Dibble and Joyce were stars that rugby lost

PETER JACKSON
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW

Hero: Andy Dibble wears the 1988 Littlewoods Cup on his head after Luton beat Arsenal and he saved a penalty. Inset: Warren Joyce

One was the best line- out forward Wales never had, the other an English centre with the potential to have out-goaled Jonny Wilkinson and
Owen Farrell.
One grew up in a corner of East Wales inhabited by some of the grizzliest old Lions in captivity, the other in the Rugby League heartland centred around St Helens. Their paths crossed at Twickenham on a Wednesday afternoon almost 40 years ago, on the occasion of an U1...

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