Brendan Gallagher looks at some of the extraordinary rugby players - individuals from all backgrounds, nations and clubs and of differing abilities on the pitch - who answered the call in World War 1

RUGBY’S UNSUNG VC WINNERS

Strong arm: Sergeant James Turnbull

TWO of rugby’s lesser known Victoria Cross heroes – Sergeant James Turnbull from Glasgow and Private William McFadzean from Belfast –were among the 19,240 British troops killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
A durable forward with Cathra Queens Park, Turnbull was a fitness fanatic and first te...