Cult figure Seb inspired the outstanding 1964 Sevens team

Simply the best: King’s triumphant team at Rosslyn Park in 1964

THE late, great, Geoff Dodds – talent spotter extraordinaire and ever present helping out at the Rosslyn Park Sevens from the 60s to shortly before his death in 2007 – never hesitated when I quizzed him in the bar afterwards as to the best schoolboy Seven he had ever seen.
I was expecting perhaps the name of Gareth Edwards’ Millfield, or Terry Price’s Llanelli GS or maybe Lawrence Dallaglio’s double-winning Ampleforth. Or perhaps one of that great clutch of teams of the 70s such ...

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