R. Hiller dropped
f N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) LONDON.
The England P.ugby captain, R. Hiller, has been dropped from the team to meet France In the flvenations’ championship match in Paris on Saturday. Hiller’s place at full-back has been taken by P. Knight, a new international, and the captaincy has gone to the wing forward, P. Dixon. The last time England dropped Hiller, in 1970, it was overwhelmed, 35-13, by France in Paris. That match was also the last international in which an England threequarters scored a try.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32848, 23 February 1972, Page 28
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