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Article: Speedy Grove gears up for Scots debut.(Sport)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- November 12, 2009
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Byline: BRIAN DICK
Test rugby comes with no guarantees. Just askMathewTait howhumbling an international debut canbe.
Now little more than a Premiership also-ran, the Sale Shark was once the best thing since Jonny Wilkinson sliced breadwith that divine left boot of his.
Indeed, therewas a timewhen the full backlookeddestinednot just foradecent England career but for superstardom with all the trimmings.
That was until Andy Robinson threw him into a Six Nationsmatch in Cardiff. Just 18 years old, the boy from County Durhamwas the ...