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Barnes and Smart opted for England in a good way

THE question of allegiance to one country rather than another has raised its ugly head again with Gary Graham’s double defection, from Scotland to England and back again.
In the amateur era, Wales picked a pair of English players in their squad before and after their celebrated team of the Seventies had run its course. Stuart Barnes had captained Wales as a schoolboy and Colin Smart had appeared for Wales as a student.
Both were playing for Newport at the time and both qualified, albeit by residence. The similarity also extended to their reaction at being asked to throw their lot in w...

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