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LONGEVITY AT SEVENTY You can’t keep a good man down, as Cheltenham Civil Service would testify. Flanker Steve Yiend, 70, turns out regularly for the second XV and vets’ team at the Gloucestershire Two North club, and is reputedly the oldest player in the county.

He has been with Civil Service for 35 years and after his recent birthday was presented with a framed shirt with No 6 on the back, signed by past and present team-mates. He said: “I get aches and pains but I’m happy

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