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Time, gentlemen, please for another promotion round
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Sam Wheeler meets one of Yorkshire rugby union's larger-than-life
characters, John Dudley, as he once again hits the glory trail.
IT would take a brave man indeed to demand that the landlord of
the Collingwood pub in Bolton-upon-Dearne switch the television from
rugby to football.
The licensee of the establishment is John Dudley, one of the most
fearsome rugby players to have been produced by Yorkshire.
To Rotherham fans, Dudley vies with prop Simon Bunting for the
accolade of greatest player in the club's history, having scored 50
tries in 200 league appearances and helped to lift them from ...
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