Anthony Launce Bucknall (born 7 June 1945) is a former international
rugby union
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player and captain.
He was capped ten times as a
flanker
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for England between 1969 and 1971 and captained England in one international, against in January 1971.
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He played for
Oxford
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in the 1965 and 1966
Varsity matches and played club rugby for
Richmond
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.
References
1945 births
Living people
English rugby union players
England international rugby union players
Rugby union flankers
Oxford University RFC players
Alumni of the University of Oxford
Richmond F.C. players
Eastern Counties RU players
20th-century English sportsmen
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