Grant Pointer one friendly and was unlucky to miss out on the end of season semi-final and two–legged final matches, having had to undergo an appendicitis operation. Grant Pointer Grant Harry Pointer (born 11 December 1987 in Norwich, England) is an English rugby union player who plays at Centre or Wing for the Cornish Pirates in the RFU Championship. Educated at Gresham's School in Holt, Norfolk, he played rugby there alongside brothers Ben and Tom Youngs, and Ben Pienaar, who are all now at the Leicester Tigers. As a gifted athlete, Grant went to the National Prep School Finals for the long
Tom Brophy (rugby) Tom Brophy (rugby) Tom Brophy is a former a rugby union international who represented England from 1964 to 1966. In 1966 he swapped codes to become a rugby league footballer for Barrow. Tom Brophy was born on 8 July 1942 in Liverpool. He studied chemistry at Loughborough College, where he played for Loughborough Colleges, the forerunner of the Loughborough Students Rugby Union Football Club. He became a chemistry teacher at Rossall School before his move into rugby league. In 1968 he had a daughter, named Sarah, who now works as head of English at Scarborough College. Brophy made his international