Brian Moore
With 64 England caps from 1987-1995 and five Test appearances for the British Lions, Moore is one of the world’s most capped hookers. On his first our with the British Lions to Australia in 1989 he played in all three Tests and in New Zealand in 1993 he played in the last two Tests after Kenny Milne had been chosen as hooker for the first match of the series.
Known world-wide as “Pitbull” Brian was always an aggressive character and a fierce competitor and was an inspirational leader of the England pack.
He played for Nottingham, where he was at University until 1990 when his work as a lawyer with a financial house took him to London where he joined Harlequins until his retirement from the game.
Since then Brian has remained an outspoken personality with strong views about the modern game. He also commentates regularly on television and radio, and writes articles for newspapers and magazines.
Brian has also been part of the BBC 6 Nations commentary team for the past five years as well as having a regular sports column in the Daily Telegraph.
He is without doubt one of the best rugby speakers on the after dinner speaking circuit. In January 2010 he brought out his admirably frank memoirs “Beware of the Dog”
Playing Career: Nottingham 1981-1990; Harlequins 1990-1998; England and Five Nations Debut v. Scotland in 1987, and Grand Slam Champions in 1991, 1992, and 1995.
Tours: Australia in 1988; Argentina in 1990; Australia / Fiji in 1991; British Lions tours in Australia in 1989, and New Zealand in 1993.
Awards: Whitbread / Rugby World Player of the World in 1991.
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Andy Farrell
Andy Farrell is one of the best known names in both codes of Rugby in recent years. Born in Wigan in 1974, Andy went on to play Rugby League for his home town club for for 13 years. He made his debut in 1991 at the age of 17 and became the youngest ever player to win the Challenge Cup that same year. His performances impressed that much that he became a full international at the age of 18 and would go on to play 34 times for Great Britain and a further 11 times for England.
He was made captain of Wigan at the age of 21 and during his time at the club, won five league championships and five challenge cups. He also captained the team to its first Super League victory in 1998. He is only the second player in Wigan Rugby League history to score more than 3,000 points in all competitions and holds the record for the most points scored in a single season, scoring 429 in 2001.
In 2004, Andy left Wigan and switched codes from Rugby League to Rugby Union, signing for Saracens, however, injuries and a car crash delayed him making his debut for the Hertforshire side until 2006. His performances for Saracens earned him an England call up and he made his debut at Twickenham against Scotland in the 2007 Six Nations clash. He was named in the squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup later that year and in total won eight caps before retiring from the game in 2009.
Andy is still a coach at Saracens and is considered to be one of Wigan’s best ever players. He is available for a number of personal appearances and makes a great guest. Please get in touch if you would like to speak to us about his availability.
Eddie Gray
Born in Glasgow in 1948, Eddie Gray went on to have an illustrious 20 year career with Leeds United where he made 561 appearances and scored 68 goals from his position as winger and has the distinction of never being booked in his entire playing career.
After making is first team debut for the Yorkshire club at the age of 17 on New Year’s Day 1966, Gray went on to win the League Cup and Fairs Cup in 1968 and the Division One Championship in 1969. As he grew with experience, Eddie was a pivotal part in the Leeds United team of the 1960s and 70s, scoring a number of great goals, many of which Leeds fans would argue rank amongst the greatest ever scored for the club.
He won the FA Cup in 1972 and was on the losing side in 1973 as Leeds lost to Sunderland. Unfortunately for Eddie, when Leeds won the Division One title again in 1974, he missed out on a winners medal due to missing a large proportion of the season due to injury. However, he was back in the side which reached the European Cup final in 1975, only to go down, in somewhat controversial fashion to Bayern Munich.
As his playing days neared an end, Gray assumed the role of player manager in 1982 before retiring from playing to concentrate on management. He stayed at Elland Road as manager until 1985 after failing to get the side promoted from the old Second Division.
After leaving Leeds, he had spells managing both Rochdale and Hull in the football league before joining up with Leeds United again in the 90s as youth team manager and later reserve team boss before becoming David O’Leary’s number two in 1998 where he was a part of the successful Leeds side that finished in the top four of the Premier League and had great runs in the Champions League.
Gray was handed another chance as Leeds manager in 2003 but failed in his bid to get the side promoted back to the Premier League but Eddie still remains a name synonymous with the club and his held in high regard by all Leeds United fans for his long standing association with the club, where he still works as a match commentator on the Club;s Radio Station, Yorkshire Radio.
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Paul Nixon
Born in Carlisle in 1970, Paul Nixon is a wicket keeper and left handed Batsman who has had long distinguished career in the game having played top class Cricket for Leicestershire, England and Kent in the process gaining a reputation for his vocal contributions to games from behind the stumps.
After starting out playing locally for Cumberland, Paul became part of the ground staff at Lord’s before being given his chance in 1988 by Leicestershire where he made his debut in 1989. His first spell at Leicestershire lasted until 1999, during which time he won the County Championship in 1996 and 1998 before a move to Kent where he added the 40 over Championship to his honours. His efforts domestically were rewarded with a call up to the England squad, where he was Alec Stewart’s understudy for the tour of Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 2000/2001.
A return to Leicestershire came in 2003 where he would excel in the Twenty 20 format of the game, helping the team to win two T20 trophies and this earned him a call up to the England squad for the 2007 Triangular Tournament in Australia. Paul made his international debut at the age of 36 in a Twenty 20 game against Australia in January 2007. On the same tour, he made his first ODI appearance, also against Australia. Later that year, he was included in the England squad for the 2007 World Cup where he played in every game making key contributions both behind the wickets and as a batsman.
In total, Paul has played over 800 games in all forms of Cricket scoring over 15,500 runs and recording 21 centuries and taking in excess of 1,500 catches as wicket keeper.
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Claude Henderson
Claude Henderson has enjoyed a long and accomplished career in both domestic and international Cricket spanning over 20 years, as a slow, left arm Spinner for his country South Africa and Leicestershire.
As an international player, Henderson played seven tests four South Africa during which time he took a total of 22 wickets. During his four ODIs, he boasted an impressive average of 18.85.
Taking over 1,100 wickets in total whilst playing for Boland, Western Province, Lions and Cope Cobras in South Africa and Leicestershire, Claude is one of the most experienced and accomplished Cricketers around. He won the County Championship twice with Leicestershire in 2004 and 2006 and is the County’s leading wicket taker in the Tweny 20 form of the game.
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