Giant killers: Duncan Roke, of the National League XV, on the attack against the Springboks in 2000
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BRENDAN Gallagher’s recent articles on the two northern selections beating the All Blacks in the 1970s, followed by his piece last week on a combined English National League team’s victory over the Springboks in 2000, confirms what many of us who have played in places like NZ have always suspected; that the RFU fail to appreciate the quantity of talent right through English rugby.
Or, if they do know that such talent exists, they do nothing about it for ...