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50 years ago, and it’s a different world

50 years

RUGBY MATTERS - BRENDAN GALLAGHER
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IT’S funny how some things 50 years ago feel so much older than others.
The release of Band on the Run by Paul McCartney and Wings seems ancient history but memories of England’s 16-12 win over Wales at Twickenham – their only win of any sort against the Welsh between 1963 and 1980 – are fresh and vivid.
I was there for god’s sake, squashed like a sardine on the heaving South Terrace.
Or at least I thought they were. Your memory, however, can play tricks, something which is constantly underlined by viewing th...

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