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Best of the Blob: who would be picked for its 1st XV?

Who would be picked for its 1st XV?

18 December 2021

9:00 AM

18 December 2021

9:00 AM

Selectors for the Blob have chosen their 1st XV. Fans of The Game sometimes ask, as they do about Barbarians RFC: ‘Who are these people, do they have any supporters and who exactly pays them?’ Well, now we have the answer to at least that first question.

Full back: Sir Philip Barton, head of the diplomatic service.

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