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April 24, 1999
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CAPITAL SIDE SET FOR POLISH TRIP

KRAKOW already has many claims to fame including being the birthplace of Karol Jozef Wojtyla better known as His Holiness Pope John-Paul II as well as home to the Solidarity Trade Union movement.

But now the Polish city is set to enter the annals yet again as host to what is believed to be the first ever tour to that part of the world by a Scottish rugby club. Edinburgh Northern members have passports at the ready in preparation for their biennial sortie into Easter Europe starting next week. Having previously visited the Czech Republic and Hungary the Inverleith Park club have been looking for fresh fields to conquer. Edinburgh Northern rugby club, ...

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