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’Jackie’ saw chance of a cap cruelly taken away

PETER JACKSON

England promoted another uncapped scrum-half last week, an autumn ritual dating back to a time when Britannia ruled the rugby waves. And thereby hangs a sobering tale, of ‘Jackie’ Charlton, a fully paid-up member of The Geordie Nation whom England selected but never capped. Alex Mitchell will hardly need reminding of the obstacles still to be cleared in his pursuit of Test status but having hurdled out of a losing Northampton team into a training squad, albeit a heavily depleted one, he is at least on his way.
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