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Government and public condemnation forced rugby body to apologise and vow never to play in the country while apartheid laws remained
Ronnie Dawson
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Irishman was the only captain to lead the Lions to victory over All Blacks at Eden Park
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Gatland names 37-man squad on Wednesday with plenty of home players in contention
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I say it every year. I can’t go through another championship sitting next to the old focker
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Willie John McBride: ‘He was just one of the great men of this world, I am just proud I had him as a friend’
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If only George Hook and Liam Brady would get with the programme and join our bliss
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The hooker will be inducted to Hall of Fame next month
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