Sad news. The England rugby union player David Duckham has died at the age of 76.

When I was a boy you did not support England so much as suffer with them. There always seemed to be four new caps, and the they always seemed to lose.

Just about the only constant in those days was David Duckham, by some way our best player. Even the Welsh honoured him by calling him "Dai Duckham".

Duckham had Played on the wing for the British Lions team that won in New Zealand in 1970/1, but England generally played him in the centre in the hope that he would see more of the ball there.

The video above gives you an idea of his abilities.

It's also worth noting that Duckham played for Coventry, who were the best club side in England in the Sixties and early Seventies.