THAT very fine Rosslyn Park and England wing John Ranson has died, aged 88, but, despite a career that garnered nine England Test appearances, the biggest headlines of his career came in retirement many years later in Malta where he lived with his wife at Siggiewi.
Early one morning in August 2016 Ranson, below, then aged 78, fought off three armed robbers single-handedly as they tried to enter his property. He slammed the front door on the first intruder, threw his piping hot tea in the face of the second and then fought off the third would-be robber with his empty canteen-style metal tea...