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Farewell to Nick, the prop who changed face of rugby

THE Grim Reaper took his usual toll during the year, a list of the noble and the notorious headed by a larger-than-life character who changed the course of the game.
Sixty years after his birth, shortly after his parents migrated from Lebanon to Sydney, Sir Nicholas (‘Call me Nick’) Shehadie moved decisively to pre-empt the hijacking of international rugby by independent promoters. As president of the Australian Rugby Union, he knew far more than his counterparts in Britain and Ireland most of whom were blissful in their ignorance.
Along with a member of the NZRFU, Dick Littlejo...

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