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World Cup Memories - Neil Back

By Online Editors

16 Sep 2019

Rugby World Cup Memories - Neil Back

On the eve of the Rugby World Cup, RugbyPass sits down with some of the greats of the game to relive their memories of the tournament.

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An England immortal from the World Cup-winning 2003 squad, Neil Back chats with former Leicester team-mate Jim Hamilton about his Rugby World Cup memories.

Between Lewis Moody and the Queen’s corgis, Austin Healey’s near-miss and what Back’s fellow England team-mates really thought of their half-time coaches pep talk, the 66-cap back row gives us his warts and all take on England’s victorious World Cup campaign in Australia.

Brought to you by ISUZU Rugby, this is Neil Back’s ‘World Cup Memories’.

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IkeaBoy 13 minutes ago

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PoppaRick 1 hour ago

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PoppaRick 1 hour ago

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Wow if the Blues played so well why did they lose ?

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After camping on the Crusaders line at the end of game they took a stupid amount of time trying to come up with an attack plan but in the end they had nothing. The same could be said for Sotutu who didn’t finish because he was frustrated by the Blues inability to score. A fitting result when the Blues didn’t deserve to play in the first place.

Time for the blind Blues supporters to eat some pie.

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BA 1 hour ago

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