winterbottom and Jon Webb, Probyn wore the England
shirt for the last time in a 17-3 defeat by Ireland at Lansdowne
Road in 1993. In total, he won 37 caps for England and scored
3 tries.
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2004
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John Bentley
or “Bentos” to his mates. Originally a Union player, he made
his England debut against Ireland in 1988 aged 21 and played
on the summer tour against Australia.After training as a policeman
he then turned his back on Union which was then an amateur-only
game, and played professional rugby league. He played for Great
Britain at league and signed for Leeds, before moving on to
Halifax, as well as enjoying a short spell in Australia with
Balmain Tigers.
When Rugby Union turned professional, he signed for Union side
Newcastle Falcons in 1996, helping the side to their first and
so far only Premiership title. He was then selected for the
1997 British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa, where he
played in the second Test, playing opposite James Small.After
the tour he played twice more for England at Rugby Union before
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2005
Joe Bugner |
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He
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2007
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Gavin Hastings OBE (born 3 January 1962) is a former Scotland
rugby union player. He is frequently considered one of the best,
if not the best, rugby player to come out of Scotland.His nickname
is "Big Gav".
Hastings
was born in Edinburgh. He has played for Watsonians, London
Scottish, Cambridge University, Scotland and the British and
Irish Lions and was one of the outstanding rugby union players
of his generation, winning 61 caps for Scotland, 20 of which
as captain. He played fullback, and captained the Lions on
the tour to New Zealand in 1993 (after playing in all three
tests in the 1989 tour to Australia).
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John
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2008 Tim
Stimpson |
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Stimpson was educated at Silcoates School, Wakefield. In 1992,
he went to the University of Durham, where he studied anthropology
at Grey College, graduating in 1995.
He
went on the 1997 British Lions tour to South Africa and would
have played in the tests as first choice full back were it
not for the better goal-kicking of Neil Jenkins that would
be crucial to the Lions' series victory.
He
fell out with Newcastle's management and Rob Andrew, during
the 1997–98 season and did not make many appearances for them,
signing at the end of the year for Leicester Tigers. After
the retirement of Joel Stransky he became Leicester Tigers'
principal goalkicker.
In 2003 he was rumoured to be linked to French club Perpignan
despite having time left on his contract at Leicester. Despite
initial denials from Tigers' management, he did sign and moved
to France after the 2003 World Cup, Tigers releasing him from
his contract. However, he failed to play for Perpignan and
in 2004 returned to England to play for Leeds Tykes. He decided
to retire from playing for Leeds Tykes to pursue a career
in coaching in January 2006. In the summer of 2006 his services
were used by Nottingham Rugby Club, where he presently holds
a part time coaching role.
Stimpson won a record five consecutive Premiership titles
with Newcastle Falcons and Leicester Tigers. |
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2009
Paul Wallace |
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During his rugby playing career Paul played with UCC, Munster,
Blackrock College RFC, before moving to professional club, Saracens
whom he played with from 1996 to 2001 before returning Leinster
in 2001. He played at international level with Ireland and the
British and Irish Lions, representing Ireland at junior levels
before making his full international debut against Japan in
the 1995 Rugby World Cup in Bloemfontein to play along side
his brother Richard. He went on to win 46 caps for Ireland between
1995 and 2002 His final match for Ireland was against Georgia
in a world cup qualifier at Lansdowne Road in September 2002.
Wallace was chosen as a late replacement for Peter Clohessy
to tour South Africa with the 1997 British and Irish Lions.
He became one of only five members of the tour who played the
full duration of all three tests. Paul was a very influential
player in the winning of the series, facing Os du Randt in the
scrum and was subsequently described by captain, Martin Johnson,
as; "My player of the series" with tour manager Fran
Cotton regarding him as the cornerstone of the Lions scrum.
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2010 George "Dodie"
Weir |
George
Weir started playing rugby for Stewarts Melville RFC, his former
school, in Edinburgh. He studies at the Scottish Agricultural
College as a HND student from 1988-1991 . He moved to Melrose
RFC in the Borders and was part of the team that won six Scottish
club championships. Doddie was first capped for Scotland against
Argentina in 1990. He suffered a horrific knee injury as a result
of foul play while playing for the British Lions against Mpumalanga
Province in the 1997 South African tour. Doddie has won 61 Scottish
caps and played for Newcastle Falcons. He finished his playing
career together with Gary Armstrong at The Borders in 2004. |
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2011 James Forrester |
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James Forrester
is a former English rugby union player who played at number
eight for Gloucester Rugby.
Having played for England U21 he made his England A debut against
Wales in Bristol during 2002 and in June of that year also played
for an England XV against the Barbarians at Twickenham, scoring
a memorable 65 metre try and outstripping Jonah Lomu in the
process.
He
was also capped by the England Sevens squad in 2002, playing
in the opening World Series tournament in Dubai and two others
and was man of the match with two tries, when England A thrashed
Scotland 78–6 in March 2003.
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2011 Gareth Chilcott |
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Gareth"Coochie" Chilcott is a former rugby union player, who played at prop for Bath and
England.
He made his England debut against Australia in 1984. He toured with the Lions in Australia in 1989, together with Andy Robinson and
Jeremy Guscott.
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