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Mick Cleary: Vincent Moscato

A suspension for head-butting leads to a career in boxing for Vincent and a nervy interview for me

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John Griffiths: Five Nations memories of Dewi Bebb

My favourite player, for Wales and the British Lions

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Huw S. Thomas: Ray Gravell

Ray Gravell's kindness to an apprehensive and inexperienced traveller to the 1987 World Cup

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Rob Wildman: Dusty Hare

Memories of The Midlands v. the All Blacks in 1983 and of finding Dusty the farmer

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Paul Trow: Pascal Ondarts

Pascal charmingly explains his previous refusal to be interviewed

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Drew Ridley-Siegert: Jonah Lomu

Memories of Jonah Lomu v. Tonga in the 1999 World Cup, and of the man himself

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The Observer Team returning from 2003 RWC World Cup. Made for the Observer Xmas party invitation that year – with Eddie Butler and Kevin Mitchell

Michael Aylwin: David Campese

Memories of Campese v. The Barbarians in 1988 and v. England in the 1991 World Cup Final, and of meeting and playing with him

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Neil Highfield: Paul Ringer - as a singer

Paul takes action to make himself heard

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Mike Pearce: Brian Moore

Not the man he seemed while playing against Wales and France

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Mike Pearce: meeting Gerald Davies

Memories of Gerald playing for Wales and the British Lions, and of the man himself

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