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Thu 03 Mar 2003Dallaglio draws on his past experience
Keith Duggan talks to the England veteran, who is back in the side and playing like a man reborn
This is where Laurence Dallaglio finds himself. In front of a cigar cabinet, explaining why after all these years, the next game is definitely the most exciting. It seems like yesterday since Dallaglio epitomised the promise all of the tomorrow's that England rugby ever dreamt of, a chiselled, majestic figure stamping out the neuroses of the Red Rose game as he burst for new gains game after game. Not so long ago, Laurence Dallaglio was at the cutting edge but in sport, seasons pass in seconds and now he is a paternal figure among England's new wave. He has attained that most dreaded of titles: veteran. And life has never been better.
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