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Ackford was born in Hanover, West Germany. Educated at Plymouth College and Cambridge University, he played lock for England B aged 21 and represented Cambridge in the 1979 Varsity Match, but did not make an impact until joining Harlequins and the Police in 1988. After impressing for the London Division against the touring Wallabies, he made his England debut on 5 November 1988 against Australia, aged 30.
Partnering Wade Dooley, Ackford became an important part of the new side captained by Will Carling. He went on the 1989 British Lions tour to Australia, where he played in all three tests.
In 1990, he was famously knocked unconscious when blindsided by the young Argentine front row forward Federico Mendez, which saw Mendez sent off. Mendez later claimed it was a case of mistaken identity, and that he had meant to hit Jeff Probyn, because he had "stood on my testicles". Ackford was part of the England side which won the Five Nations Grand Slam in 1991. He retired from international rugby after the 1991 World Cup,won by Australia, becoming a journalist and writing for the Sunday Telegraph. His column is available online at telegraph.co.uk.
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Dooley was born in Warrington, Northern England and played rugby league as a teenager, taking up the rugby union aged 19. He played most of his career for Preston Grasshoppers, where he was nurtured by former England international and coach Dick Greenwood. He also had a brief spell with Fylde.
Dooley made his international debut on 5 January 1985 against Romania. He later established a second row partnership with fellow police officer Paul Ackford.
Dooley went on the 1989 British Lions tour to Australia, playing in the final two test matches. He was also part of the England team that won back-to-back grand slams in 1991 and 1992.
Dooley also went on the 1993 British Lions tour to New Zealand, but left the tour to return home for the funeral of his father. He was replaced on the tour by the young Leicester England lock Martin Johnson, and decided to retire.
Though capped on multiple occasions by his country, his career highlight was opening the Wetherby RUFC clubhouse in 1993.
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Julian White MBE (born 14 May 1973 in Plymouth, Devon) is an English rugby union footballer who plays for Leicester Tigers and England.
White is regarded as one of the most powerful forwards in the game. He is renowned for his destructive scrummaging and aggressive tighthead prop.
As a youngster he played mini and junior rugby for Salcombe and had played in the same senior side as his father, a former Plymouth Albion player. He served his rugby union apprenticeship with Okehampton and Plymouth Albion and had a spell in New Zealand with Hawke's Bay and Canterbury Crusaders. He made his debut for Hawke's Bay in August 1996 and appeared in the NZ Provincial Championship. He made his only Super 12 appearance as a replacement for the Crusaders against Natal in Christchurch in April 1997.
His time in New Zealand ended in tragedy; he was involved in an auto accident in which a young woman was killed and he suffered a broken leg. As he remembers it, }}
He returned to the UK when a Welsh coach who had worked with White at Hawke's Bay told him that Bridgend desperately needed a tighthead. Along with team-mate Daryl Gibson, he joined Leicester Tigers for the 2003–04 season after Bristol were relegated. Replacing the retiring Darren Garforth, his Leicester debut was held over as he was in Australia on duty with England at the 2003 Rugby Union World Cup.
During the world cup he was in the starting line up against Samoa and came on as replacement against Uruguay.
In 2004 White took the opportunity to demonstrate his scrummaging skills in the England front row during the 6 Nations and the summer tour to the Southern Hemisphere.
He was one of the players named in the 2005 British and Irish Lions squad to tour New Zealand, and started in all three tests.
Prior to the 2007 Rugby Union World Cup, White made himself unavailable for selection and did not feature in another England game. In January 2009, it was announced that he had been selected for the England Saxons squad. With the suspension of Matt Stevens it has now been announced that he has been called up to the full England squad as replacement for Stevens.
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| Name | Josh Lewsey |
|---|---|
| Birthname | Owen Joshua Lewsey |
| Nickname | OJ |
| Dateofbirth | November 30, 1976 |
| Placeofbirth | Bromley, Kent, England |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 13 st 10 lbs (87 kg) |
| Ru position | Fullback, Wing, Centre, Fly-Half (Sevens) |
| Ru amateurclubs | Amersham & ChilternBristolWaspsOld Fullerians |
| Ru nationalteam | England British and Irish Lions |
| Ru nationalyears | 1998-20082005 |
| Ru nationalcaps | 553 |
| Ru nationalpoints | (110)(0) |
| Ru ntupdate | 1 Sept 2006 |
| Ru proclubs | London Wasps |
| Ru sevensnationalyears | 2002-2008 |
| Ru sevensnationalteam | England |
| Ru sevensupdate | 1 Sept 2006 |
| Occupation | Army Officer, professional Rugby Union player |
| Lives | Richmond upon Thames Surrey United Kingdom |
| Children | 0 |
| School | Watford Boys Grammar School |
| University | Bristol University |
Owen Joshua Lewsey MBE (born 30 November 1976) is a former English rugby union footballer who played fullback, wing or centre for Wasps.
