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Peter Jackson: And finally, George Ford puts his nemesis to the sword

During a rare moment of solitude since last weekend, George Ford might have found his mind drifting back to an ancient Italian city and a sunny summer Sunday of long ago.
George Ford against All Blacks last week

During a rare moment of solitude since last weekend, George Ford might have found his mind drifting back to an ancient Italian city and a sunny summer Sunday of long ago.

The date: June 26, 2011. The place: Stadio Plebiscito, Padua. The occasion: The Junior World Cup final. The result: New Zealand 33, England 22.
For the teenaged Lancastrian from Oldham, the journey of a lifetime started there, an odyssey of adventure and misadventure which ended back at home with Twickenham rising as one in thunderous acclamation of England’s ringmaster.
At last, Ford had laid the ghost of the All Blacks a...

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