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Young Wallabies ‘were couple of classes above ‘

Playing the 1977-78 Australian Schools XV was both a privilege and a nightmare as former England scrum-half Nick Youngs – father of Ben and Tom – recalls. All those years ago Nick was at Gresham ‘s School and as a successful member of the England Schools team the previous year had been earmarked to skipper England ‘s finest against the all-conquering Aussies.
The match was much anticipated, and 20,000 tickets had been sold at Twickenham in advance with a huge walk-up expected for the game – but come the day an extraordinary freezing fog descended on southern En...

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