Rugby Union: Brown strengthens his cause

From: The Independent - London | Date: October 5, 1998| Author: David Walmsley | Copyright information

London Irish 29 Richmond 33

IF GRAHAM HENRY had travelled to Sunbury to check on his latest honorary Welshman, the London Irish prop Peter Rogers, then he could have been back on the M4 by half-time after a knee injury forced off the powerful South African inside the opening quarter. Fortunately, Richmond fielded enough of their Welsh contingent to give the national coach cause to linger amid a boisterous crowd that saw the visitors win a rousing match in a pulsating finale.

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