🇦🇺 Australia 6h ago · Robert Kitson

Andy Simpson, the unluckiest England rugby player in history, finally gets his Test cap

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Andy Simpson, the unluckiest England rugby player in history, finally gets his Test cap
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Longsuffering hooker, who warmed bench for 21 Tests and lost part of a thumb, is getting RFU recognition at lastInitially, Andy Simpson thought it was a Saturday morning wind-up. Someone from the Rugby Football Union museum was phoning to tell him that, at the age of 71, he was finally a capped England player. Given he had retired without featuring in an officially recognised Test – “the first thing you think is: ‘Who’s taking the mickey here?’” – his scepticism was understandable.But no, it was

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