Magnificent Mickey, 93, digs in for another day to cherish

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MICKY Steele-Bodger is a name to conjure with, one of those you might find in a ‘Flashman’ novel.
What the 93-year-old former England flanker has done for Cambridge University rugby is also pretty flash, with the introduction of the annual match between a Steele-Bodger XV and the Light Blues as their dress rehearsal for the Varsity
Match becoming an institution. This Wednesday is the 70th anniversary of the Steele-Bodger match, and 4,000 fans are expected at Grange Road, with the venerable founder of the match –who has missed only two of them– present.
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