RUGBY MATTERS

Bolters seem to be less common in top rugby these days but as teams finalise their World Cup squads the experience of the late Peter Dixon should be borne in mind. Sometimes a punt comes off.
Dixon, below, whose death at the age of 79 was announced earlier this week, was uncapped by England in the spring of 1971 when Carwyn James announced him in his Lions squad to tour New Zealand.

More than that James promptly started Dixon at blindside flanker in three of the four Tests – the win in Dunedin, defeat in Christchurch and the drawn fourth Test in Auckland.

The proud Cumbri...