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@No rugby regrets for the man of steel who beat the odds to walk again

BRENDAN GALLAGHER speaks to England centre Danny Hearn 50 years on from breaking his neck

RUGBY can be a game of inches in so many senses, not least 50 years ago this Saturday when Danny Hearn moved in to tackle burly New Zealand centre Ian McRae at Welford Road. As play moved on Hearn lay eerily motionless, his life forever changed.
Hearn was playing for the Midlands & Home Counties and after the game the England selectors were to announce the England team to play the All Blacks the following Saturday. McRae was famed for his crash ball runs – he was one of the earliest and best ...

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