Notes
- ↑ Nigel Horton player profile ESPN Scrum.com
- ↑ Nigel Horton BBC interview Daily Motion
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Nigel Edgar Horton (born 13 April 1948) [1] is a former England international rugby union player. He toured New Zealand in 1977 with the British and Irish Lions and at the time played club rugby for Moseley Rugby Football Club and St Claude rugby club in France [2]
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