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RFU president wanted to walk out when Burton got his marching orders

Sent off: Mike Burton

MIKE Burton was no angel but the RFU were very supportive of their prop when he became the first England player to be sent off after just three minutes in the socalled Battle of Ballymore in 1975.
Fran Cotton, injured and unavailable for the game, paints the picture after he had gone down to comfort Burton.
“As I put an arm around Mike the door burst open and in marched Ken Chapman who was the RFU president, the tour manager Alec Lewis and the coach John Burgess. They directed their anger at the ARU, not at Burton at all and Ken was absolutely fuming, threaten...

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