BRENDAN GALLAGHER
RUGBY MATTERS

A weekly look at the game’s other talking points

Entertainers: Bob Demming, left, and Ralph Knibbs

OCTOBER has been designated Black History month and today we conclude our contribution to that initiative with a look at a handful of stunning black players who adorned English rugby in the 1970s and 80s. Some could - and at least one should - have been picked for the national team before Chris Oti’s high profile selection in 1988 when he produced a MOM performance against Ireland.
Oti you will recall was the first black player England had sel...