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England v President's Overseas XV

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

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.

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