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Brendan Gallagher: 30 years on from Matt Gallagher’s special day

There’s been a lot going on recently in the rugby world, but it would be remiss not to pause awhile to pay tribute to Birmingham & Solihull and Coventry centre Matt Gallagher, who recently succumbed to MND aged 59, another of the rugby family to fall foul of that cursed disease.
Matt Gallagher, who succumbed to MND at the age of 59

There’s been a lot going on recently in the rugby world, but it would be remiss not to pause awhile to pay tribute to Birmingham & Solihull and Coventry centre Matt Gallagher, who recently succumbed to MND aged 59, another of the rugby family to fall foul of that cursed disease.

Like others similarly struck down, Gallagher faced MND headlong with great courage and, as far as is possible in such distressing circumstances, turned a negative into a positive by embarking on an extraordinary quickfire and determined fund raising spree with the help of family and friends and colleagues from all...

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