England v President's Overseas XV was a 1971 rugby union match between England and a President's Overseas XV. The match was played to celebrate the centenary of the Rugby Football Union. [1] The President's Overseas XV featured players from Australia, Fiji, France, New Zealand and South Africa and was effectively a World XV. The President's Overseas XV won 28-11.
As preparation for the international match the President's XV played and won three other matches against regional selections: London, Midland & Home Counties, the North and the South & South West Counties.
The game was played at Twickenham in front of 50,000 spectators. Test caps were awarded, and Dixon and Creed earned their first caps for England in this match.[2]
Starmer-Smith, Nigel (ed) Rugby - A Way of Life, An Illustrated History of Rugby (Lennard Books, 1986 ISBN0-7126-2662-X) pp 106, 107 (including portrait of each player)
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^Note- the RFU predates the split into rugby union and rugby league.
england, president, overseas, 1971, rugby, union, match, between, england, president, overseas, match, played, celebrate, centenary, rugby, football, union, president, overseas, featured, players, from, australia, fiji, france, zealand, south, africa, effectiv. England v President s Overseas XV was a 1971 rugby union match between England and a President s Overseas XV The match was played to celebrate the centenary of the Rugby Football Union 1 The President s Overseas XV featured players from Australia Fiji France New Zealand and South Africa and was effectively a World XV The President s Overseas XV won 28 11 England v President s Overseas XVOfficial programmeEventRugby Football Union CentenaryEngland President s Overseas XV11 28Date17 April 1971VenueTwickenham Stadium LondonRefereeM Titcomb Gloucestershire Attendance50 000 As preparation for the international match the President s XV played and won three other matches against regional selections London Midland amp Home Counties the North and the South amp South West Counties The game was played at Twickenham in front of 50 000 spectators Test caps were awarded and Dixon and Creed earned their first caps for England in this match 2 Contents 1 Squads 1 1 President s Overseas 2 Match details 3 See also 4 Bibliography 5 ReferencesSquads editPresident s Overseas edit Pos Name Nationality B Pierre Villepreux nbsp France W Stephen Knight nbsp Australia B Jo Maso nbsp France B Joggie Jansen nbsp South Africa W Bryan Williams nbsp New Zealand B Wayne Cottrell nbsp New Zealand B Dawie de Villiers nbsp South Africa F Roy Prosser nbsp Australia F Peter Johnson nbsp Australia F Hannes Marais nbsp South Africa F Colin Meads nbsp New Zealand F Frik du Preez nbsp South Africa F Greg Davis nbsp Australia F Ian Kirkpatrick nbsp New Zealand F Brian Lochore captain nbsp New Zealand W John Cole nbsp Australia B Sid Going nbsp New Zealand F Ron Urlich nbsp New Zealand F Jona Qoro nbsp Fiji B Roland Bertranne nbsp France B George Barley nbsp Fiji F Elie Cester nbsp France F Christian Carrere nbsp France B Ian McCallum nbsp South AfricaMatch details edit17 April 1971England nbsp 11 28President s Overseas XVTry HillerCon Hiller 1 1 Pen Hiller 2 ReportTry Kirkpatrick 2 Marais Williams 3 Con Villepreux 5 6 Twickenham Stadium London Referee M Titcomb Gloucestershire Touch judge Air Cdre G C Lamb CBE AFC RAF Touch judge R F Johnson Kent nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp England nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp President s Overseas FB 15 Bob Hiller Harlequins RW 14 Jeremy Janion Bedford OC 13 John Spencer c Headingley IC 12 David Duckham Coventry LW 11 Peter Glover Bath amp R A F FH 10 Dick Cowman Loughborough Colleges SH 9 Nigel Starmer Smith Harlequins LP 1 Stack Stevens Harlequins HK 2 John Pullin Bristol TP 3 Fran Cotton Loughborough Colleges LL 4 Peter Larter Northampton amp R A F RL 5 Chris Ralston Richmond BF 6 Roger Creed Coventry OF 7 Tony Neary Broughton Park N8 8 Peter Dixon Harlequins Coach nbsp FB 15 Pierre Villepreux RW 14 Stephen Knight OC 13 Jo Maso IC 12 Joggie Jansen LW 11 Bryan Williams FH 10 Wayne Cottrell SH 9 Dawie de Villiers LP 1 Roy Prosser HK 2 Peter Johnson TP 3 Hannes Marais LL 4 Colin Meads RL 5 Frik du Preez BF 6 Greg Davis OF 7 Ian Kirkpatrick N8 8 Brian Lochore c Coach nbsp See also edit World XV Bibliography edit Starmer Smith Nigel ed Rugby A Way of Life An Illustrated History of Rugby Lennard Books 1986 ISBN 0 7126 2662 X pp 106 107 including portrait of each player References edit Note the RFU predates the split into rugby union and rugby league Scrum com match summary Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title England v President 27s Overseas XV amp oldid 1191864727, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
