England v President's Overseas XV

England v President's Overseas XV was a 1971 rugby union match between England and a President's Overseas XV. The match was played to celebrate the centenary of the Rugby Football Union. [1] The President's Overseas XV featured players from Australia, Fiji, France, New Zealand and South Africa and was effectively a World XV. The President's Overseas XV won 28-11.

England v President's Overseas XV
Official programme
EventRugby Football Union Centenary
Date17 April 1971
VenueTwickenham Stadium, London
RefereeM Titcomb (Gloucestershire)
Attendance50,000

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.[2]

Squads

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President's Overseas

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Pos. Name Nationality
B Pierre Villepreux   France
W Stephen Knight   Australia
B Jo Maso   France
B Joggie Jansen   South Africa
W Bryan Williams   New Zealand
B Wayne Cottrell   New Zealand
B Dawie de Villiers   South Africa
F Roy Prosser   Australia
F Peter Johnson   Australia
F Hannes Marais   South Africa
F Colin Meads   New Zealand
F Frik du Preez   South Africa
F Greg Davis   Australia
F Ian Kirkpatrick   New Zealand
F Brian Lochore (captain)   New Zealand
W John Cole   Australia
B Sid Going   New Zealand
F Ron Urlich   New Zealand
F Jona Qoro   Fiji
B Roland Bertranne   France
B George Barley   Fiji
F Élie Cester   France
F Christian Carrère   France
B Ian McCallum   South Africa

Match details

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17 April 1971
England  11–28President's Overseas XV
Try: Hiller
Con: Hiller (1/1)
Pen: Hiller (2/?)
ReportTry: Kirkpatrick (2)
Marais
Williams (3)
Con: Villepreux (5/6)
Twickenham Stadium, London
Referee: M Titcomb (Gloucestershire)
Touch judge - Air Cdre G.C.Lamb CBE AFC (RAF)
Touch judge -R.F.Johnson (Kent)

See also

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Bibliography

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  • Starmer-Smith, Nigel (ed) Rugby - A Way of Life, An Illustrated History of Rugby (Lennard Books, 1986 ISBN 0-7126-2662-X) pp 106, 107 (including portrait of each player)

References

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  1. ^ Note- the RFU predates the split into rugby union and rugby league.
  2. ^ Scrum.com match summary