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Ravaged by war, the heroes return

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The Rugby Paper Team
2 February 2020

Brendan Gallagher looks back at the Five Nations Championship one hundred years ago

Magnificent men: Royal Flying Corps pilots had a life expectancy of 17 days

Daredevil: England wing and fighter ace Cyril Lowe,

was said to be the inspiration for Biggles

Honoured: French president Paul Deschanel meets the teams before the France-Wales match in 1920

Acentury ago Rugby Union was trying to get back to normality but there was nothing remotely normal about the 1920 Five Nations Championship on or off the field. The five competing teams were a poignant mix of those who survived Worl...

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