Shirts and memorabilia relating to the rugby career of Graham Rowntree, comprising: a group of three Graham Rowntree white England international rugby
£400 - £600
Shirts and memorabilia relating to the rugby career of Graham Rowntree, comprising: a group of three Graham Rowntree white England international rugby union jerseys issued at intermediate levels, comprising: a Colts No.3, an under-21 No.1 and an England 'A' No.1, all long-sleeved; a navy blue Midlands No.19 representative rugby union shirt, short-sleeved; a white England international rugby union unnumbered replacement shirt, long-sleeved; a green & blue British & Irish Lions official training shirt from the Tour of New Zealand 2005, short-sleeved, the Lions badge inscribed NEW ZEALAND; four blazer badges, two at R.F.S.U. level, and two for the R.F.U. England under-21 team; the lot also including three picture cards featuring Graham Rowntree in an England 'A' strip; a match programme for the Belgium match at Castlecroft 1.9.1991; a player's joining instruction letter for the Belgium match; a match programme for Midlands v London & S.E. October 1993; a scanned picture of a 15-year-old Graham Rowntree proudly wearing his England Schools' blazer; a typescript report on Graham Rowntree's 1990-91 season when aged only 19/20 years and breaking into the Leicester Tigers 1st team and capped at England U-21 level; and a photograph of the England U-21 front row taken after the game v France in Dunkirk May 1991 featuring Warwick Bullock, Richard Cockerill & Graham Rowntree all wearing their newly awarded U-21 caps; (a qty.) The Colts (U-19) shirt in this lot relates to the match v Scotland at Ayr, 28th April 1990. The U-21 shirt was from the match celebrating the opening of the Castlecroft England rugby schools & youth centre 1st September 1991 when the team beat the full senior Belgian XV 94-3.