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Rugby Special

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How it feels

This is a long-running BBC series that showed highlights of rugby union matches in the UK. It featured various presenters and commentators over the decades.

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What happens

Rugby Special was the main rugby union highlights programme on the BBC in the UK. The show ran from 1966 and past presenters included David Vine, Keith Macklin, Cliff Morgan, Chris Rea, Nigel Starmer-Smith, Bill Beaumont and John Inverdale. The main commentators were Bill McLaren, Cliff Morgan, Nigel Starmer-Smith, David Parry-Jones, Martyn Huw Williams, Lynn Davies, Jim Neilly and Eddie Butler. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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