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    Purdy’s taking the road less travelled

    Jan 28, 2020 3 minutes

    THERE’S A curious mixture of players in the Greene King IPA Championship.

    There are the semi-pros putting in the hours in vocations that do not demand the recurrent clashes of 100kg-framed men. There are the spritely youngsters on loan from Gallagher Premiership clubs enjoying playing minutes. For some, playing professionally at Championship level is all they’ve ever known, regular faces a coach can build a team around.

    But of all the demographics

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