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Peter Jackson: David Bishop in search of the final reckoning

Of all the Test scrum-halves in all the world, David Bishop stands apart from the rest. He is the only one to have saved a couple from drowning in a freezing river, broken his neck in a club match and done time for assault: prisoner A79816.
David Bishop playing for Wales against Australia

Of all the Test scrum-halves in all the world, David Bishop stands apart from the rest. He is the only one to have saved a couple from drowning in a freezing river, broken his neck in a club match and done time for assault: prisoner A79816.

The first, on a wintry mid-March evening, won him a bravery award for rescuing a mother and baby from the Taff in full flood.
The second took him to within ‘a millimetre’ of being paralysed for life, the third meant serving 12 months of a three-year sentence at the high-security unit of a young offenders’ prison.
All three events took place in successive...

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