Rugby, the original version

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Derby Tup 8 Jan 9:51pm, 8 Jan 2024 63,549 posts	0 Derby Tup Really sad news
Homeless Kodo 8 Jan 10:00pm, 8 Jan 2024 2,355 posts	0 Homeless Kodo Saw JPR play on a couple of occasions when I was a child & my dad took me to Moseley. The most memorable was the Sam Doble memorial match in 1977. I really sad about his death.
Fields 8 Jan 10:09pm, 8 Jan 2024 10,549 posts	0 Fields That is sad news. I watched the documentary Slammed on iplayer last year and he features heavily in that. Still looked like he could play vets rugby
Pothunter 8 Jan 10:55pm, 8 Jan 2024 8,573 posts	0 Pothunter I first heard of JPR in a Max Boyce skit: English fan in the stands got down on his knees and began to pray “Oh God, let us see a try, something absolutely terrific”. Then JPR scored again and God said “you should have been more specific!”
Cheeky’s Dad 8 Jan 11:18pm, 8 Jan 2024 4,675 posts	0 Cheeky’s Dad Very sad day. A legend of my youth. Brilliant player and hard as nails. Two images always come to mind. Those sideburns and him covered in blood after being studded by the All Blacks in 1978. We won’t see his like again
richmac 9 Jan 7:02am, 9 Jan 2024 25,379 posts	0 richmac Sad news, absolute legend.
fetcheveryone 9 Jan 8:14am, 9 Jan 2024 30,033 posts	0 fetcheveryone My boy is named after him 😞
LindsD 9 Jan 8:50am, 9 Jan 2024 65,990 posts	0 LindsD
flanker 9 Jan 4:15pm, 9 Jan 2024 21,093 posts	0 flanker One of the few that fans from all nations would agree was great, even when playing against him. That try for the Baa Baas will always be in the "greatest ever" debates.
trumpton riots 9 Jan 4:25pm, 9 Jan 2024 4,680 posts	0 trumpton riots My Welsh grandmother who lived in London needed surgery in the 1970's and was understandably nervous. She was in the waiting room anxiously talking to my Grandfather, and someone popped their head round the corner and said, "dew, it's nice to hear another Welsh voice". JPR took the time out of his day to sit with her and tell her that everything would be ok. And it was. Unbelieveably sad.