1980 GRAND SLAM HEROES…

15 Dusty Hare (Leicester)
Took 11 Test seasons to accumulate 25 Test caps. The selectors said he was too slow – he wasn’t – but his goalkicking could be devastating and certainly coach Mike Davis always wanted him in his England teams. From farming stock and a very useful cricketer who later became Academy coach at Leicester Tigers.

14 John Carleton (Orrell)
Power packed Lancastrian who was starved of the ball for most of his England career but saw enough of the pill to claim a hat-trick in the final game against Scotland. For some reason Bill McLaren particularly enjo...

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