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Aching bones forces ageless Purdy to call time

By NEALE HARVEY

Basildon hero: Micky Purdy

ESSEX rugby legend Micky Purdy will scrum down no more after playing his last league game for Basildon RFC at the grand old age of 70.
Former boxer Purdy started playing for Basildon in 1968. The pugilistic pensioner’s love of rugby meant he kept going strong in the No.8 jersey despite two years ago being diagnosed with a lung condition, pulmonary hypertension.
But aching bones had the final say and after turning out for Basildon’s third team against Kings Cross Steelers last Saturday in a Shepherd Neame Essex Merit League Division 6...

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