England v President's Overseas XV

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 XV
Programme for the President's Overseas XV match played in 1971
EventRugby Football Union Centenary
England President's Overseas XV
11 28
Date17 April 1971
VenueTwickenham Stadium, London
RefereeM 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 & Home Counties, the North and the South & South West Counties.

The match

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]

17 April 1971
England  11–28 President's Overseas XV
Try: Hiller
Con: Hiller (1/1)
Pen: Hiller (2/?)
 Report Try: 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)

England XV
FB15Bob Hiller (Harlequins)
RW14Jeremy Janion (Bedford)
OC13John Spencer (c) (Headingley)
IC12David Duckham (Coventry)
LW11Peter Glover (Bath & R.A.F.)
FH10Dick Cowman (Loughborough Colleges)
SH9Nigel Starmer-Smith (Harlequins)
LP1Brian Stevens (Harlequins)
HK2John Pullin (Bristol)
TP3Fran Cotton (Loughborough Colleges)
LL4Peter Larter (Northampton & R.A.F.)
RL5Chris Ralston (Richmond)
BF6Roger Creed (Coventry)
OF7Tony Neary (Broughton Park)
N88Peter Dixon (Harlequins)

England Replacements: Andy Johnson (Northampton); Jacko Page (Bedford); Rodney Webb (Coventry); Ian Wright (Northampton); Jim Broderick (Coventry); Charlie Hannaford (Bristol)

President's Overseas XV
FB15Pierre Villepreux, ( France)
RW14Stephen Knight, ( Australia)
OC13Jo Maso, ( France)
IC12Joggie Jansen, ( South Africa)
LW11Bryan Williams, ( New Zealand)
FH10Wayne Cottrell, ( New Zealand)
SH9Dawie de Villiers, ( South Africa)
LP1Roy Prosser, ( Australia)
HK2Peter Johnson, ( Australia)
TP3Hannes Marais, ( South Africa)
LL4Colin Meads, ( New Zealand)
RL5Frik du Preez, ( South Africa)
BF6Greg Davis, ( Australia)
OF7Ian Kirkpatrick, ( New Zealand)
N88Brian Lochore, ( New Zealand) (captain)

Replacements: 16. John Cole ( Australia), 17. Sid Going ( New Zealand), 18. Ron Urlich ( New Zealand), 19. Jona Qoro, ( Fiji)

The full touring squad also included:

References
  • 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)
  1. Note- the RFU predates the split into rugby union and rugby league.
  2. Scrum.com match summary

See also
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