England v President's Overseas XV was a 1971 rugby union match between and a President's Overseas XV. The match was played to celebrate the centenary of the Rugby Football Union. Note- the RFU predates the split into rugby union and rugby league. The President's Overseas XV featured players from , , , and and was effectively a World XV. The President's Overseas XV won 28-11.
As preparation for the international match the President's XV played and won three other matches against regional selections: London, Midland & Home Counties, the North and the South & South West Counties.
The game was played at Twickenham in front of 50,000 spectators. Test caps were awarded, and Dixon and Creed earned their first caps for England in this match.Scrum.com match summary
Squads President's Overseas Pos. Name Nationality B Pierre Villepreux W Stephen Knight B Jo Maso B Joggie Jansen W Bryan Williams B Wayne Cottrell B Dawie de Villiers F Roy Prosser F Peter Johnson F Hannes Marais F Colin Meads F Frik du Preez F Greg Davis F Ian Kirkpatrick F Brian Lochore (captain) W John Cole B Sid Going F Ron Urlich F Jona Qoro B Roland Bertranne B George Barley F Élie Cester F Christian Carrère B Ian McCallum
Match details
FB 15Bob Hiller (Harlequins)RW 14Jeremy Janion (Bedford)OC 13John Spencer (c) (Headingley)IC 12David Duckham (Coventry)LW 11Peter Glover (Bath & R.A.F.)FH 10Dick Cowman (Loughborough Colleges)SH 9 Nigel Starmer-Smith (Harlequins)LP 1 Stack Stevens (Harlequins)HK 2 John Pullin (Bristol)TP 3 Fran Cotton (Loughborough Colleges)LL 4 Peter Larter (Northampton & R.A.F.)RL 5 Chris Ralston (Richmond)BF 6 Roger Creed (Coventry)OF 7 Tony Neary (Broughton Park)N8 8 Peter Dixon (Harlequins)Coach:
FB 15Pierre Villepreux RW 14Stephen Knight OC 13Jo Maso IC 12Joggie Jansen LW 11Bryan Williams FH 10Wayne Cottrell SH 9 Dawie de Villiers LP 1 Roy Prosser HK 2 Peter Johnson TP 3 Hannes Marais LL 4 Colin Meads RL 5 Frik du Preez BF 6 Greg Davis OF 7 Ian Kirkpatrick N8 8 Brian Lochore (c)Coach:
See also World XV
Bibliography Starmer-Smith, Nigel (ed) Rugby - A Way of Life, An Illustrated History of Rugby (Lennard Books, 1986 ) pp 106, 107 (including portrait of each player)
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