Peter Wheeler of England

Major teams: Leicester 

 

Country: England
 Test span: 1975-84
 England caps: 48 (48 starts) 

Lions caps: 7 (7 starts) 
Test points: 0 Adopting the role of chief executive at Leicester…

Scotland's Gordon Brown

Major teams: West of Scotland     Country: Scotland Test span: 1969-77 Scotland caps: 30 (28 starts) Lions caps: 8 (8 starts) Test points: 8 (2T) And there were few personalities…

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