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Richard Sharp, ever the gentleman player

Hero: Richard Sharp in action and, top right, after his starring role against Scotland in 1963
PICTURES: Alamy

RICHARD Sharp, who died this week at 87, was etched into the folklore of English rugby when he scored a brilliant captain’s try against Scotland at Twickenham to clinch the Five Nations title in 1963.
Sharp was a fly-half who seemed to glide through gaps and past defenders with a combination of grace and speed, and it was captured for posterity in the black-and-white newsreels of the match as he sliced the Scottish defence open with three sidesteps and two dummi...

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