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"You think of tight-head props through the years, you think of Julian White, Darren Garforth and Phil Vickery, those sort of lads," he tells BBC Sport.

"The lads laugh now when they see the footage of the games we played in," says West.

It is an event in the calendar they have all looked forward to for the past 64 years with some travelling from as far as South Africa to make the monthly "lads' night".

The "lads" first met at Prince Henry's School in Evesham in 1953 and when they left in 1960 they got together for a farewell pint, but did not want to say goodbye.

Du Beke added: "Fellas don't talk and tend to keep it to themselves. Get it out lads - speak to Sane."