England v President's Overseas XV
Introduction '''England v President's Overseas XV''' was a 1971 rugby union match between  and a President's Overseas XV. The match was played to celebrate the centenary of the Rugby Football Union. The President's Overseas XV featured players from , , ,  and  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.
Squads === President's Overseas === Pos. Name Nationality B  Pierre Villepreux    W  Stephen Knight    B  Jo Maso     B  Joggie Jansen    W  Bryan Williams    B  Wayne Cottrell    B  Dawie de Villiers    F  Roy Prosser    F  Peter Johnson    F Hannes Marais    F  Colin Meads     F  Frik du Preez    F  Greg Davis    F Ian Kirkpatrick    F Brian Lochore (captain)     W  John Cole    B  Sid Going   F  Ron Urlich   F  Jona Qoro  B  Roland Bertranne   B  George Barley  F  Élie Cester    F  Christian Carrère   B  Ian McCallum
Match details  FB '''15'''Bob Hiller (Harlequins)RW '''14'''Jeremy Janion (Bedford)OC '''13'''John Spencer (c) (Headingley)IC '''12'''David Duckham (Coventry)LW '''11'''Peter Glover (Bath & R.A.F. )FH '''10'''Dick Cowman (Loughborough Colleges)SH '''9''' Nigel Starmer-Smith (Harlequins)LP '''1''' Stack Stevens (Harlequins)HK '''2''' John Pullin (Bristol)TP '''3''' Fran Cotton (Loughborough Colleges)LL '''4''' Peter Larter (Northampton & R.A.F. )RL '''5''' Chris Ralston (Richmond)BF '''6'''  Roger Creed (Coventry)OF '''7''' Tony Neary (Broughton Park)N8 '''8''' Peter Dixon (Harlequins)'''Coach:'''  FB '''15'''Pierre Villepreux RW '''14'''Stephen Knight OC '''13'''Jo Maso IC '''12'''Joggie Jansen LW '''11'''Bryan Williams FH '''10'''Wayne Cottrell SH '''9''' Dawie de Villiers LP '''1''' Roy Prosser HK '''2''' Peter Johnson TP '''3''' Hannes Marais LL '''4''' Colin Meads RL '''5''' Frik du Preez BF '''6''' Greg Davis OF '''7''' Ian Kirkpatrick N8 '''8''' Brian Lochore (c)'''Coach:'''
See also * World XV
Bibliography * Starmer-Smith, Nigel (ed) ''Rugby - A Way of Life, An Illustrated History of Rugby'' (Lennard Books, 1986 ) pp 106, 107 (including portrait of each player)
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