"Since I finished playing rugby league, apartheid has ended, the Iron Curtain has come down and the Israelis have given up the Gaza Strip to the Palestinians. But I still can't play rugby on a Saturday afternoon."
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Former Castleford Tigers player Ian Birkby who had been prevented from playing socially for Cheshire rugby union club.
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