Despite the fact that he was born in England and has always lived in England, he could have qualified for Wales as his mother is Welsh and his father is half-Welsh and half-English. He played for Bristol whilst attending Bristol University and rejoined Wasps at the age of twenty-one after completing his studies. He won his first England cap on the 'Tour of Hell' to Australia in 1998, and also appeared in all three tests in the 2001 North American tour. He graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 2001 and served for two years as an officer in the British Army with the Royal Artillery, before opting to play professional rugby union thereafter.
He made his England home-début in the Six Nations Championship in 2003 after an injury to Jason Robinson. He scored twice in a 40–5 win over Italy. He followed this with the opening try in his next game against Scotland, and was part of the Grand Slam winning side. He played well for Wasps and England A, and was an important member of the England side that won the Hong Kong Sevens in 2002. He also represented England in sevens at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
He had a key part in the tests against New Zealand and Australia on the June 2003 Southern-hemisphere tour. By then he was first-choice Full back, Jason Robinson having moved to wing. He was a part of the 2003 World Cup winning squad, and scored five tries in the 111–13 defeat of Uruguay
Lewsey played on the right wing against Italy and Scotland in the 2004 Six Nations Championship. He scored a try in both games, and was named Man of the Match at Murrayfield.
He was selected for the 2005 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand. He made an ideal start scoring two tries in the first five minutes against Bay of Plenty.
He was selected for the 2006 Six Nations Squad, but unfortunately was injured early on in the first match of the championship against Wales with an injury to his left AC joint, he consequently missed the following match against Italy, he did however return for the next game against Scotland.
In 2006 Lewsey was given the summer off from international rugby and spent time climbing in the Himalayas reaching the base camp of K2. He did not inform his club, London Wasps, of the expedition as he was sure they would object.
At the Middlesex 7s he scored 11 tries, and became the tournament's top try and points scorer, helping Wasps win their first Middlesex 7s title since 1993. He appeared again for the 2007 Six Nations opener against Scotland.
For London Wasps he has participated in many major title victories, the latest being the Guinness Premiership Cup win in 2007/2008 when he scored a try in Wasp's 26-16 win over leicester.
Lewsey featured heavily in England's campaign to retain the Rugby World Cup in 2007, scoring the only try against France in the 14-9 victory which put England into the final. However, just before half-time in the same match he picked up a hamstring injury which ruled him out of the final.
England's coach Brian Ashton did not select Lewsey for the England squad to compete in the 2008 Six Nations squad. However, he was called up for Martin Johnson's England Squad for 2008/2009.
Lewsey releases his autobiography on 5 February 2009 titled "One Chance: My Life and Rugby". While rugby heavily features in his book, he also covers more personal aspects of his life and general views on issues such as the countryside and importance of sports in communities.
On 5 April 2009, Lewsey announced that he would retire from Rugby at the end of the 2008/09 season. Although he had aspirations to make the 2009 British and Irish Lions team for the tour to South Africa he was not picked.
As an avid climber, Lewsey has opted for a complete career change and the opportunity to further his mountain exploits. Lewsey and his friend Keith Reesby were unsuccessful in their attempt to climb to the summit of Mount Everest via the difficult North Col route, in May 2010. Both climbers were within 500 feet of the summit when breathing apparatus failure caused them to abandon the ascent . Lewsey admitted afterwards that "He had never felt so scared" as the two climbers attempted to descend before running out of oxygen. Following this expedition he will join PricewaterhouseCoopers as a management consultant, working in the area of organisational performance.
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| Name | Andrew Sheridan |
|---|---|
| Birthname | Andrew John Sheridan |
| Dateofbirth | November 01, 1979 |
| Placeofbirth | Bromley, England |
| Height | |
| Weight | |
| Nickname | The Beast of Bromley |
| School | Dulwich College |
| University | University of London |
| Ru position | Prop, , |
| Ru currentteam | Sale Sharks |
| Ru youthclubs | Old Elthamians RFC |
| Ru clubyears | 1998–19991999–20032003–present |
| Ru proclubs | Richmond F.C.Bristol ShogunsSale Sharks |
| Ru clubcaps | 65883 |
| Ru clubpoints | (0)(25)(25) |
| Ru nationalyears | 2004–present2005–2009 |
| Ru nationalteam | EnglandBritish and Irish Lions |
| Ru nationalcaps | 362 |
| Ru nationalpoints | (0)(0) |
| Pcupdate | 7 December 2010 |
| Repupdate | 7 December 2010 |
Andrew Sheridan (born on 1 November 1979 in Petts Wood, Bromley, England) is an English rugby union player, who plays loosehead prop for Sale Sharks.
Sheridan is tall, which is unusually tall for a prop, and weighs . He is known for his great physical strength - he is a near-elite class powerlifter and able to bench press 225 kilograms (33 st, over 495 lb) and squat 275 kilograms (over 600 lb).
He joined Richmond in the 1998-99 season and as they folded he won a place in the England U21 squad that played in the 1999 SANZAR tournament in Argentina.
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