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Siam rivals to join forces... but not for the first time?

Big news this week that Guernsey Raiders and Jersey Rugby Club will come together under the Channel Islands banner to face Sweden in an ‘international’ at Footes Lane in May.


But it won’t be the first time the two islands have united on a rugby field, as Tony Curr and Gareth Le Prevost find out from former Guernsey coach Dave Wallace.

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